The festival was supposed to start at 2.00pm 25 Nov according to the website. I arrived there only to see a board that said 1.00, so I had arrived an hour late, and missed the one thing I wanted to watch - Iaido demo.
All of the Japanese participants do this voluntarily, to preserve the culture, and had toured local school all that week doing demonstrations as a part of the Japan-Australia cultural exchange.
Kendo demo.
A Ceremonial dance.
Martial arts demo
My ugly scone and two of the Japanese participants.
Dressing two people from the crowd in armour.
Explaining some of the armour. The little old guy in the silver-gold armour is one of only 6 true armour makers left in Japan. You could make an order a set from him on the day, but $3000.00 for aluminium dress set and up to $30,000.00 for a real set was a little out of my reach. A suit can take him a year and a half to make.
400 year old Matchlock guns being fired (1st time in Australia they have been used, and required special permission to get them into the country)
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a board that said 1.00, so I had arrived an hour late, and missed the one thing I wanted to watch - Iaido demo. 
