Monday 5 May marked 160 years since the death of Ben Hall, but if this week has made one thing clear it's that the bushranger's legend is very much alive.
From Eugowra to Canowindra and Forbes, Hall has been back in the spotlight.
One group on a Ben Hall commemorative weekend spent time at Forbes Museum and cemetery, exploring the Museum's permanent exhibition of music, opinions, images and artefacts.
Rob Willis OAM also shared stories and folklore of Hall as well as Kate Kelly with the visitors, who were from across NSW, Victoria, ACT and Queensland.
The group also visited Canowindra, Eugowra and Bartley's Creek to hear Hall's stories.
In Canowindra, the Balloon festival acknowledged the anniversary with a reenactment of the Escort Rock gold robbery and three-day Canowindra hotel a feature of the festival's Saturday morning parade.
The week will round out with The Trial of Ben Hall, the 1986 play by then Forbes solicitor Dominic Williams, which booked out in less than 24 hours.
The play will see the former Presbyterian Church turned into a courtroom to host the trial Ben Hall was never given.
At the time of writing the author hoped it would lead to a better understanding of the enigma that was Ben Hall ... his thorough research bringing forward the characters of the day and the events of the Escort Rock gold robbery.
This casting comes with a twist: appearing for Hall and for the prosecution is an all-female cast of local solicitors Eden-Monique Hull (Defence), Kelli Robinson (Solicitor assisting Defence) and Bianca Buscemi (Prosecutor).
The local, volunteer cast from our Forbes Heritage Committee and friends will put the case and the verdict is genuinely up to the jury on the night for deliberation - read next week's Advocate to find out what happened.
Want to know more? Forbes Museum has an extensive Ben Hall exhibition and is open 2-4pm every day.
Hall is buried at Forbes cemetery, and the latest Forbes Heritage Trail audiovisual online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x57ZT-FvhQE shares some of the story.