You know the rarefied walls of Government House have embraced the "hip" in hipster when food trucks set up shop in the car park on the annual open day. 
Since governor Linda Dessau ascended the throne in the ballroom, the Government House Instagram account was established and has taken off like a skyscraper hamburger to document her excellency's diary via the vice-regal notes.
Combining the best of tradition with the hungry hashtag movement at the open day, the Country Women's Association reliably provided tea, coffee and scones. The St Vincent de Paul soup van co-mingled with Huxtaburger and Burn City Smokers represented the brisket religion.
Ms Dessau, accompanied by her husband, Judge Anthony Howard, told Fairfax Media that social media enabled more people to learn about the house, which belongs to Victorians, and her role.
"The joy for me - you can see it on show - is all that history and tradition and richness of what we respect in that tradition and then all the contemporary aspects that bring us into the 21st century, as well, so we are relevant," Ms Dessau said.
Government House may belong to 6 million people but the bad news is not everyone will fit around the grand 46-seat dining table that was set to polished poshness for the occasion. On seeing the table settings, one woman quipped to her husband: "They are expecting us. Get your camera out, Ken."
Rivalling a queue of hipsters for a salted-caramel popcorn burger (if one exists), families and tourists formed an orderly line along the driveway and up to 18,000 visitors were expected to walk through the gate from 9.30am-4pm.
There were tours of the state apartments where the Governor hosts receptions, a custom-built Lego model of Government House by the Brick Club, comprising 40,000 blocks, and the customary instruction from parents to children, "Don't touch".
The beautifully Italianate Government House was built from 1872-1876 and comprises 240 rooms on 11 hectares. The ballroom is bigger than the one at Buckingham Palace and created such angst that Queen Victoria was nearly administered smelling salts.
Operating with its customary military precision, the Country Women's Association performed the scone Olympics in the old kitchen that was used until 1949. Noela MacLeod, a past national and state president, was up to her elbows in flour, milk and cream until 1am to crank out scones, slices and muffins.
With state president Machelle Crichton at the helm, 50 kilograms of flour produced 1300 scones that were topped with jam and cream. All yours for $2.50.
"The money that comes out of it goes towards state projects," Mrs Crichton said, adding they ranged from family violence and helping blind workers.