This Saturday's Mount Beauty Oktoberfest celebrations and Dachshund Derby looks set to be bigger than ever.
Last year’s festivities drew more than 400 patrons and 75 dachshunds to Mountain Monk Brewers, resulting in such a joyful day, organisers are hoping to expand the festival's success this year.
"We're expecting bigger crowds than last year," Mountain Monk Brewers manager, Steph Bellman said.
"We have 50 dogs registered to race already, which is just fantastic; compared to last year when we were surprised with dozens of same-day registrations which made numbers jump from 18 pre-registered dogs to 64.
"We'll see what happens this year, but with Valerie the Dachshund attending - the little dog famous for surviving alone, lost on Kangaroo Island for more than 500 days - it could be even bigger than expected.
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"She's a really sweet, lovely dog.
"I've met her before and on the day she'll be giving out prizes and people can meet her and her owners who will be commentating on the races."
There's lots to do on the day with a best-dressed sausage dog (and owner) competition, longest 'dog' competition, live music, food stalls, children's grain-bag races and free face-painting for the kids and local market stalls.
This Saturday's live music line-up sees Squidjig as the headlining act, starting at midday to play traditional polka and German tunes, followed by Jus Gordon with their similar traditional German music and in the evening: country musician Matt Sier.
German food and beer will be featured all day, with two or three food stalls hosting and lots of pretzels, German sausages, goulash, potatoes and other German delights.
Oktoberfest will run this Saturday, 11 October at Mountain Monk Brewers, from noon to 8pm, with the Dachshund Derby held in between, scheduled for 2pm.
