Floriade rolls round every spring. It's a lovely, annual (free) event in Canberra's Commonwealth Park. The local council has been in much discussion in recent years about moving the venue (the car park for the event occupies valuable building land right by the lake) but for the moment at least that seems to be off the table.
In truth, although every year has a different 'theme' the beds are fairly similar from one-year-to-the-next, but it's still a remarkable effort to get the event up and running and coach loads of people head in to see the flowers each year. This year they abandoned the 'retail village' and instead mixed the sellers in amongst the flowers. Personally I felt that it detracted from things, but I guess if it moved hedge trimmers and jars of spices then I'm sure it'll stay.
There's always a good amount of 'roving entertainment' as well. We met these two glam-rockers with big hair and even bigger boots.
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