Thursday, October 1, 2009

The Royal Melbourne Show

Last Friday Jackson, Daddy, Mama, Granma, and Lili all went to the huge Royal Melbourne show! Among other things, Jackson got to ride rides...

...ride on a pony...

...get a special stamp and hear stories about farming life in Australia...

...watch some huge cows "do poos"...

...and touch some yak fur (Jackson said, "Where its face?").

We had a great time getting Show Bags (bags with samples of sweets, toys, etc), digging for potatoes in the vast food hall, looking at all the arts and crafts and animals, and eating lots of yummy fair food like scones and corndogs and ice cream.

On the way out Lili bought Mama a classic "Show Doll." Jackson is still thinking of a name for her.

(Thank you to Lili for the photos!)

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Funny, yesterday I was just reminiscing about how much I loved show bags at the Perth show as a kid

Carrie C said...

There was a huge building devoted just to show bags, with hundreds of people milling around and security on the door; there was a massive queue to get in. I've never seen anything like it! Matt's been raving about show bags for years...