Festival Of Flowers Toowoomba 2016 – If there’s a haze of color in the South East Queensland sky this month other than the Northern Lights, it’s the colors of more than 124,000 amazing flowers as they bloom in spectacular style to mark the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers.
Queensland’s iconic event, which runs from 16 to 25 September, is 10 days of flowers, tastes and sounds, featuring more than 50 events and experiences including internationally acclaimed music acts, award-winning gardens, local guided tours, and food and wine .
Festival Of Flowers Toowoomba 2016
The Flowers, Food and Wine Festival has an impressive music line-up – singer-songwriter Tim Finn; The Whitlams perform with the Toowoomba Concert Orchestra; Queensland singer Katie Noonan, as well as Tokyo Birds, Montaigne, Emma Louise, The Chantoozies, Eurogliders and Models. Brisbane superstar DJ Mashd N Kutcher will be playing at Sideshow Alley.
Carnival Of Flower 2018 Calendar Of Events
Parks throughout the city will be treated with a sensational Spring flower show and Australian floral design stars Charlie Albone, Annita Bokobli and Bart Hassam are special guests at the carnival. Annita is the current winner of the Interflora Australia Cup 2016, the country’s most prestigious individual floral design award.
Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers 2016 from 16 to 25 September. To see the full program and book tickets, visit the official website. Friday 15 September, the day before the Toowoomba Carnival Flower Parade, was very wet and windy. in Toowoomba. On Saturday morning, September 16, the sun came out again and Toowoomba had a beautiful sunny day at 23 degrees!
Toowoomba lit up for record thousands of spectators who came to see the Great Parade through the streets of Toowoomba. Many arrive on Friday for the concert and food and wine festival in Queens Park and many stay in town over the weekend to visit all the award-winning gardens and open gardens.
People come not only from all over Australia for this magical event that has been held now for 76 years but from all over the world. By Friday and Saturday night all accommodation in Toowoomba was booked and had been for weeks. Laguna Serviced Apartments have been booked for this weekend for months and some of this year’s guests are already booked for next year’s Carnival of Flowers.
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Many people don’t realize that the award gardens are open until September 25th and there are still some hotel and motel rooms and apartments available from September 18-25th and the gardens, for some, are more fun to visit. without all the crowds associated with open weekends. An added bonus is that accommodation is also cheaper by a large margin for this period compared to the weekend of September 16-17. Come and enjoy the beautiful gardens that Toowoomba is famous for!! Last week, we drove 125km west of Brisbane to visit “The Garden City” of Toowoomba, in the Darling Downs region of Queensland. The occasion is the Carnival of Flowers, Toowoomba’s premier garden event, now in its 67th year. Thousands of people flock to Australia’s sixteenth largest city, to witness the annual display of freshly cut lawns, colorful flowers, potted gardens and decorative floats.
Lining the streets with smartphones and old-fashioned cameras, crowds enjoy beautiful flower floats like these at the Grand Central Flower Parade on Saturday, September 17:
At Laurel Bank Park, there is a beautiful display of “Music in the Park” flower beds – interspersed with freshly cut lawns – along with a variety of colorful seasonal flowers in the surrounding area.
All in all, a great weekend for garden lovers who enjoy pottering around the gardens on display without the time commitment stealing your attention elsewhere.
Toowoomba Carnival Of Flowers Parade
One tip though: if you’re planning to visit the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers next year, remember to pack an extra jumper. There is a good 5-7 degree difference in temperature, both day and night, which took some men used to spoil us Brisbane and Sunshine Coast people.
Interesting Wikipedia fact: The Carnival of Flowers was the subject of a sponsored film in 1953, produced by the Queensland Minister for Lands and Irrigation. film
Features a flower parade, a home garden competition and the crowning of the Flower Queen. It is described as “a wonderful portrait of life in 1950s Queensland”.
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