I am always excited to get to a pumpkin event I haven’t been to before and with more events cropping up all over the place every year, there is always something new to check out. I realised that my trip down to Christchurch also coincided with the Little River Country Bumpkin Giant Pumpkin Festival, try saying that name fast 10 times.
What I thought of the event
Little River is a really cool place south of Christchurch on the road that leads to Akaroa and their event, in my opinion, is a great showcase of a what a great community event is. There were a lot of people, the money raised helps support the local school, the local volunteer firefighters were there helping and I’m sure a lot of parents and PTA members were very involved with it also.
The heaviest pumpkin on the day was 163kg’s, and I spotted some in a trailer in the car park that hadn’t made it into the event, maybe they got held up and missed the deadline for weighing in, with so many people and a lot of hot rods making an appearance, there was bound to be some congestion.
More Info About the Event:
So if you are in the area make sure to check it out, their Facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/littleriverpumpkinfestivalnz/
For all the photos check out the photos page.
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