Tonight we ventured into Mildura to see the Marti Gra parade take place to be followed by fireworks.
The afternoon was divine — the sun was shining and the streets were full of life. It was a side of Mildura that we had not seen.
As we walked across the pavement and down the stairway that leads into Jaycee park we were met by a sea of people all looking at the parade.
Cars, vans, semi-trailors and the like pushed slowly after one another down the crowd filled road way of the park. There was a prominent honking of horns as the vintage fire trucks crawled along, there was even one float (a boat) that had 'pirates' aboard - fashioning some very well polished plastic silver swords.
We followed the plentitude of people who seemed to be heading further towards the ampi-theatre and were met by a stage set for music and the grass in front was fast filling up with a patchwork of different rugs and people.
We made our way back towards the town to greet the ending of the afternoon. Smiling kindly on us as it protruded into the horizon, leaving the light colours of dusk to whisk us into the evening.
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