Popular winter festival returns to region

WALLINGTON’S Adventure Park Geelong will again light up the Bellarine this winter as a community favourite returns with more snow, more rides, more lights and bigger displays.

Winter Glow is returning for the 2022 June-July school holidays after 2021’s sell-out event caught the attention of residents all over the region and tickets are again selling at a rapid pace.

The park promises more excitement with a bigger snow play zone and a magical snow flurry experience that simulates snow falling from the sky.

“We’ve invested in new rides, more snow-making machines, and we’re super excited to be launching a snow flurry experience with realistic snow made from frozen water,” Adventure Park managing director Leanne Salmon said.

The new rides Ms Salmon referred to are the Air Balloons and classic Tea Cups rides which will add to six other dry rides and mini-golf included in the admission price.

Other features for this year’s Winter Glow include local artist Glenn Smith who will be hand-carving beautiful works of art from ice each day of the festival.

Performers from Cirque Mystique will light up the sky with their spectacular fire-twirling displays and 2.7 million dazzling lights and hundreds of glittering installations around the park will be on show each day.

“The Winter Glow is about brightening up the winter months and giving kids and families something to look forward to,” Ms Salmon added.

Adventure Park will embrace the true feeling of winter offering cold weather activities such as face painting, cookie decorating and marshmallow roasting over open fire.

Food and beverages will also reflect the winter theme with hot chocolates, spiced cider, mulled wine, and a new schnapps bar on offer.

The festival, running between 3.30pm and 8.30pm, will be open to ticketholders between June 17 to 19 and June 23 to July 10.

More information can be obtained at https://www.adventurepark.com.au/winterglow/