We're Giving Away a VIP Experience at the Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival

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With winter in full swing, taking time to smell the (few) flowers is a good way to cure the winter blues. Luckily, there's one flower that livens the streets in winter — cherry blossoms. Only in bloom for two weeks of the year, these pink floral pom poms garner praise around the globe. So, in celebration of the pink Japanese flora, Sydney's Auburn Botanic Gardens is throwing the largest cherry blossom festival in the state.

Running from Saturday, August 17 to Sunday, August 25, the Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival will honour the flower and celebrate Japanese culture, with food, music, workshops, movies and even an anime-themed laser tag arena.

Because these babies only blossom once a year, we're giving you the chance to enjoy the festivities in complete VIP style. If you get your lucky mitts on this prize, you'll be getting the royal treatment for the day. You can tuck into your choice of lunch, desserts and bevs. To sweeten the deal, you'll also skip the queues for any stall, show, activity or attraction, plus get a VIP tour of the gardens. All you have to do is pick the day — we'll sort the rest.

If you're keen to get the VIP treatment at this year's Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival, enter your details below to be in the running.