Another glorious Spring weekend made it perfect for a day trip out to a rural community.
Where did we go?
Kalbar, in the Scenic Rim, about an hour and a half drive south west of Brisbane and located in the Fassifern Valley, which is an area with high yields of pumpkin and carrots.
Kalbar Country Day has been an annual event since 1991 with its most prominent feature being Hay Bale Sculptures around the township with families and community organisations competing for the title of Best Hay Bale voted upon by the public. Last years event was cancelled as the drought meant that hay was in short supply and far too expensive.
So the city slickers flocked to Kalbar, population of around 1000, to support their country cousins, and to follow the trail of 81 colourful Hay Bales.
There was a Bush Poets Breakfast, carrot tossing competition, vintage car display and the main street was closed for market stalls which were offering mostly produce from the SEQ corner. Of course I came away with a pumpkin or two!
A lot of the old Queenslanders (homesteads) are undergoing renovation and it seemed to me to be a popular destination for those chasing a Tree Change. Good luck to them………
QUICK QUIZ
How can you tell when you’re in a country town?
The Window Displays feature straw hats and whips.
Brizzy Mays Books and Bruschetta 
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The hay bale sculptures are so cool!
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Certainly a little bit of fun for a rural community that has done it tough with drought, fires and COVID, and no doubt a lot of $$$ was dropped across the event.
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Don’t you just love good old country ingenuity. Great to see a sense of humour even when times are tough.
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I’m a beach girl through and through. My father was a Bondi Lifesaver, I learnt to swim at Bondi and both my daughters are fish. Interestingly, these country towns that I’ve been visiting have been “calling” me. They whisper to me in my dreams. I love the country humour, their pioneer heritage, and their sheer determination. Very Australian. Too bad I hate snakes and spiders 🙂
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Fassifern? Did someone miss an ESOL class?
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Thanks for the great laugh, gotta love country town humour!
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Yep, you are so right!
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Looks like a lot of fun 😁
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Certainly, and of the old fashioned type. Nothing wrong with that!
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