Stars Sigrid Thornton and Tom Burlinson back for muster

SILVER screen stars Sigrid Thornton and Tom Burlinson got back to the high country yesterday to revisit their roles in the Australian film The Man from Snowy River.

Tom Burlinson and Sigrid Thornton revisit their time as the horseridin lovebirds in the classic Aussie film The Man from Snowy River. Picture: Nicole Garmston

SILVER screen stars Sigrid Thornton and Tom Burlinson got back to the high country yesterday to revisit their roles in the Australian film The Man from Snowy River.

Based on Banjo Paterson's legendary poem about the search for the "colt from Old Regret", the 1982 film is undoubtedly one of the nation's most loved films.

Local cattlemen from the area were used in the film, and in its 1988 sequel Return to Snowy River, to capture the incredible hard-riding skills used to negotiate the steep alpine terrain.

Thornton and Burlinson played star-crossed lovers Jessica Harrison and Jim Craig in the movie that launched their careers and boosted tourism to the Victorian alpine region.

The actors were reunited with the "crack" horsemen at the annual Victorian Mountain Cattlemen Association's get-together on Saturday in Buttercup, Merrijig.

The Cattlemen's Cup was held yesterday at the get-together.

The cup tests the cross-country endurance and stock-handling skills of the riders.

Thornton also judged the Don Kneebone poetry competition at the festival.