The Scarecrow festival is a huge celebration featuring music, children’s activities, dancing and of course scarecrows. Visitors from all over the world are invited at Mt Tambourine to enjoy the scarecrow festival. They can also have a good time at the local cafes, restaurants, gift shops and wineries.

1. Scarecrow Festival on Mount Tamborine - A Complete Fun Event for Your Family
The Tamborine Mountain celebrates the Scarecrow Festival every year with full enthusiasm and passion.
There are various fun activities, music and entertainment sources in this festival. A large number of
scarecrows are displayed that are made by people from every age group. Near about 200 scare crows
are displayed in this festival. There are various prizes kept for the best scarecrows made.
The scarecrow festival started initially in 2008. At that time there were 60 scarecrows in the festival and
it was a huge success. From that time it is loved and awaited by the residents and visitors impatiently. It
is celebrated in the month of October. There is a lot to do at this festival including creation of a unique
scare crow which can fetch a number of prizes. There are shops, accommodation, cafes and other
facilities which increase the fun level several times. This festival makes the weekend memorable for the
citizens and the visitors both. The Scarecrow festival of 2013 was a fun filled weekend for everyone. It
was a gigantic success and people of every age group participated in this Mt tamborine events with full
passion. There was a great variety of entertainment like singers, musicians, dancers and drummers who
performed on the streets and restaurants.
The scarecrow festival at Mt Tambourine is full of entertainment, busters, face painters, street
performers, poetry and coloring competitions, talent quest and many more things. Besides this, a family
Bush Dance is also organized on the Saturday night. This dance is a real fun for very young, very old, and
everyone in between. The whole weekend is full of fun and leisure. Finally on Sunday afternoon this
festival winds up with lots of entertainment and prize distribution. Every year people come up with
more creative ideas and curiosity for making different type of scarecrows. Hope that number of
scarecrows will increase in 2014!