About 300 people turn out in Quirindi for NAIDOC event

Ms Porter was among about 30 elders and more than 300 locals from across the Tamworth region who filled up the Nancy Gray OAM Pavillion in Quirindi for the NAIDOC event on July 5.

"It was my lucky day because I won nearly everything," Ms Porter said.

"I just had a hard job trying to get all the stuff on the bus."

"It was really good. Everybody enjoyed themselves," Ms Porter said.

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Winanga-Li Aboriginal Childcare and Family's outreach worker to Quirindi, Renee Houldsworth, was in the elders' corner helping with the Bingo effort while handing out prizes, such as mugs, photo frames, and throw rugs.

"The elders loved to just sit there and watch all the other kids' activities and what was going on around them," Ms Houldsworth said.

"They kept saying how special and spoiled they felt."

And for everyone else, it was certainly a fun-packed day to remember, with arts, crafts, and children's games and a free sausage sizzle with johnny cakes, baked potatoes and salads on the side.

NAIDOC Week runs until July 9, with this year's theme centred on celebrating the role that elders play in Indigenous communities and families.

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