	{"id":29713,"date":"2020-01-03T10:28:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T00:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/opening-the-nightjar\/"},"modified":"2020-01-03T10:28:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T00:28:22","slug":"opening-the-nightjar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/opening-the-nightjar\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening the Nightjar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE first Nightjar Festival of the new year was held at Torquay Common yesterday (Thursday, January 2).<\/p>\n<p>Now in its 10th year, the festival saw 12,000 people come through the gates.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the different stalls and food vans, there was entertainment for people of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, pick up our January 9 edition.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33073\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33073\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33073\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/nj7-scaled-e1578011134414.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul, Evie and Michelle at the festival.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE first Nightjar Festival of the new year was held at Torquay Common yesterday (Thursday, January 2). 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