I really hate feeling hung over (more then
most people), however a couple of months ago I managed to find the perfect cure: strawberry
and cherry picking!
A while back, my friends Steph and
Alice (who both live in country Victoria) and I decided to visit the annual Bachus Marsh
Strawberry and Cherry Festival. This way we would be able to see each other and
catch up roughly in the middle of our homes (Horsham, Ballarat and Melbourne).
I hardly ever get to catch up with them so I took Max along also to join in the
fun and meet Alice for the first time.
I didn’t know what to expect, but Bacchus Marsh
had a very strong Stars Hollow vibe with I totally appreciated. There were car
parks and community spaces filled with stalls and games, balloons and costumed
dancers. It was all very sweet, plus Steph was trying to enter the festival
competition (by collecting stamps from various stalls) to win the “Ultimate
Bacchus Marsh Experience!” (What a dream!)
After meeting up we parked our cars and
headed to pick the actual berries. From what I can tell Bacchus Marsh is home
to almost too many cheery and strawberry farms, who pull out all the stops
during the annual festival; each one absolutely packed with happy pickers young
and old.
We bought sausages and then stood in line
for about an hour before being allowed to pick to our hearts content.
Between the sunshine and all the fresh
berries I was feeling better in no time! We ate, we picked, we learnt what cheery
trees looked like, and now we just a better idea of how to use cherries in
everyday life…
Filled with more berries then we could
handle we rolled ourselves to the pub for a late lunch. Though not awful, I
probably wouldn’t recommend the pub to my friends and family.
It was a brilliant Saturday trip and I’m very
pleased we did it. Hopefully it doesn’t take us another 12 months to catch up,
but worst case scenario I’ll be seeing Steph and Alice in Bachus Marsh at the
same time next year.
TRIP
RATING: 5/5 freshly picked berries.
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