Australia gears up to host Chinchilla Melon Festival

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

A celebration of all things melon and a tribute to Chinchilla town’s melon farming reputation, the Chinchilla Melon Festival has become a renowned Queensland event.

Held in February every second year, the festival encompasses a week of activities with the highlight being the classic Family Fun Day and colourful street parade. If you’ve never skied on watermelons or attempted a melon bungee, then you need to put the Chinchilla Melon Festival at the top of your to-do list!

Chinchilla is the ‘Melon Capital’ of the world and Chinchilla Melon Festival is one of the largest Melon festivals in the world. Chinchilla is located in the western part of the Darling Downs region, just a three-and-half hour drive from Brisbane.

The four-day event attracts an ever-increasing amount of global visitors eager to participate in sticky, slippery fun! There are streets full of markets with endless stalls, laser light shows, rodeos, motorbikes, classic car parades and so much more.

The event will be held from Feb 14th-17th, 2019.

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