Scarecrow Festival October 2025

Create your own scarecrow this September/October and be part of the annual Darebin tradition.

The judges this year will be Lloyd Langford and Ged Kearney, our local representative (MP for Cooper). Meet them at the award ceremony outside 87 Rossmoyne St at 2pm during the Rossmoyne Rummage (2.5km of garage sales) in Thornbury on Sunday 19 October.

Start planning your scarecrow creation now. Prize categories include:
- Best Use of Repurposed Materials
- Friendliest Scarecrow
- Funniest Scarecrow
- Scariest Scarecrow
- Most Topical Scarecrow
- Best Group Effort
- Rossmoyne Street
- Beyond Rossmoyne Street
- Postie's Pick (in honour of original scarecrow judge the late Rowen Johnson)

HOW TO ENTER: Email a photo with your scarecrow’s name and your address to - cm9zc21veW5lc3RyZWV0ICEgdGhvcm5idXJ5IHwgZ21haWwgISBjb20= so we can enter it in the judging, and share it on Facebook, Instagram and on the Scarecrow Trail Map. DEADLINE for submissions this year is midnight on 17 October.

Find the scarecrows on the map:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1j1hzrqaWU-8A_3CjjRkuQUgVzxwJMDg&ll=-37.75693240403261%2C145.00105867817228&z=18

Thanks to Ged Kearney, Lloyd Langford and Nelson Alexander for their support.

You may also like the following events from Rossmoyne Street Thornbury:

• Next Sunday, 19th October, 12:00 am, Rossmoyne Rummage 2025 - famous 2.5km of garage sales in Northcote

Also check out other Festivals in Preston, Trips & Adventurous Activities in Preston.