Power of pink tells world it’s a girl

EXPECTANT parents Jamie Walker and Erin Kemp told their families coloured balloons or cake wouldn’t cut it — but they never expected to learn the gender of their baby through a burnout.

The Oakdowns couple were delighted to find out they were going to be welcoming a little girl after pink clouds of smoke filled the air during their surprise gender reveal on Sunday.

The striking display took place in the driveway of Mr Walker’s mother’s Howrah home.

Mr Walker, Ms Kemp and Ms Kemp’s eight-year-old son Zanda were unaware of what was happening until the revving started.

“We’d been watching a lot of gender reveals online and my mum got really excited, so we let her go for it,” Mr Walker said.

“We were blindfolded and walked out the door holding hands. As soon as the car started to rev we were told to rip off our masks.

“It was a picture perfect moment. We were over the moon, we wanted a little girl from day one.”

Mr Walker’s mother Elaine and sister Zoe kept the baby’s gender a secret for 10 weeks while the pink-smoke tyres were custom made.

They even checked their plans with a police officer, who told them it would be legal if it was on private property.

Family friend Kane Westbury turned the wild idea into a reality in his Holden ute.

Mr Walker, who is a car enthusiasts and photographer, said it was a tricky manoeuvre given the size of the driveway.

“I’ve already received a couple of inboxes on my photography page from people asking for some advice on how to do the exact same gender reveal,” Mr Walker said.

“He burnt through half the thread in seven to 10 seconds. The whole driveway was full of pink rubber and pink powder.”