easter show 2009

20 April 2009, 02:19

ahh the royal easter show. where oz’s best produce and livestock is on display. there are magnificent animals galore as well as some clowns. i hate clowns but that’s another story for another day. Helen has scored me a free ticket (thanks dude!) and has come prepared with a list of highlighted events printed out from the website.


but our first food-stop of the day is the glorious cheese on a stick stand! it is the highlight of every easter show for me and i managed to chomp thru 3 cheese on a sticks (plus 2 lemonades) a personal best!


and look at it in all its glorious deep fried glory! a rectangle of cheese skewered on a stick and then a quick dip in batter before being deep fried into perfection. way better than the dagwood dogs i tells ya!


i stumbled onto miss snowpea and miss broccoli heh heh


soon the woolworths dome calls to us and we drift towards the district exhibits where awesome fruit and veg displays await. i particularly loved the apple colour coordination on the fish from central district… it’s like pixels they are!


was also impressed with the amount of detail on the south east queensland district display my gosh can you imagine the amount of time and effort to sort the seeds and grains by colour and then gluing onto the pages??


after some random sampling and some small purchases (salmon jerky and some dried fruits) we headed over to the cake judging area. i was not surprised when my favourite cake is once again by the fabulous Annie Lo


the wall-e by lorinda loh is also awesome


and this ship cake by * colligan (sorry dunno the first name) looked like it had leprechauns running around and i loved the mermaid!


behold a wall of jams, chutneys and spreads


and cakes, biscuits and breads aplenty


yeah i needed sustenance in the form of a chocolate shot ($3)


earlier we had missed 2 shows and for the 2pm showing helen was so determined to not miss the racing and diving pigs that we arrived half an hour early only to find that there was already a queue! we shrugged and got in line and watched as an unidentified slab of meat kept turning around and around on the rotisserie stand next door


there were two pig races- 4 pigs in each race. the first four pigs were named Pork Bone, Ham Bone, Pork Chop and Porky Pig heh oh yes that did draw a chuckle from the crowd and the pigs in the second race were Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa (poor maggie got left out) which drew happy squeals from the kids sitting in prime position at the front


but now for the moment you have all been waiting for: diving piggy!


sitting and standing in the sun for the past hour was taking its toll and when we were made to wait for a little detour for some animals crossing we took a quick drinks break (plug: i love mother)


the pluto pup compels you!


and then it was time to head back to the woolworths dome to the Country Women’s Association Tea Room for their famed scones. i had suggested in the morning that we have the scones when we were in the area but helen replied with ‘but scones are for the afternoon!’ heh heh and so sometime in the afternoon we rocked up and joined the queue for some tea and scones and golly look at the tally for scones sold! that’s alot of scones.


mah scones! helen slices 1 scone and slathers with cream and jam and then eats. i on the other hand, slice both scones and then slather with cream and jam and um the extra sachet of jam the nice cwa lady who was sitting next to us donated to my sugar tooth and then eats… they were so very good


um a pirate.


pork lane heh


why hello tasty piggy


angus cows


aw cute fluffy ducks


heh and plastic ducks!


it’s so pretty! we didnt go on any rides becos we kinda lost a whole lotta money on the poker game heh


helen still has the munchies so we share the twisted chips ($8) with cheese sauce ($1)


and while the showbag hall was nicely devoid of humans we didnt end up buying any showbags but instead quite randomly bought some fluro wigs… thanks again for the tix helen! twas much fun and next year we aim for making it to the woodchopping lol

1. Ha, good times! Twas a great day indeed. Wig party soon?

   — Helen    Apr 20, 02:34 AM    #
   
   

2. hehehe… the poor guy who you randomly picked to take the photos of u two with wigs on probably thinking, “oh… these crazy girls with too much sugar and fatty food…” :) Now send that pic to me in email without helen’s face blocked so I can have a laugh! LOL

   — billy@ATFT    Apr 20, 09:47 AM    #
   
   

3. I love the wigs! Helen’s purple locks look so luxurious. How cool does Miss Snowpea look too – though I suspect she wouldn’t want to turn her head too quickly with that thing on.

