Cowra filmed tonight for ABC’s Bush Slam

Doors open to the public tonight for a Bush Slam as part of filming for a new ABC television series hosted by HG Nelson. ABC TV and Freehand Productions are taking two different poets to six rural towns to explore the culture, the beauty, the folklore and the humour. The other towns featured will be Lightning Ridge (NSW), Corryong (VIC), Yarrabah (QLD), Blinman (SA) and Stanley (TAS). Each poet is given just three days to capture the essence of the town and its people in verse. At the end of three days, the poets entertain the town in a live head-to-head poetry slam hosted by HG, with the locals deciding the winner. Doors open to the public tonight at the Japanese Gardens in Cowra from 5.30 pm and the wet weather venue is the Railway Hotel. There is a gold coin donation entry fee and be early to get a seat. Bush Slam will screen on ABC TV later this year. Read more about it in today's Cowra Guardian: http://cowra.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/cowra-fuels-word-feast/1449729.aspx#