Latrobe considers return to two-day carnival

By Rod Morris

The Latrobe Carnival, the opening event of the Tasmanian Christmas Carnivals series, may return to two days in 2006. Latrobe Bicycle Race Club (LBRC) secretary Dennis Chugg said yesterday, the possibility of a return to two days had been flagged at committee level and there was increasing interest. Now in its 109th year, the Latrobe Carnival has been a one-day affair for approximately the last 12 years, but for many years prior to that was conducted on the afternoon of Christmas Day and all of Boxing Day.

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