Tesselaar Tulip Festival


A couple of weeks ago, when I was still on work holidays, I enjoyed a fun day trip out to the annual Tesselaar Tulip Festival with my mum and sister.



We'd visited many years ago with some friends and when we saw a poster advertising that the festival was on again, we decided to go. 


First we had some poffertjes, which is a perfect carnival or festival snack, in my mind.


We walked around the grounds and spotted a cute shop selling miniature fairies and mushrooms and a heaps of whimsical items. It would have been a dream come true for young children.




There are 120 varieties of tulips and they are all so beautiful!


Tesselaar Tulip Festival is held in Silvan every Spring and is a big tourist attraction in Victoria. The tulip farm began in 1954 when a Dutch couple migrated to Australia the day after their wedding. They loved tulips so much that they decided to fill a 55 acre farm with them!


We loved this fairground organ that played music by itself. It was very reminiscent of 1950s and 1960s movies with carnival scenes.



Outfit details:Maroon velvet dress, vintage basket bag and necklace: Market find.
Afghan coat: Op-shopped years ago on the way to New South Wales.
Tights and boots: retail, years ago.

At the end of the day, my mum bought two pots of tulips and they look lovely. So now we've got a mini tulip farm on our kitchen windowsill!

See you next Monday, in a new blog post!


Comments

  1. What a feast for the eyes! that must have been a wonderfully uplifting place to visit.
    I love the windows in the tree and the toadstools, I think I'd have had to have made a few purchases.
    Isn't that fairground organ lovely? Like something from a children's storybook. xxx

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    1. You're right Vix, the whole day was pure child-like fun! Xxx

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