Police have praised Groovin the Moo revellers however
Maitland residents were not so impressed with the noise levels.
Acts began performing at Maitland Showground around 11am and
finished up around 10.30pm.
One residents complained to 2NUR.FM that he could hear the event from 5 kilometres
away.
Inspector Brain Tracy said the event often receives
complaints from nearby residents and one of the headline acts did breach the
Environment Protection Authority noise levels.
“Later on in the evening, around about 9.30pm one of the
headlining acts was on, and the noise was very loud compared to the other acts.
So we had our licencing police check with the event organisers… for a short
time they were over (the EPA) limits so the music was turned straight down,”
Inspector Tracy said.
The event at Maitland show ground attracted more than 16,000
people; police reported only 27 arrests for drug possession.
“We found that the audience was generally over eighteen,”
Inspector Tracy said, “for that many people to have very minimal arrests and
drug possessions, we were pretty happy with it.”
Police say this year’s festival behaviour was moderately better than previous years.
