IN PICTURES: Pumpkin enthusiasts brave weather at Lower Kalgan Festival, pumpkin contest winners revealed

Crowds flocked to Lower Kalgan’s annual pumpkin festival on the weekend, undeterred by cloudy skies and forecasted rain. This year’s festival shifted to a new location at Bridge Park from Lower Kalgan Hall where it had caused a traffic jam along Nanarup Road. The festival hosted its iconic heaviest pumpkin and tastiest pumpkin soup competitions again, along with stalls selling everything from books to delicious scones heaped with jam and cream. Mark Blyth, whose pumpkin came in at 113.8kg, took first prize for the heaviest pumpkin with Sue Youngman taking the silver with her pumpkin weighing 67.5kg. In the junior division, 10-year-old Emily Bocian’s impressive 26.6kg pumpkin was the winner.