Casterton’s 30th Kelpie Muster Crowned Australia’s Best Event

Key points

• The Australian Kelpie Muster, run by the Casterton Kelpie Association in Victoria, has been named Event of the Year at the Australian Event Awards and Symposium in Coffs Harbour. The event beat 64 other nominees, including Melbourne's Moomba Festival and Sydney's Vivid.
• It also won Best Association Event, Best Community Event and Victoria's Best Tourism Event. The association is entirely volunteer-run and based in a town of fewer than 2,000 people.
• Association president Karen Stephens said the win belonged to generations of volunteers and community members.