The tools to survive SpringFest

WITH ideal Sunny Spring weather forecast for SpringFest, organisers are expecting a huge turnout of marketgoers, enjoying the liveliness and fun of Lake Wendouree.

That busyness, however, can bring a need for preparedness and SpringFest Director, Robert Glass is asking people to plan ahead.

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“There’ll be plenty of food available and a lot of other activities, but we’re suggesting to people that they get here early to park,” he said.

Parking will be available at the North Gardens Reserve, but Victoria Park is another alternative where people can leave their cars and jump on a park-and-ride shuttle.

“The inside lane of Wendouree Parade will be closed for the whole day for emergency access and you’ll only be able to drive around the lake in a clockwise direction,” Mr Glass said.

Encouraging marketgoers to be sun-smart and wear comfortable walking shoes to survive the event from 10am to 4pm, Mr Glass said people should make the most of information and complimentary transport supplied.

“Activities are all advertised on the online pages we’ve got, and the centre bits and maps are in the paper, so people should use those. That’s where most of the details are,” he said.

“There is the free bus circulating around, so if they get to a point where they’re finding it difficult to keep going, or they’ve misjudged their time, they can get on that free bus which will be running from 11.30am in the morning, through to about 4.45pm.”

There will be four bus stops around the lake which will be exclusively used by the SpringFest shuttle. No other stops will be made in-between.

“We’ve got one stop outside the Botanical Gardens near Pipers, one near Forest Street, one round at Macarthur Street, and one at St Patrick’s Point,” Mr Glass said. “There should be a bus every five to ten minutes.”

All vehicles involved in the Peter Stevens MG Show-n-Glow will participate in a Grand Parade around the lake at 1pm, which organisers have said is a sight not to be missed.

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