From the Maitland Mercury report:
Unspent funds totalling more than $20,000, from this year’s Hunter Valley Steamfest will be poured into improvements to the event’s rally ground.
The event attracted 55,000 people over the two days.
Seventy council event volunteers and hundreds of volunteers from a range of community organisations, machinery clubs and associations helped make the festival a huge success councillors were told at this week’s meeting.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, 29 May 2017.