The Tesselaar Tulip Festival in Silvan (near Mt Dandenong) is currently open to the public. We were fortunate enough to have gone on a beautiful Sunday about two weeks ago while school holidays just started and the place was so full of people we had much trouble taking photos of flowers without anyone in the background. About one hour drive from Melbourne city, the Tulip Festival is set on a big farm that showcases over 'half a million tulips made up of more than a hundred dreamy varieties' every year. We chose a fantastic day to go too as that day was the Dutch Festival where live music, stalls and fancily dressed staff accompanied the beautiful flowers.
As we entered the farm, gorgeous alpacas caught my attention. Doesn't this one look like it's grinning very cheekily? It totally looked like it did something naughty and no one has found out.
The farm is quite spacious with a main dirt path running down the middle and tiny paths throughout the flower patches. We were smart enough to get there early. The farm opens its doors at 10am everyday and we got there at around 10:40am. There were already quite some people but no where near the numbers at lunch time.
There were tiny windmills throughout the place and sculptures of butterflies and birds to add even more colour and vibe to the place. Although I didn't quite understand some of the sculptures…
Of course, the day was all about taking photos of the flowers. Look at all the lovely colours! I can stare at these flowers all day…the lighting was fantastic (and I got lazy) so I didn't do any post processing for any of these flower photos. I felt sorry for some of the tourists who forgot to bring their cameras though. It was such a shame to not be able to capture all these fantastic images. I can't imagine what they could possibly have been doing for the few hours when everyone else was taking photos. Remember to bring one if you go!
Can't go without some close up shots of the beautiful flowers too. I'm glad I brought my macro lens because this was about the only chance I got to use it outdoors all year!
The flowers were so pretty that my camera moved like it had a life of its own. I couldn't stop my fingers from pressing that button…just…one more…or two..or three…So please bear with me while I indulge in a little self satisfaction.
