Youth Week a big hit

Rhiannon Bickle, eight, from Pakenham found it very tricky to stay on the bucking bull. 97207

PAKENHAM youth were among the hundreds to celebrate the National Youth Week Festival on Sunday.
People flocked to PB Ronald Reserve in Pakenham to take part in the many activities on offer.
The theme for 2013 was ‘Be active. Be happy. Be you.’
The highlight of the shire’s free National Youth Week Festival was the South Eastern League Skate and BMX competition.
Residents also enjoyed live music, a free barbecue, a rugby sports clinic, African drumming and free amusements including the ghost house slide, buck and spin and horizontal bungee rides.
News photographer Donna Oates captured all the action.