SNAIL TRAIL

Pearl worked as a florist snail for all her adult life and whilst the pay wasn’t particularly good the perks of being around flowers (her Favorite snack) made it worthwhile. When the florist shop was bought out by a global conglomerate and they started to crack down on staff meals, it was time for Pearl to retire. Now she looks forward to the Ballarat Begonia Festival once a year where she can snack freely on flowers and remember the glory years of the florist shop.

Slick fancies himself as a “silver fox” but that can’t be true because everyone knows that snails and foxes are not compatible when it comes to coupling! As soon as Slicks silver locks where long enough, he stated collecting snail slime to slick it back. (snail slime has very similar qualities to L'Oréal Professional Max Hold Gel) He plans on hanging out with mates at the Ballarat Begonia Festival looking to get into trouble.

This is Florence the Snail Florence has always lived in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, can you tell? She has eaten soooooo many flowers that she has partially become a flower leading to her unusual appearance which somewhat reflects the look of a frilled neck lizard. Two years ago, Mother's Day was a disaster when Florence slunk into the conservatory and ate the entire chrysanthemum collection. Since then, the chrysanthemum gardeners designed and produced the smallest electric fence in the whole world which instantly turns any snail intruders into escargot and the only thing that needs to be added is a little sprinkle of salt and pepper.

Don't be fooled by that "butter wouldn't melt in her mouth" expression on the face of Josephine, or those big batty eyelashes or her fancy top and skirt. She is a descendant of Thomas Bath who opened the first pub in Ballarat in 1853 during the gold rush. Those days where wild as prospectors poured into Ballarat on the hunt for gold. There was regular bar fights and disagreements that spilled out onto the street and only the strong survived. Thomas became a fierce barman that you didn't want to get onto the wrong side of. Josephine has inherited that fierceness from Thomas and whilst times are different now, she is equally as entrepreneurial and driven so do yourself a favour and if you see her step back and don't get in her way!