1/78Falls Festival Marion Bay Tasmania Day 1 Picture shows 15 minutes of fame candidates from top Jason Woodhams of Cairns from bottom left Nathan Verdouw of WA Nathaniel van der Wal of WA Troy Sunderland of Queensland
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2/78Falls Festival Marion Bay Tasmania Day 1 Picture shows Lara Verdouw of WA and Nathaniel van der Wal of WA
3/78Falls Festival Marion Bay Tasmania Day 1 picture shows Anna Polanowski of Bellerive enjoys the hot weather
4/78Falls Festival Marion Bay Michaella Gale, 14, of Margate tries out her party boots
5/78Falls Festival Marion Bay someone having a snooze
6/78Falls Festival Marion Bay Simon Reid of Moonah takes a ride on his bike
7/78Falls Festival Marion Bay clockwise from left, Daniel Weeda, 18, Hayden Compagne, 18, Kacie Riley, 17, and Crystal Luckman, 20, all from Ulverstone
8/78Falls Festival Marion Bay Tom Dare leads his mates in performing an impromtu Haka between acts
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10/78Falls Festival, Marion Bay, patrons enjoy Mountain Goats music
11/78Falls Festival, Marion Bay, Kaos Cafe staff entertain the few left standing on New Years Day
12/78Falls Festival Marion Bay makeshift urinal
13/78(Published Northern edition 01/01/2006) Falls Festival Marion Bay Steven Sikkema of Kingston searches through odd shoes and thongs in the lost property
14/78Falls Festival Marion Bay Jarrod Collins of Kingston feeds his mate Nathan Bachelor of Geeveston a beer bong at the Festival
15/78Falls Festival, Marion Bay, Burlesque Cabaret Troup, Caravan of Love mebers, from left, Madame Eva, Elsie, Vrushka and Kartie at the village site
16/78Falls Festival, Marion Bay, Tegan Bean, centre, (holding sign), 18, of George Town, shares the hug love with from left, Cass Murphy, 23, and Luke Murphy, 22, of Kingston, Levi Causon, 21, of Otago and Sarah Murphy, 22, of George Town
17/78Falls Festival, Marion Bay, Nick Roberts, 20, of North Hobart
18/78Falls Festival, Marion Bay, Freya Embry of Orford and Adelaide McVilly of Cremorne mask up for the occasion
19/78Falls Festival, Marion Bay, from left, Anna Kelleher, 17, of West Hobart, and Ally Gibson, 19, of Otago Bay, munch on a watermelon
20/782007 Falls Festival Marion Bay, crowd scene
21/78Falls Festival 2007, an early dip in Marion Bay on Sunday morning
22/78Falls Festival Marion Bay Dec 31 2008 - Fans enjoy The Cat Empire
23/78Falls Festival at Marion Bay in Tasmania, December 31, 2008, the Falls Fiesta parade
24/782008 Falls Festival, at Marion Bay, Tasmania, Day 2 (two), Walter Dare, of Hobart dressed as Superman
25/782008 Falls Festival, at Marion Bay, Tasmania, Day 2 (two), brother and sister from left, Hamish Anderson and Amelia Anderson, of Hobart
26/78Falls Festival 2009 at Marion Bay in Tasmania, family of volunteers from left operations manager Helen Ransom (left), with family members from left, back row Duncan Oliver, Debbie Oliver, Matthew Eastman, her mother Rosemary Ransom and Cathy Ransom, front row Joe Stone (9) and Georgia Stone (11)
27/782009 Falls Festival Marion Bay day 2 (two), Tasmanian band members of The Dirty Love, from left, Matthew Damon, Aaron Damon, Henry Horsefall, and Mitchel Damon (Mitch)
28/782009 Falls Festival Marion Bay day 2 (two), having a competition to see how many dagwood dogs they can eat during the festival, from left, Simon Will, of North Hobart and Pat Durkin, (Paddy) of Battery Point, taking part in their Dagwood Dog-Off challenge
29/782009 Falls Festival Marion Bay day 2 (two), spreading the Cool Pool Tas message from left, Georgi Marshall, Dunstan Arrow, Laurel Waddell, Andrew Davis, and Estelle Lawless, all of Hobart
