COMMUNITY

Eggcellent Easter sees little darlings take over

By Ashlee Betteridge
The Easter Bunny wasn’t the only
interesting character to visit Darling
Street during the Easter long
weekend.
There were spidermen aplenty,
tigers (of the jungle rather than foot-
ball variety), fairies, pirates and even
a goat or two.
The inaugural Balmain and
Rozelle Chamber of Commerce
Children’s Easter Weekender saw
the cafe strip handed over to the kids,
to showcase the range of services of-
fered by family friendly businesses
on the peninsula.
Facepainting, arts and photog-
raphy workshops were some of the
events held over the weekend, along
with a market day complete with
performances by local youngsters.
The Village Voice handed out hun-
dreds of balloons and easter eggs,
while Tails R Wagging hosted an ani-
mal farm on the asphalt.
Becc Grey from the Balmain and
Rozelle Chamber of Commerce said
the weekend was a big success.
“We were really, really happy at
the result. The children were so hap-
py and there were so many of them
enjoying themselves,” Becc said.
“Every kid had their face painted
and the queue was so long we had to
get more face painters by the end of
the day,” she said.
Becc said that the chamber would
run the event again next year.
“Now that people know that it’s
fabulous, I am sure we will get more The Village Voice team handed out hundreds of balloons and easter eggs to young locals at the inaugural Balmain and
support from the council and more Rozelle Chamber of Commerce Children’s Easter Weekender held on the long weekend, where parents and their kids
businesses getting involved.” came out in droves to enjoy the wide range of activities on offer along the Darling Street strip.

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