Dogs, flowers, stalls, and Devonshire tea are coming back to Queenscliff for a day of fun at the St George’s Flower Show.
Coordinator Trish Taylor said this year’s show would be bigger and better than ever and would feature Devonshire tea, a sausage sizzle, artisan stalls, a spinning wheel and plenty of flowers.
“I’m going to be really interested to see how the crowd is, and I’ve got a feeling that we’re going to get quite a lot more people than we’ve had before,” she said.
“There’s a lot of younger families living in areas around Point Lonsdale that weren’t here three years ago, so hopefully the show will bring them in as well.
“The original flower show started in 1902… and people really enjoy the idea of something that a lot of them had in their childhood, especially the older people who live down here on the coast.”
Ms Taylor said the show would also feature the return of the dog show, which was initially held last year.
“What happened last year was that we got caught with wet weather and they ended up having the dog show inside St George’s Church and there was something like 30 dogs in there,” she said.
“That was rather amazing to see and very funny because the judge was doing the judging from the pulpit; you’ve got to see it to believe it, so this year we’ve hired a marquee for the event.”
Flowerpot painting and face painting would also be available during the show for some of the younger members of the Queenscliff community.
The show is at Queenscliff’s Old School Hall on the corner of Hobson and Learmonth Streets from 9am to 2pm on Saturday 18 October.
