Bridge Bricks Expo will bring Lego mania to Murray Bridge
The Rotary Club of Mobilong will present an affordable, family-friendly event at Murray Bridge High School later this month.
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Where can you tour the African savannah, attend an art show and get a bird’s-eye view of the Adelaide CBD, all in one place?
The Bridge Bricks Expo will have them all and more on August 24-25 – in Lego form.
Around 70 exhibits will be presented by the Rotary Club of Mobilong in the gym at Murray Bridge High School, making for an affordable, family-friendly day out.
Star attractions will include several models by members of the Southern Bricks Lego User Group, organisers of Adelaide’s Brixpo, including a huge rocket and a four-square-metre diorama of the heart of the city.
There will be hot sausages, coffee and cinnamon doughnuts, and the high school’s robotics club will give demonstrations at 11am and 2pm on the Sunday.
You'll see animals, cars and landmarks all in one place at the Bridge Bricks Expo. Photos: Bronwyn Heard.
Rotarian Bronwyn Heard had originally started planning the event last year, around the time Monarto Safari Park launched a $2 million fundraising campaign to bring three elephants to South Australia.
The Rotary Club had been involved in several fencing projects at the park, so a partnership made sense.
However, since the elephant fundraiser reached its goal in less than a month, the benefits will flow the other way: the safari park will provide colouring and activity packs for every child who comes through the expo’s doors.
Exhibitors were asked to hide a reference to Monarto somewhere in their models – an animal, a hotel, or something more cryptic – and children who are able to find all 20 clues will be able to enter a prize draw.
Entry will be by a gold coin donation, with funds raised to go to the Rotary Club for local community projects.
Why Lego, though?
“I love watching how creative people are with it,” Ms Heard said.
“We’ve got one big box of Lego at home, and every time the grandkids get together, they build something different.
“It encourages people to be creative – that’s what I like.”
- Event: The Bridge Bricks Expo will be open from 10am-4pm on August 24 and 25 in the gym at Murray Bridge High School.
