With just two sleeps to go, the countdown is officially on for WA’s favourite family festival — and there is plenty of fun to be had.

WA Day Festival celebrations will kick-off on Saturday morning, with tens of thousands of festival-goers expected to descend on Burswood Park for the two-day carnival.

The event will boast almost a dozen free fairground rides and more than 40 showbags — including the infamous Bertie Beetle showbag.

Among the nine rides on offer are the heart-stopping Dream Swinger and Storm, and carnival favourites Dodgem Drift and Cup and Saucer.

Seven-year-old Edie Murphy was given an exclusive sneak peak of the Fiesta Balloon on Thursday afternoon — a dizzying ride, spinning young thrill-seekers into the sky — and said she wanted to ride it “100 times”.

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