Young ghosts and ghouls had a spooktacular Saturday night as the increasingly-popular Halloween tradition of trick or treating took on a COVID-safe flavour across Moree.
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Although Halloween is still a relatively new tradition in Australia, it appears its here to stay as more and more children embrace the traditionally-American holiday each year.
And despite COVID-19, this year was no different, as hundreds of local children dressed up in their spookiest costumes to walk their neighbourhoods trick-or-treating, albeit with a little more caution about close contact.
Households offering treats for costumed visitors provided wrapped lollies or individually sealed packets of goodies to comply with COVID restrictions.
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Many left boxes of lollies in their letter boxes or in the front yard to limit the number of people coming to their doors.
There were ghosts and ghouls, witches and vampires, devils, zombies and skeletons and plenty more spooky creatures who came out to play in Moree this Halloween.
The Department of Health and Human Services released a COVID-safe Halloween guide last week after pressure from parents wanting to allow their children to have some Halloween fun in a safe way after a tough year.