Party on at the pear orchard
THE Toora and Heritage Pear Orchard will be holding its annual Pear/pair Party on Sunday, March 15 at the orchard on Mill Street in Toora.
This year, as well as being run in conjunction with an exhibition at the Toora Village Studio Gallery, it is also helping to celebrate the Toora Post Office centenary.
The theme for the art exhibition at the gallery is ‘Gone Pear Shaped’ and will feature artwork and sculpture representing the theme.
Friends of the Heritage Pear Orchard member Meryl Agars said this is the fourth year of the Pear/pair Party and it is shaping up to be a good one.
“Our stalls this year include homemade ice-cream, face painting, food stalls, local history and many more,” she said.
“There will be plenty of games for the kids to play and plenty of live music to be heard on the day.”
Visitors to the pear orchard can taste and buy pears by the bag full straight out of the orchard.
For the Toora Post Office centenary celebrations, there will be the South Gippsland Shire Brass Band, historic display, a jumping castle and Australia’s Biggest Barbecue by the Toora Lions Club.
Back at the orchard, the Pear/pair Party will also feature several guest speakers who will talk on a variety of subjects relating to growing and eating pears.
The students of Toora Primary School will design a pear/pair stamp for the event, which the orchard committee hopes could be made into actual stamps by Australia Post.
Food and refreshments will be readily available on the day and the pear cider stall will be back again for another year.
“We will have quite a few pear products for sale on the day, as well as tastings and sales out of the orchard,” Ms Agars said.
“There will be lots of little things for people to see, do and eat on the day.”
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