Every year we all look forward to going to the Royal Melbourne Show, an annual event hosted by the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria. It's a place of convergence, where city-dwellers get a glimpse of country life from the various exhibits.
I missed last year's show because we couldn't take Gabby, who was still just a month old. So I sort of made up for the absence by going to the Show on its first weekend this year. For the most part because I wanted to grab the Showbags I wanted before they run out.
The exhibit on the early settlers was particularly interesting as the old men in the picture gave a demo on how chairs were built back then. We stayed a good time at the dog pavilion petting the dogs but didn't stay for the competition. Then the older kids went around the sports hub and gave footy and baseball a try. We skipped the carnival rides although I did coax the boys to go on the extreme rides and pay them to do it but they chickened out. Then there were the Monster Trucks! Always the crowd-drawers. We were having lunch at the Grand Pavilion when a loud whirring noise went-off signalling the start of the show. And believe me, lunch-eaters like us went running out of the pavilion sandwiches in hand just to catch the show. And they never fail to entertain.
Next stop was the Showbag hall where I splurged on a lot of showbags primarily for gifts to kids when we go home to Manila this Christmas. (82 days to go and counting). But the height of the day for us was when Mark actually milked a cow and drank the milk! He was so thrilled! And Gabby, well, he just did a lot of walking and walking. He'll probably appreciate the show next year.
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Ang saya!
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