Avocado madness

Eating too many avocados is apparently destroying Western democracy or something, so we did our best to speed up the downfall of civilisation as we know it by going to the Blackbutt Avocado Festival on the weekend. (Blackbutt, one of my very favourite small towns, is less than an hour’s drive from Lochanbar, and has hands down the best bakery with the best pies and sweet dishes I’ve ever eaten in Australia. Catch up on other events in the area through this facebook page.)

We watched the parade, listened to the opening ceremony, watched the parade, watched the wonderful reptile show by Dreamtime Reptiles, did not throw or roll any avos because I hate wasting food (and especially expensive luxury vegetables), did spend lots of money on photos from the Blackbutt Camera Club (which will soon be up on the walls at Lochanbar), and not so much money on some lovely pottery rice bowls (already in the crockery drawer at Lochanbar ” class=”wp-smiley” style=”height: 1em; max-height: 1em;” />” class=”wp-smiley” style=”height: 1em; max-height: 1em;” /> ), and ate some extraordinarily delicious foods based on avocados – chocolate avocado mousse (so good we went back twice ” class=”wp-smiley” style=”height: 1em; max-height: 1em;” />” class=”wp-smiley” style=”height: 1em; max-height: 1em;” /> ),  and an avocado lemon dessert, avocado lassi, and guacamole (of course ” class=”wp-smiley” style=”height: 1em; max-height: 1em;” />” class=”wp-smiley” style=”height: 1em; max-height: 1em;” /> ) from an ‘Indian food’ caravan stall whose name I wish I had written down (it’s a purple caravan.)

We had an absolute ball, and will definitely go back next year if possible. So far we are two for two on vegetable related festivals in the area being great fun!