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The residents of the small town of Chinchilla in Queensland's Darling Downs region, about 300 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, could never be called melancholy.
Quite the opposite, in fact. Right about now, they are melon-crazy! All they have to do is slip on a pair of watermelon slippers and go watermelon skiing! If you've never seen anyone split open 47 watermelons in 60 seconds using nothing but, well... their own melon, you should probably come to the Chinchilla Melon Festival for one heck of a good laugh! So popular has this festival become, the town is now known as the ‘Melon Capital’ of Australia, Chinchilla produces a quarter of Australia’s melons and celebrates the fact biennially in February. People come from all over the world to join with the locals for some hilarious fun and festivities as events, such as melon skiing, melon iron man, melon bungee, melon bullseye, pip spitting and melon tossing, get into full throw.
There’s back-to-back entertainment for the whole family with markets, a street parade, arts and crafts, a poets' breakfast, luncheons, free concerts, and loads more over the week. So pull on some old clothes and take to the streets of Chinchilla, that are awash with melon mayhem. But be warned: you might end up in a very sticky situation! Read more... See for yourself on this video..... |
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