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A growing visual collection of Gold Bash moments, local scenery, award presentations, campsites, stalls and the wider Laanecoorie setting.

Laanecoorie & surrounds

Water, bush and the goldfields setting

Gold Bash

The weekend, the people and the atmosphere

Camp life & activities

Gold panning, stalls and time around the site

Neville Perry and Michelle Makowski receiving the Jim Stewart Memorial Award

Jim Stewart Award

Recipients, presentations and award moments

Laanecoorie & surrounds

Water, bush and the goldfields setting.

The river, the reservoir and the quieter goldfields setting all help explain why the weekend feels the way it does.

View across the Laanecoorie waterway — Still water and wider views across Laanecoorie.

View of the Loddon River near Laanecoorie — The river and bush setting that shape the feel of the area.

Boat ramp at Laanecoorie — Water access and the practical side of being by the river.

Water view around Laanecoorie — Another quieter view from around the Laanecoorie waterway.

Gold Bash

The weekend, the people and the atmosphere.

Committee members, volunteers, visitors and the shared effort that gives the Bash its community feel.

Group photo of the people behind the Laanecoorie Gold Bash — The people behind the Bash.

People gathered beneath the 2025 Laanecoorie Gold Bash banner — A shared weekend built around community and fundraising.

Gold Bash community photo — Faces, moments and the social side of the Bash.

Gold Bash site activity — People gathering around the site during the event.

Visitors metal detecting during the Gold Bash — Getting involved in the detecting side of the weekend.

Participant having some luck at the token hunt during the Gold Bash — Having some luck at the token hunt.

Camp life & activities

Gold panning, stalls and time around the site.

Gold panning, stalls, conversations around camp and the kind of hands-on moments that give the weekend its texture.

Gold panning activity at the Laanecoorie Gold Bash — Gold panning and family-friendly activity around the site.

People taking part in activities at the Gold Bash — Visitors getting involved in the activities around camp.

Paw Tribe market stall at the Laanecoorie Gold Bash — Stallholders bring their own flavour and character to the Bash grounds.

Children cooling off in the gold panning bath at the Gold Bash — Sometimes you just have to take a dip.

Detectronics stall at the Laanecoorie Gold Bash — Specialist stalls bring gear, advice and familiar faces into the mix.

John Tully speaking at the Laanecoorie Gold Bash — Talks and demonstrations are part of the weekend rhythm too.

Jim Stewart Memorial Award

Jim Stewart Memorial Awards.

These images show winners of the Jim Stewart Memorial Award and some of the moments in which that recognition has been presented across the Gold Bash community.

Jason Cornish with the Jim Stewart Memorial Award — Jason Cornish, recipient of the 2025 Jim Stewart Memorial Award.

Penny Azar with the Jim Stewart Memorial Award — Penny Azar, recipient of the 2024 Jim Stewart Memorial Award.

Ray Swinnerton with the Jim Stewart Memorial Award — Ray Swinnerton, recipient of the 2022 Jim Stewart Memorial Award.