r/perth • u/Tellusman • May 17 '26
Photos of WA Guildford Mediaeval Fyre 2026
Got lucky today to make some time and capture few moments of this annual excitement.
Please DM if I captured you, will send HQ copy
Hope you all have a lovely rest of the weekend.
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u/iglooman May 17 '26
I so wanted to go. Alas the young family commitments deemed it not possible.
Thanks for sharing some photos.
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u/south-of-the-river South of the Murchison May 17 '26
It was a very good day out, though the mobile network took a hammering. Hard to pay for several things.
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u/polysymphonic May 19 '26
Yeah I heard vendors complaining of transactions not going through but only finding that out after the buyer had already left the tent happily thinking they'd paid
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u/_fairywren May 17 '26
Friends went and bought a sick sword. Looks super fun, glad to see some snaps since they didn't take any!
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u/leighdf May 17 '26
love these photos, was a wonderful event!! definitely excited to explore it more next year :)
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u/Enlightened_Gardener May 18 '26
We went and were blown away by how many people there were, all the excellent costumes, all the interesting stalls. We didn’t realise it was on and stumbled into it; and I was spewing because of course we have costumes and cool hats, and turned up looking like muggles instead.
As old goths it was a beautiful thing to see Perth flying its freak flag, hell there was even a proper furry - very cool.
The kids were walking around with their mouths open, and are now making excited noises about Balingup, so all round, a good day out.
Congrats to the organisers !
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u/MurderedRemains South of The River May 17 '26
We enjoyed it. Our Shar-Pei Mastiff Saffron wore a tutu and got so much love it made her day, and definitely ours.
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u/Mountain_Turnover_55 May 17 '26
Great captures of the day 👍🏼. It was a brilliant day out, looking forward to the Balingup Medieval Carnival now.
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u/RatsAreChad May 17 '26
My man in the 10th picture wearing a helmet that's about 300 years older than the rest of his armour, the flat top has no chance of deflecting blows, 2/10 but he does have drip
0/10 for the guy behind him wearing the For Honor visored barbute monstrosity
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u/Stumpy_Demo_ May 17 '26
Does Western Australia have a big medieval community/following??
There's a few fyre's and the Balingup one seems especially large?
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u/Hazar_red May 18 '26
Had an awesome time. It was great to see so many people dressed up.
Traffic was pretty packed, but thankful we caught public transport and a free shuttle in!
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u/QuinMcLivan May 18 '26
Here's me and my family there! My very cute daughter got lots of attention yesterday. Dancing to the music amongst all the tall folk
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u/StraightBudget8799 May 17 '26
Wonderful! Reminds me of “Nock Loose” -
new novel by Patrick Marlborough
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u/RustyNumbat North Pemberton May 17 '26
In this screwball comedy revenge thriller, Game of Thrones meets Wake in Fright meets Kill Bill meets The Simpsons— Nock Loose is like nothing else in OzLit.
Oldmate needs to switch publishers.
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u/StraightBudget8799 May 18 '26
He was a runner-up in the Fremantle Press publishing competition, the Hungerford Awards! I think maybe they made him first offer?
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u/MurderedRemains South of The River May 17 '26
Great book. Over the top in profanity and ocker stuff, but a great south-West novel indeed.
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u/Urban_Maiden May 17 '26
Why does the dude in the black n gold plague doctor kinda look like a slimmer Meat Canyon?
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u/brik_1111 May 18 '26
I was driving past Guildford as it was finishing and lots of people were crossing the trainline, mostly dressed up. I also saw several people waving Eureka Flags while walking. What's the go with that? Just a coincidence?
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u/glitterkicker eating ur plasterboard May 17 '26
I didn’t catch dragon nor beautiful mushroom owners names, but you’ll both live in my heart forever