April 10, 2010: Scarecrows

[xoxoxoBruce]

Kumeu, New Zealand is wine country. Every fall, for three weeks during March and April, Kumeu has a scarecrow festival.

Many weird and wonderful Scarecrows are expected to take up residence around Kumeu in March/April 2010, when the three week celebration of art, wine and entertainment returns for the fourth Kumeu Scarecrow festival.

From Monday 29th March, the mayhem and excitement builds as scores of scarecrows proudly take their place on the festival trail, running along state highway 16 and through the participating vineyards and businesses. Everyone is encouraged to let their creative juices flow and be involved in this exciting festival by entering a scarecrow into one of the four categories: Schools/Pre-schools, Family, Adults and Business categories.

Obviously it's to drum up tourist business, and maybe fines on driving winos.

The festival site doesn't show many pictures, most of these were found at Wunderground.