00:00Flowers. For as far as the eye can see. One million blooms bursting with colour.
00:08I think it's gorgeous. So lovely and so lucky to have such a beautiful day.
00:13I like Floriad because it's lots of fun and you get to spend time with people you like and you get to see all the colourful flowers.
00:22As the gates at Canberra's Commonwealth Park swung open for the 38th year of Floriad, some arrive with bells on.
00:30Everyone comes to see what's going on and you'll bump into so many people that you know.
00:34It's a lot of fun and a gorgeous way to celebrate the spring.
00:3813 flower beds covering 8,000 square metres have been designed to fit in with this year's theme, science and nature.
00:45It's been an 18 month process to come up with the designs and hand plant each flower.
00:51Canberra's chilly winter came with both positives and negatives.
00:57The bulbs love the cold weather, the annuals not so much.
01:00So this year we've got a fantastic bulb display and the annuals will need a little bit of time to warm up.
01:06All eyes will be on the weather over the coming weeks.
01:08If there's more sunny and clear days like this in Canberra, organisers are expecting around half a million people to come through the gates.
01:16We're hoping that it's a big economic driver for the territory.
01:19So last year it was over $62 million in total economic impact.
01:24But most of all we hope people are having a great time and having a wonderful experience in Canberra.
01:29Spring has well and truly sprung.
01:32It was a good time for the day at the start of the year's event.
01:33It is a good time for us to be able to come through the next year's event.
01:34It's full of time for the event.
01:35It's a great day and we're seeing a beautiful day at the start of the day.
01:36We're getting todown.
01:37Canberra's event for a year's event since we were able to complete a new year.
01:41That's the best day.
01:42We're gonna get to that first year's event.
01:43I want to get to the calendar for the day.
01:44It's the best day for the day.
01:45It's a great day.
01:46I wanted to get to the�y.
01:47One week's event.
01:48I want to get to that first time.
01:49It wasn't a big day long too.
01:50I want to get to thepentry.
01:52The time I have been to the event.
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