Carl and Helen Weston along with their team of staff, family and friends all banded together to enter the annual Gladstone Harbour Easter Festival in April 2011.
The theme of Mad Hatters was taken on with much enthusiasm with lots of the famour characters featuring like Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts, Rabbitt, The Tea Cup, Twiddle Dumb and Twiddle Dee, etc. The Austral entry won BEST small business on the night. It was a credit to the whole team as well as major sponsors for the night being FleetPartners, ANZ, Westpac, Macquarie with support also coming from CBA and NAB.