Rebas' Adventure in Ozzieland

Last Saturday I went to the Perth Royal Show aka Country Fair with Sarah and Emma. I don’t know why it is the royal show and my friend didn’t either. We decided to go in the afternoon, because although there was a lot to see, we wanted to stay until the 9pm fireworks and we didn’t really want to be there for 12 hours. It was a perfect day, nice and warm but not hot. The first thing I did when we walked through the gate was buy a cotton candy which is delightfully called Fairy Floss over here (love it!). I don’t like cotton candy that much, but it is sooo fair like I just couldn’t resist. We walked around everywhere and saw little animals and weird stuff for sale and lots of rides and games. I played “hit the balloon with a dart” I hit 4 out of 5 and won a parrot which I named Harriet. The rides were a bit spendy so we decided to do just one, the Ferris wheel, is there anything more classic? We waited until dark so we could see the lights it was so enjoyable. I think I have mentioned everything you can see in the pictures except the Dagwood Dog. What is a Dagwood dog you ask? Well, it is sort of like a corn dog with more of a like tempura batter and, as the pictures illustrates, they dip the whole thing in tomato sauce (ketchup). I of course dripped great amounts of sauce on my shirt. We then went to the oval (aka soccer field) and sat to watch the fireworks. What a great show! Because we were all in stands and on the grass looking down at the base where the fireworks were being launched, they were able to have smaller fireworks near the ground as well as ones in the sky. Such awesome configuration that I had never seen before, and the night was started to get cool so we shivered just a little. Very reminiscent of 4th of July in the NW. Fabulous! Before we left Sarah bought a “show bag”. Apparently the thing that every kid remembers doing at the show is buying a show bag. It is a bag of toys and lollies that you buy. They are themed and come in multiple prices. $5 gets you a few small candy bars, where $25 gets you big candy bars and stuffed animals or backpacks or playing cards. There are Cadbury bags and Hannah Montana bags, hello Kitty and Cowboy bags. There are many locations around the show where you can buy them. On the wall there is a display showing all the bags, their price and what they contain. It was an all around good day. _____________just an aside before I sign off, if anyone is thinking of sending me a care package please but in peanut butter candy of some kind. There are some great lollies here (they have got caramel down pat), and you can buy peanut butter, but no candy! No Reese’s cups, no Peanut butter M&M’s, nothing! I had no idea I liked those candies so well, but I have been craving them lately for sure.