Tuesday, 7 March 2023

Ballarat Begonia Festival

Joe McCRACKEN (Western Victoria) (13:16): The Ballarat Begonia Festival is on this coming long weekend, so if you have not already, go on to booking.com and book yourself a room and celebrate the wonderful flower the begonia.

Melina Bath: The humble begonia.

Joe McCRACKEN: The humble begonia. There are a number of great music performances available. Additionally there will be the Bloom! performance, featuring the aerial antics of three highly skilled performers on – get this – 15-foot-high sway poles. I want to see that in here. While you are at it, you can bring the kids along and they can go to the tiny town display or get a photo with the roving bees and butterflies. There will be plenty of food options available too – I think there are even vegan options, so there are no excuses from anyone. There is a farmers market and a flower market as well and local nurseries. You can learn about beekeeping, visit the greenhouse and attend cooking demonstrations and many other things as well. All this is set against the beautiful backdrop of Ballarat Botanical Gardens, next to the heritage-listed Lake Wendouree. To cap it off, the Power FM begonia parade will be on Labour Day, Monday the 13th, and will feature dozens of floats. So come on down to Ballarat, get yourself a room and you will not regret it. I am happy to show you around if you want to come down as well.