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Paul Tesselaar between the tulips at the Tesselaar Tulip Festival in Silvan (VIC), September 2022

Paul Tesselaar between the tulips at the Tesselaar Tulip Festival, Credit: Paul Tesselaar

After three years of absence due to COVID-19, the Tesselaar Tulip Festival has opened its doors again. Between the tulips in Silvan (VIC) it feels like you are in the Netherlands. Paul Tesselaar, the third generation in the company, is happy to receive visitors again. He also tells how his grandparents left the Netherlands for Australia in 1939, with a suitcase full of bulbs.

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After three years of absence due to COVID-19, the Tesselaar Tulip Festival has opened its doors again. Between the tulips in Silvan (VIC) it feels like you are in the Netherlands. Paul Tesselaar, the third generation in the company, is happy to receive visitors again. He also tells how his grandparents left the Netherlands for Australia in 1939, with a suitcase full of bulbs.

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