Last Friday night the sun came out just late enough in the day to be warm and provided the loveliest backdrop possible for the inaugural Wild Picnic at the Queen Victoria Gardens.

Hosted by Reid Cycles and Fowles Wine, the picnic required dressing in ‘country couture’ (or your best version of vintage) and encouraged plenty of sipping Prosecco and lying the sun. I happily obliged.

Many thanks to Gaynor at The Modern Woman for this snap of me!
Country Couture featuring vintage Valentino blazer, Kmart tee shirt, DeJour jeans and op shop boots. Sunglasses by Burberry.

We tapped croquet bats, flung quoits rings and took happy snaps in front of a spectacular poster proclaiming ‘Ladies who shoot their lunch’. Then there was a ‘duck hunt’, featuring small squeaky rubber ducks hidden among the gardens. Much frivolity ensued as we scoured the grounds, and negotiated with picnic rug neighbours for their share of the bounty. We came runners up, but were awarded a bottle of Prosecco for our efforts and I can’t say I was disappointed with that!

The team at Fowles (pictured above) put on a delightful spread of yummy foods and wines that made the afternoon VERY pleasant indeed, while the Reid Cycles guys led an enthusiastic group of travellers on a short bike ride from Federation Square.

The evening was one of the most delightful events I’ve been to in recent memory. I’m planning a road trip up to Fowles Wine sometime soon, the Prosecco (and I am sure all their wines!) was that good whilst I am considering adopting Country Couture as my dress code of choice, giving my impending move to the ‘country’.

A lot can be learned from ladies who shoot their lunch, apparently.