30/782009 Falls Festival Marion Bay day 2 (two), the crowd rocks out in front of the main stage
31/782009 Falls Festival Marion Bay day 2 (two), grooving in The Village area are from left, Jessica Dean, 24, of Launceston, Alison Draper, 22, of Launceston, Amy Watson, 19, of the United Kingdom, Valeria MacDonald, 18, of Launceston
32/782009 Falls Festival Marion Bay day 1 (one), David Hasselhoff marks the spot for campers from left, Dylan Brooke, of Wollongong, Nathan Wood, of Sydney, and Scott Hancock of Wollongong
33/782009 Falls Festival Marion Bay day 1 (one), from left, Lucy Pitt, 17, of Kingston and Freya van de Vusse, 18, of Kingston, enjoy the glorious weather
34/782009 Falls Festival Marion Bay preview, Hari Krishna brothers food stall, from left, Phalguna Krsna Das, Daniel Stewart, Braja Gauranga, Baladhya, Peter Campbell, and Ben Nichols all based at a Hari Krishna farm at Murwillumbah, New South Wales (NSW)
35/782010 Falls Festival Marion Bay, Day 2 (two), a music lover leads the crowd at The Valley Stage
36/78falls festival, Marion Bay in Tasmania,, Urthboy performing on stage, with girls enjoying the music in foreground
37/78Falls Festival 2009 at Marion Bay in Tasmania, Kit Pollack of West Hobart wearing a children's blow-up life-saving ring
38/78Summer Holidays, 2011 Falls Festival at Marion Bay preview, from left, James Oakes, of Moonah, Ben Heyward, of West Moonah, Nick Hanson, of Lenah Valley and Jackson Cashion, of Coningham, all 18, are off to the Falls Festival
39/782010 Falls Festival Marion Bay, Day 2 (two), from left, Ashlee Lambert, 18, of Seven (7) Mile Beach, Georgina Ciafardini, 18 of New Town, Laura Almeida, 18, of Bellerive, and Ethel Smith, 18, of Cygnet, have fun at the festival
40/78Falls Festival, 31/12/13, Marion Bay: Rebecca Thomson with daughter, Sunny Whelan, 17 months in "The Village" enjoying the arts and crafts
41/782011 Falls Festival at Marion Bay, Day 2, in the Arts Village trying out equipment from Flying Fox Circus, from left, Tammy Bowler, 23, of the UK (United Kingdom), Daniel Bassett, 28, of Western Australia (WA) and Amy Boulton, 24, of the UK
42/782010 Falls Festival, Marion Bay, Day 3 (three), B1 or B2 among the crowd at the Valley Stage
43/78Falls Festival, 31/12/13, Marion Bay: Grace Dalton, Jake Campey and Natalie White all from Sydney enjoying the warm weather and beautiful Marion Bay Beach
44/78FALLS FESTIVAL DAY 1: A Falls patron uses some creativity with the opening evening's gold theme, dressed up as a bottle of mustard. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
45/78Falls festival Marion Bay Tasmania, ,picture of crazy dancer. Picture: KIM EISZELE
46/78Falls festival Marion Bay Tasmania, ,picture of girls from left, Emily Rose of West Moonah, Caroline Gaskell of Howrah and Esther Jones of Brisbane. Picture: KIM EISZELE
47/78Falls festival Marion Bay Tasmania, ,picture of Stacey Lovell of Howrah carrying her blow up swan back from the main stage. Picture: KIM EISZELE
48/78Falls festival Marion Bay Tasmania, ,picture of mates from Eden NSW. Picture: KIM EISZELE
49/78The Falls Music & Arts Festival, Marion Bay. MERCURY USE ONLY Picture: Rachel McLaren
50/782014 Falls Festival. Wonder Woman cruizing the crowds
51/782014 Falls Festival. fashion, Grace Mackey of Newcastle, Grace Hartshorn of Lenah Valley and Bridgette Mackey of Newcastle
52/78Jessica Field 18 of Bicheno and Courtney Smalldon of Launceston just as the rain starts to fall. Falls Festival Marion Bay Day 2. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
