Nambucca Valley family bring Halloween to Macksville Nambucca Valley Nambucca Valley - popup ad Nambucca Valley News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - November 8, 2024 (L-R) Ivy, Ash, Reggie, Roman, Jason, Callie, Ellen, Rhys and Teagan Strickland, Mikael, Remy, Alicia, Ryan and Theo. IT’S a labour of love to present a very scary and fun Halloween to Nambucca Valley kids for Teagan and Rhys Strickland of Sturdee Street, Macksville. This is the third year that the two have pulled out all the stops to bring an ‘over-the-top’ Halloween event to their home in a quiet street of Macksville. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au When Rhys was younger, he visited Canada and stayed with relatives for an extended visit. “I had such a great time and we celebrated Halloween. I just wanted to recreate it here for my son, Mikael and the other children in the area,” he told NOTA. Rhys owns local business Muddy Boys Lawn Mowing and Maintenance, so knocking together a garden event like this is like taking candy from babies – but that’s not exactly what was happening this Halloween. “The kids put their hands in the jelly and noodles and when there are pieces of paper in there that say either present or lolly,” he told NOTA, pointing to some buckets to the right of the display. “We have tried to make one section just for the little kids, with sack races and other activities for the littlest ones.” Meanwhile, Rhys, dressed this year as a particularly alarming clown, was guaranteed to give a ‘jump fright’ to any teenagers brave enough to enter the dark and smoky marquee tent he assembled at the front of the house. “I wanted it to be dark because at this time of year it’s always light when we start welcoming kids,” he said by way of explanation of the large black marquee tent he purchased just for the purpose. Even drivers arriving at the suburban house were met with the shocking sight of Rhys’ blood-spattered work ute, appearing to have parked on top of a man. “He’s always like this, a real jokester who just loves kids,” wife Teagan said of her husband. “Last year he was dressed as a scarecrow and he waited in his car to jump out at teenagers who came by trick-or-treating. “The year before he was a robot supposedly frozen on the lawn but suddenly reaching out at passers-by to give them a fright.” By Ned COWIE Jack dressed up as Wolverine. Micaiah and Georgia getting slimy surprises in the jelly buckets. The ‘Muddy Boys’ ute was decorated in a particularly grisly fashion out the front of the family’s Halloween-decorated house. Many of the Nambucca Valley children have been looking forward to trick-or-treating for the past few weeks and they made sure to stop by the Strickland home as they made their rounds of the streets of Macksville.
