News Festival held in scorching weather 12/03/2024 FacebookTwitterEmail Garth Whitten, Rob Tucker (skipper), Richard Connolly and Philip Mellett aboard Morning Star, a 1935 couta boat. 393818_01 Purchase this photo: 393818 Geelong’s Wooden Boat Festival was held in sweltering conditions on Saturday March 9, but Independent photographer Ivan Kemp was there.