The annual Tessellaar Tuip Festival held in Victoria is an event dedicated to celebrating the beautiful flower that has captured the imagination of many a poets, artists and laymen alike.
It's an excuse to put on a spectacular display of colours that just make you go "wow!"
Despite the fact that it's the spring time, the weather wasn't too kind and spoiled half the day with heavy rains and gusts which made things a bit difficult for us tulip admirers.
Rows and rows and rows of tulips
Red Hot beauties
Stepping out of the conventional image, a more modern look.
A little touch of Holland....the home of the tulip.
Some Dutch folk dances and music
A taste of Netherlands.....'poffertjes' small fluffy pancakes with a dab of butter, icing sugar and maple syrup. mmmmmm........
A mix of colours
Couldn't find the precious black tulip that caused so much trouble in Alexander Dumaas's "The Black Tulip". However it was easy to imagine the grand tulip festival mentioned in the book, the only difference being that here there were no candidates from Ceylon who were exibiting tulips, only admirers. Yes Dumaas was misinformed that tulips were grown in Ceylon!
A close-up with rain drops
Blues and purples
There were some others who were screaming out for attention.
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6 comments:
I like those Red Hot & Pink ones.
Sounds a very interesting event.
oh wow!! :)) i've never seen an actual tulip in my life!! you are so lucky! so they actually grow in aussie?? this is good news :) beautiful pics Sas!
Hi Gallicissa, glad you liked it.
Hi Ineshka, yup they are plenty of them here, however that doesn't seem to make them any cheaper in the markets though.
Very Nice Sasani, but having been born in the tulip land the your tulip fields seem a bit bare! But you made me hungry for poffertjes and oliebollen, My Mom makes them time to time. Perhaps I will pester her for some!
You might like this view of tulips;
http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery-detail.asp?name=TulipFields
Hi Kalusudda, Thanks. I guess you must be used to seeing miles and miles of tulips, and I can see that from the satellite image there.
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