53/78Things turned muddy after a major downpour of rain. Falls Festival Marion Bay Day 2. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
54/78L-R Jordan Aldrich of Melbourne, Bradley Toole of Adelaide, Alex Harnett of Melbourne near the Valley Stage after a major downpour of rain turned things muddy. Falls Festival Marion Bay Day 2. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
55/78fans watching Alex Lahey at the Falls Festival, Marion Bay. Picture: MATHEW FARRELL
56/78Revelers dance to Total Giovanni at Falls Festival, Marion Bay Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
57/78(L-R) Ceara Lavey, Nathan Galilee, Philippa Brown, Emelia McDermott, Shane Heffernan and Zac Lefel enjoying the first day at Falls Festival, Marion Bay Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
58/782016/2017 Falls Festival, Marion Bay, Tasmania. Picture: KANE YOUNG
59/78Falls Festival day 3: Huge Jezabels fan Emsee Sullivan listening to them play on the main stage at Falls Festival Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
60/78Falls Festival day 3: Georgia Whiley, Ebony Greives, Tayla Wescombe, Riley Fletcher, Maddie White and Chloe McDairmid basking in the beautiful weather at Falls Festival on Day 3 Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
61/78Falls Festival day 3: Sam Hall, Tim Butterworth and Matt Joseph parked on a comfy inflatable chair with a great view of the bands on the main stage Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
62/78Some of the best dressed at Falls Festival Marion Bay 2019/20. Picture; PATRICK GEE
63/78Some of the best dressed at Falls Festival Marion Bay 2019/20. Picture; PATRICK GEE
64/78Some of the best dressed at Falls Festival Marion Bay 2019/20. Picture; PATRICK GEE
65/78Some of the best dressed at Falls Festival Marion Bay 2019/20. Picture; PATRICK GEE
66/78Some of the best dressed at Falls Festival Marion Bay 2019/20. Picture; PATRICK GEE
67/78Well dressed punters at Falls Festival Marion Bay. Picture: PATRICK GEE
68/78Festival goers enjoy the music at Falls Festival Marion Bay. Picture: PATRICK GEE
69/78Zoe Joannou from Melboirne and Beau Calow from Scamander rocked bright jumpsuits at Falls Festival Marion Bay. Picture: PATRICK GEE
70/78Music lovers enjoying Falls festival Marion Bay. Picture: PATRICK GEE
71/78Vera Blue performs at Falls Festival Marion Bay 2019/20. Picture: PATRICK GEE
72/78Festival lovers Tayah West and Aleisha Taylor from Geilston Bay feeling the good vibes at Falls Festival Marion Bay. Picture: PATRICK GEE
73/78Falls Festival Day 3 at Marion Bay, New Years Eve. (L-R) Daniel, Louisa (3), Nathan, Elias (6), Caroline, Lachlan (4), Abi (9), Katie Johnson. PICTURE: MATT THOMPSON
74/78Falls Festival Day 3 at Marion Bay, New Years Eve. (L-R) Luke Doran of Sydney, Brigitte Brown of London. PICTURE: MATT THOMPSON
75/78Punters from Canberra dresses as The Wiggles, front, Mitch Hope, back from left, Alex Prescott, Conor Quilty, Harry Hattch and Josh Freeman at Marion Bay Falls Festival. Picture: PATRICK GEE
76/78Matt Wall and Ryan Grenfell from Mandurah in Western Australia dressed up ready to go. Falls Festival 2018/19 at Marion Bay. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
77/78Marina Beck 20 of Sandy Bay and Bella Hickling 20 of Sandy Bay ready for Falls to begin. Falls Festival 2018/19 at Marion Bay. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
78/78Some of the finest dressed at the Falls Festival, Marion Bay: Rhian Evans, left, Charlee Bennett, Mary Mackay, Lucy Jay and Tom BJ in front. Picture: MATHEW FARRELL
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