THE grey nomads have collectively driven hundreds of thousands of kilometres across the countryside on the journey to Wagga, bringing with them the grey dollar and an economic boost to the city.
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Eight-hundred people in 400 vehicles from 172 different postcodes attended the Stone the Crows Festival on Easter Monday, wrapping up the five day event.
"The grey nomads have come before the event and they'll stick around," Stone the Crows organiser Grant Luhrs said.
"They'll go into Wagga, they'll go into the restaurants, they'll buy food - there's a huge multiplier effect."
The festival, which hosts musical entertainment, market stalls and daily seminars for people over 50, is for the first year hosting the event at the Australian Clay Target Association grounds in East Wagga.
The majority of the grey nomads are self-funded retirees who were once employed across a "full gamut" of occupations.
"We've had lawyers, accountants, truck drivers, plumbers, electricians ... the full gamut," he said.
"They are looking for things to do in the back end of their lives."
Andy Schnitzerling, 63, is a grey nomad who was in Wagga three days before the actual event.
Mr Schnitzerling was impressed by size of Wagga compared to his hometown of Warwick in Queensland.
"We've been in shop after shop," he said.