{"id":841,"date":"2008-10-05T22:59:18","date_gmt":"2008-10-05T12:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=841"},"modified":"2008-10-05T22:59:18","modified_gmt":"2008-10-05T12:59:18","slug":"floriade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=841","title":{"rendered":"Floriade"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Warning! Picture heavy post!)
\nEvery year I think about driving down for Floriade, and every year I get distracted and never make it.
\nWell not this year!
\nIt was a pretty crappy day, weather wise, but in a way that was good, because I think it kept attendance down a bit so it wasn’t too crowded. It poured all the way down, and all the way back. . It didn’t actually rain while we were there, but there’s something weird about us travelling that highway, because every time we do, it pours rain.
\nBut the gardens were beautiful!
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\nAnd some gorgeous, perfect, tiny Bonsai.
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\nThis year’s theme was “Films that shaped our nation”, and all the gardens were based around Australian movies. Each garden had a little sign in front of it, explaining the garden, like this.
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\nWhich was quite fortunate, as some of the gardens were hard to see. One thing I’d like to see done differently is raised walkways so that you’re looking down on the gardens, making them clearer to see. (And perhaps less muddy!!)
\nThere were also some stalls there, selling a range of things, like soaps, and fudge. And, oddly enough, yarn! Belisa Cashmere were there, and there was a stall selling mohair knitwear, and some “Knit in a Night” scarf kits.
\nAnd I resisted! I even resisted the fudge! (Em didn’t.) And the herbal teas, and that was possibly the hardest one of all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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