The Bathurst Winter Festival got under way on Saturday night amidst a wave of colour and vibrancy, but also a wave of confusion.
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Hours before the festival's opening night was due to commence, the state government announced a sweeping series of COVID-19 restrictions in response to a growing number of cases in Sydney.
The Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour areas were plunged into a two-week lockdown from 6pm Saturday night, with compulsory mask-wearing and four square metre rules reintroduced for indoor and concentrated outdoor areas in all other parts of NSW.
In addition, people who had been in the now locked-downs areas on or after June 21 have been advised to follow the same stay-at-home rules as those in lockdown for 14 days from the date they left the area.
But it didn't stop many festival goers from [safely] enjoying the splendour and colour of the festival's opening night.
PLEASE NOTE: The photos of people were taken prior to the state government's enforcement of compulsory mask-wearing in concentrated outdoor areas from 6pm on Saturday, June 26.
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