AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes

AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Free Strawberries Somewhere!


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Last Saturday was a cool summer's day.
Perfect to hold the annual Dromana Strawberry Festival while the summer holidaymakers were in town and perhaps the weather was a tad cool for swimming!
The Mornington Peninsula, arcing Port Phillip Bay, is a summer playground and Dromana is one favourite spot here in Victoria, Australia.
This photo shows the first wave of morning crowds rolling in to Dromana Reserve.
For more photos of this event see the next two posts below.
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That's My World Tuesday #XIII
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Lots of brightly coloured market stalls around
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Some unusual exhibits were there.
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A range of Australian flags for sale
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Some amazing bright wall hangings for sale
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Mingling with colours
Chance to savour new magics
Holiday wanders

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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A great little area for children to meet some animals right near the huge queue for FREE strawberries! I couldn't get near the strawberries to take a photo!
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15 comments:

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Gemma: What a neat walk around your Summer festival.

imac said...

Very colourful post and photos.

Jane Hards Photography said...

Summer festival on our cold winter's day looks good to me.

Luiz Santilli Jr said...

Gemma

Interesting post!
I loved the collection of Ford Cobra by Shelby!!

Luiz

Guy D said...

I love strawberries, great shots of the festival.

Cheers!
Regina In Pictures</a

paisley said...

someday soon i want to be able to walk in a farmers market or a flea market or some such event filled with people and such interesting things to look at.....

Sandra said...

All I can say - I envy you on those summer days and t-shirts with short sleeves :-), and strawberries are...

antigoni said...

I'm sure you all had great time there. I want some strawberries, please. Great post.

Arija said...

All the fun of a strawberry fair. Nice one Gemma.

Indrani said...

Lucky you have such yummy festivals. :)

Reader Wil said...

Gemma thank you for taking us on a walk in your world! This what I like in Australia: a festival in the open air! A meeting place for friends.

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful outdoor festival!
Hugs and blessings,

Anonymous said...

Yep, definitely my kind of place to be. :-)

??? said...

Thanks for the tour - I could eat some strawberries now, too. Yummy.

Marites said...

interesting and the strawberries are free? more interesting!! :) my world is here

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