{"id":146458,"date":"2016-05-26T21:30:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T11:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=146458"},"modified":"2020-10-13T15:53:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T05:53:14","slug":"goomeri-ready-to-roll-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/05\/26\/goomeri-ready-to-roll-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Goomeri Gets Ready To Roll Again"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Goomeri<\/a>
Stylish pumpkin hats are a trademark of this team of Brisbane friends who have been dominating Pumpkin Festival competitions for the past few years … will they be back this year?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 26, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ready, steady … roll! It’s time to climb up Policeman’s Hill in Goomeri again and send your pumpkins to their fate.<\/p>\n

The 20th annual Pumpkin Festival will take in Goomeri this Sunday (May 29).<\/p>\n

Events will get underway at 6:00am with a barbecue in the Food Hall at the Goomeri Community Building in Dickinson Park.<\/p>\n

The street markets will begin at 8:00am and run all day.<\/p>\n

And a giant Heritage And Outback Street Parade will start at the Hall of Memory in Boonara Street at 10:30am, finishing at the Tennis Courts.<\/p>\n

South Burnett chef Jason Ford will be celebrating his tenth year of cooking at the festival, too.<\/p>\n

This year he’ll be taking to the stage with My Kitchen Rules 2013 winners Dan and Steph.<\/p>\n

The trio will be performing cooking demonstrations throughout the day at the BGA carpark, opposite Foodworks, as well as selling delicious food a cookbooks at a tent next to their demonstration area.<\/p>\n

There\u2019ll be lots of other free entertainment too, including whip-cracking displays, pig racing and all the usual pumpkin-themed fun, from decorated and giant pumpkin competitions to pumpkin bowls and pumpkin shotput.<\/p>\n

The Great Australian Pumpkin Roll is scheduled to begin at 2:00pm.<\/p>\n

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