Over in the land of drive-through slurpees and all-you-can-eat ribs, the arrival of spring is greeted with a fitting celebration. National Kite Month is organised by the American Kitefliers Association, and the aim of the game is to spread the joy of kites across the globe. They hope to see...
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Tag Archives: Festivals
Another great festival at Redcliffe
After disappointing winds at Kitefest, last Sunday’s Hays Inlet Festival Family Fun Day was absolutely cranking. KPQ had a stall selling our favourite one- and two-line kites, and it was great to see people young and old getting themselves a kite and having a go. Our kite-making workshop was also...
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Hays Inlet Festival Family Fun Day this weekend
Love the waterway that loves you back by joining us at the Hays Inlet Festival Family Fun Day this Sunday. Don’t know where Hays Inlet is? Don’t know what it’s all about and why it’s so important? Well find out all this and more from today until June 12. Click...
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Show your waterways some love
If you kite at Sandgate, Brighton or Redcliffe and don’t know where Hays Inlet is, then shame on you! This wetland is one of the largest and most significant in South East Queensland, and it’s responsible for ensuring you don’t have to kite in the muck we humans put down...
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Another cracking success: Kitefest 2010
Can you guess what was the last thing flying at Kitefest on the weekend? Was it a bird, was it a plane? Was it a Revolution (click here)? No, it was Terry the Turtle! Click here to buy this awesome kite! On a serious note, congratulations and thanks to the...
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Five reasons you can’t miss Kitefest!
There are plenty of reasons you should make a beeline (or a kite line) to Pelican Park this weekend, here are our top five. Learn from the master All the way from Japan, Mikio Toki has returned to Redcliffe for one of his favourite kite festivals. The kite master will...
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Get ready for KiteFest
It’s Redcliffe’s favourite festival next weekend – two days of aerial displays, workshops, rides, market stalls and entertainment. And kites, lots and lots of kites in all shapes and sizes. The sky will be alive with colour thanks to the Redcliffe Kite Club and special guests including kitemaster Mikio Toki...
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Fun for all the family
While you’ve got your diaries out, here are some more dates to remember. On Saturday May 8, we’ll be hosting a Family Fly Day, the first of what we hope will become a regular occurrence. Many of you have kids and the idea is to get you all together with...
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Show off your moves in front of 40,000 people
Easter’s coming and with it, in blows the Redcliffe Festival of Sails. More than 40,000 people will flock to Suttons Beach on Good Friday, April 2, for the usual market stalls and to catch a glimpse of the Brisbane to Gladstone yacht race. There’s also skydiving Easter bunnies, kite-making workshops...
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Giant kites of Guatemala
Every year on November 1, the good people of Santiago Sacatepequez and Sumpango in Guatemala celebrate All Saints Day with a festival of barriletes, or kites. The giant, hand-painted kites, some measuring up to 20m across, are made by teams from tissue paper, bamboo sticks and plastic string. Check out...
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