There is just under a month to get ready for the Bowfest Country Fair contests.
In response to feedback from the public, we’re bringing back many of the classics, and a few new ideas, too.
So get your cameras ready, pull out your best Bowen cookie recipe and keep watering that special zucchini!
Be part of a Bowen tradition and enter the contests for youth and adults. There’s the classic slug race: bring a (well-treated) slug in a container and a bribe to place at the end of the track. No water spray bottles and no snails.
The Bowfest slug races have been an annual tradition that has been ‘running’ since the very first Bowfest, and is part of the reason why Bo the banana slug is Bowfest’s mascot.
Other contests include: the biggest (heaviest) zucchini, best photo of a bee, best photo of a slug, tallest flower grown on Bowen and best cookie baked on Bowen (please include a list of ingredients).
Contests just for the youth (under 18) include best Lego design. You can design anything you want, just make sure you have a write up letting us know about your inspiration. If it is too big, you can bring a photo in.
There’s also your favourite animal (farm or pet) contest. Bring in stories and photos of said animal.
Last year the slug races were so popular we ran three races. Slugs were setting records as both being at their slowest and the fastest time ever: a leopard slug raced by team CR slimed down the track in a record-breaking 5.5 minutes in race 2. Races 1 and 3 had very slow starts, but race 1 was won by Isla and her slug named Sailor, with Shah and Angus’s Smiley coming in close behind in second place. Dawn and her slug Crash won race 3.
Another highlight is the country fair tent which features a mini farmers’ market sponsored by the Bowen Agricultural Alliance displaying items made, baked and grown on Bowen.
Please contact [email protected] regarding table space, or if you’d like to help out or be a judge.
