Well - that was interesting; we spent the day at the Royal Easter Show - much like a UK County Show - lots of animals to see (altough when you've seen one goat, you've seen all 231 of them!).
We got a bus from the nearest stop to us - there are special buses run for events at the Sydney Olympic showground. Pay on the bus for a single ticket that gets you to and from the show, and into it as well (Amelia is free). 45 minutes later we were there - the show is located around the NAB Arena, next to the Telsta Stadium, all part of the venue that Sydney built for the 2000 Olympics.
We did spend the day there - Amelia enjoyed seeing the various animals, including getting to walk in the Dairy Farmers nursery (did I mention the fact that /everything/ was sponsored), and stroking lambs, goats, and a piglet.
We also (just to get into the Ozie way of life) went into the Showbags arena - Showbags are plastic bags with sweets/gifts/stickers etc in them - that you pay for. The bags claim that they are a bargin, and give you the RRP of the contents as well as the actual sale price. But I just don't get it - there were thousands of kids (and adults I must add) going round with 3 or 4 (or more) bags of sweets that they had bought. Outside there were fields of kids sitting eating the sweets looking sickly...
Showbags are such a big thing that the show guide ($5 on top of the entry fee) has half the guide dedicated to listing each of the bags, the contents, the sale price, and the RRP for the contents.
A typical bag:
Cadbury King Size - $10 (total retail value: $14.75)
Contents: 1x75gm Cadbury King Size Dairy Milk, 1x80gm Cadbury Boost, 1x55gms Turkish Delight, 1x50gm Cadbury Picnic, 1x55gm Cadbury Cherry Ripe, 1x50gm Cadbury Crunchie, 1xCadbury Cow Mascot, 1xPGA Childrens Golf Lesson.
So - $10 gets you 6 bars of chocolate, a small (nasty) stuffed toy, and a voucher for a golf lesson that you will almost certainly never use - saving you $4.75
That said, chocolate bars are much more expensive here - maybe the toy and golf lesson are valued at less than the $4.75, and you really are getting a saving on the sweets. Bugger - maybe they were good value!!??
We think Ameila really loved the Rodeo - we queued up to get into the NAB Arena and watched NSW vs Queensland "ride it out" against each other. Anyway, she went completely loopy watching the horses and riders, waving here arms and squealing loudly. She even clapped at one point, along with the crowds.
[btw - there were no Waland's competing in the 2000 olympics - we know as Louise checked the posts outside the Telstra Stadium which are marked with the names of all the athletes).
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