Milton Quilt Show 2018

This weekend is the Queen's Birthday long weekend.
Nothing much royal related happens and the holiday is regarded as a good excuse for many to get away for a few days.
The south coast of NSW is a popular destination for those from Sydney and Canberra although I did notice that our local motel had vacancies which is unusual.
The biggest attraction for many years has been the Shoalhaven Coast wine region's winter festival.
Unfortunately this event has become the victim of its own popularity.

Last year an estimated 10,000 people turned up to the various wineries along the coast over the three days.
The (state) government stepped in (as they tend to do with most things these days) and wanted to enforce stringent traffic control and licensing regulations for the 2018 festival which the organizing committee couldn't comply with in the required time frame.
So the festival was cancelled.
From what we hear this did not stop the visitors coming however and most wineries enjoyed a brisk trade.

Not a lot was happening locally apart from the biennial Milton Quilt Show.
The co driver was heavily involved in this helping with the organization and working there over the two days. She also had a number of quilts on show.
The Saturday was really busy but not so much the Sunday.
Despite this, preliminary indications are that the show was a success.
Pics of the individual quilts will be available on the co driver's blog.
The local hospital auxiliary benefits from the proceeds of the show.