   — Y    Apr 20, 10:07 AM    #
   
   

4. i was all! ahh! that lady is a broccoli! and then i realised she was being miss broccoli. duh. fail :|

   — shez    Apr 20, 10:21 AM    #
   
   

5. haha. the names of the pigs in the pig race are hilarious!
   looks like you guys had a fun day out :)

   — Betty    Apr 20, 10:21 AM    #
   
   

6. Hi! Just wanted to say that I love reading your blog and am always astounded by your super human metabolism :) – 3 cheese on a sticks is quite a feat! I really want to try one now.

   — Steph    Apr 20, 10:26 AM    #
   
   

7. Where’s the bucket of fairy floss?!

   Also the wig suits hahaha

   — Marj    Apr 20, 11:25 AM    #
   
   

8. Heh I think you eat almost as much as I do ;)

   So sad I missed the Easter Show, we have nothing like this here!

   — Beverly    Apr 20, 11:43 AM    #
   
   

9. Those cakes look AMAZING! And those chips look cool too – I love how the sauce is just dripping off the plate – mmmm!

   — Katie    Apr 20, 03:09 PM    #
   
   

10. Great photos, save me from going hehe. Diet karma continues its downward spiral to hell. :)

    — goosmurf    Apr 20, 03:33 PM    #
    
    

11. You look tres cool in the pink wig. And Will lurves his Mother – he was freakin’ out at Eveleigh cos no one sold it there.

    — Belle    Apr 20, 11:17 PM    #
    
    

12. Hee hee awesome paint job :) and lol at tasty piggy. Yargh tis a pirate and did you have another mother before you wrote this post :P?

    I really really craving deep fried food in stick form! OH also the ferris wheel shot is dope!

    — FFichiban    Apr 21, 01:57 AM    #
    
    

13. Ohh the pork Ln. That’s where I belong..

    — Yas    Apr 21, 07:17 AM    #
    
    

14. You can never go wrong with deep fried cheese!

    — BethieofVA    Apr 21, 07:36 AM    #
    
    

15. dude u need to eat a cheeseburger

    — wah    Apr 22, 08:16 PM    #
    
    

16. helen: oh a wig party yes most definitely!
    billy: hehe we got the girl who was manning the wig station to take a photo lol
    y: oh you must come to our wig party! they’re even better in real life heh
    shez: lol miss brocolli was cute tho hey!
    betty: yeah the pigs names made me so hungry!
    steph: aw thanks dude! yeah those cheese on a sticks were so tasty!
    marj: lol i already ate a layer of the fairy floss so didnt really want to take a photo of a half eaten bucket lol
    bev: aw when you coming back to syd? your next holiday maybe time it for next easter?
    kate: heh the sauce drippage was entirely unintentional lol it was tasty but it got cold really fast
    goosmurf: thanks! lol life is too short to diet =P
    belle: serious? heh i love it! its not as sweet as v and not as medicinal tasting as red bull
    ffichiban: aw thanks! ferris wheel was pretty random and didnt want to pay to go on it lol
    yas: heh yeah i love bacon!
    bethieofva: you are so right! deep fried cheese is always delish!
    wah: lol i love cheeseburgers!

    — chocolatesuze    Apr 22, 08:26 PM    #
    
    

17. You should have had your face painted! Only because I was doing the face painting – hence I have not been at any markets lately!

    — Pierogi Princess    Apr 22, 11:19 PM    #
    
    

18. pierogi princess: wow really!! shouldve told me i wouldve LOVED to get my face painted! man you are multi talented! yeah i havent been around the eveleigh markets cos been sorting out the new house

    — chocolatesuze    Apr 24, 12:52 AM    #
    
    

19. Hi great site but just wondering do you know how they make that sweet lemonade please cause with out fail i go to the easter show every year for it and now that i have kids.

    Thank you
    mirvat

    — mirvat    May 4, 07:21 PM    #