Not everything needs to have meaning. Certainly not a bunch of people sliding down a tarp covered with watermelon remains in inner-city Brisbane.
The inaugural Melon Mania, West End's own version of La Tomatina, was held at Orleigh Park on Saturday afternoon.
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And anyone looking for a deeper meaning to the wet and sticky mess would have been left sadly wanting.
Co-organiser Belle Daniells said it was all about fun. Wet, messy and sticky fun.
![Mia Macleod and Adrian Bulzoica went all in.](/web/20170411214856im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/h/0/f/l/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gvh0ew.png/1491719412973.jpg)
"I just wanted something super fun, an event where there was no cause to raise awareness for," she said.
"It was literally just to have fun, to put aside differences and bond, because I find that when people are having a lot of fun, you instantly form this friendship bond.
"I just wanted to boost that in this community."
Fellow organiser Monique Vanderham said the crowd at Orleigh Park started off small, but the crowd built largely thanks to curious passers-by.
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Already, there have been calls for Melon Mania to become a regular event.
"It was only intended to be a one-off thing, but we had so much fun yesterday and everyone said if we had it again they'd be there," Ms Vanderham said.
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"So, we'll have to make a call on that later in the year."
While the comparison to Spain's La Tomatina was obvious, Ms Vanderham said Melon Mania was more of a "baby cousin" of the biennial Chinchilla Melon Festival.
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"It's nowhere near as incredible as they put on there – it's amazing (in Chinchilla) and everybody should get to that at some time in their lives," she said.
"But we liked that it was targeted at the West End community and that made it so much more accessible to people."
Ms Daniells planted the watermelon seeds at West End, before ploughing the field at her father's farm in Gatton.
The watermelons, which Ms Daniells said numbered between 500 and 700, were harvested at the family farm on Friday before being driven to the big smoke.
But the question remained – why watermelons?
"The event had to be on something that was different and absolutely silly," Ms Daniells said.
"I grew up with watermelons and as a child, I was able to smash as many watermelons as I could and that was just a euphoric moment of happiness.
"I just wanted everyone to be able to experience that."
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