Telethon Family Festival: Fat Cat most in demand celebrity amongst little festival-goers at event

The verdict is in from some of the thousands of people who flocked into the Perth city centre on Sunday for the annual Telethon Family Festival — Fun. So much fun.

This marked the second year in a row the city played host to the event with free carnival rides, food trucks and showbags lining Wellington Street and Yagan Square to help support the charity which aims to transform the lives of WA children.

However, among the rides, food, free activities and even Channel 7 star Dr Chris Brown, the number one attraction for families was everyone’s favourite feline, Fat Cat.

The most in-demand celebrity was everywhere across the festival, from cooking sausages on the barbie to dancing up a storm on the street.

Little Madison McLean, 2, could not wait to shake his paw, especially after missing out on meeting him last year.

When asked what she was going to do when did, she replied: “Hug”.

Five-year-old Aaliyah Hart also couldn’t wait to meet Fat Cat telling The West Australian she too was going to “give him a hug”. She was also looking forward to playing on the bouncy castles.

Big kids Rylee, Ariah and Tahnia spent the first part of the morning getting their faces painted and were excited to “test” the rides.

Having mastered the Storm, they were about to tackle the Train.

“I’m very excited about that one,” Tahnia added.

Some kids could not wait to get to the festival they forgot to get dressed, rocking up in their PJs.

However, it wasn’t because they slept in — it was all planned.

The students from North Cottesloe Primary School held a pyjama day at their school and raised a whopping $3100 for Telethon.

They presented the cheque earlier in the day and celebrated after by hula hooping in the streets.

Also out enjoying the fun-friendly atmosphere was Lisa Kelly from Mandurah aka Wallyfunwithlisa.

A regular at charity events, Ms Kelly, who loves to chat to people from all walks of life was happy to meet a certain celebrity vet while he was greeting fans.

When asked why she dresses as Where’s Wally, she replied: “I just love talking to people and I find people come up and ask me why I am dressed like this. I just love connecting to people.”