Sydney Royal Easter Show

Ok, so the final bit of Easter that we celebrated was at the Sydney Royal Easter Show!  Actually, it really has nothing to do with Easter at all, but think Iowa State Fair!  That's pretty much what it reminded me of - which, of course, I LOVED!  Bear with me this post....these pictures are very random and not that great.  I had my old phone (which was super crappy and took really bad pictures) and there were a TON of people, so I was just trying to quickly capture a few things here and there for us to remember/explain to others! ;)  The show runs for about 10 days and we ended up going on one of the Saturdays.  It was a beautiful day and we had a great time just soaking it all in!!

 I took this picture mainly for my brother, Paul, who loves to fish.  It was pretty funny....this guy was actually doing a fishing demonstration and you could see through the glass what was happening "underwater".  I thought he would get a kick out of it!

 Too funny - they call cotton candy "fairy floss" here in Australia!! :)

 They have buildings such as the "varied industries building" and the buildings that house all the different gardening, cake decorating, sewing, etc., etc., etc., ....they were fun to walk through - Australian style!

 There were different displays that were judged to represent certain areas of Australia.  They were very detailed and impressive!!

 There were TONS of cakes on display and boy were they impressive!!  There were many different categories and we all really enjoyed admiring all of them.  Yes, the parrot was made out of fondant - you HAVE to be an artist to pull that off!!

 Ok - so one of the most fascinating things that we experienced and had never seen before was the "Showbags"!!  I took a picture of the board that "explained" the history of them, so you could read more about it.  There was a HUGE building with tons of booths set up from all kinds of companies and kid's themes/characters, etc. that kids love, too.  They were also located all over the fair, but this was the main building for them.  They have these "Bags" that you can buy with all kinds of goodies in them for a discount and it's essentially advertising for that company, etc.  Josh and I got a bag from the Honey stand which included about 10 different flavors of honey, honey butter, honey popcorn, etc. for a super good price.  We let each of the kids pick one out as well.  Grace chose the Fashion Barbie bag and Lance chose Scooby Doo!  Each stand displays what is all included in your bag as well, so you know exactly what you're getting.  People were buying TONS of them!!!  A little crazy, but to each their own!  I thought, "Wow!  America should pick up on this at their state fairs, etc.... - what a great way for companies to make some money!!"  It was quite an experience!

 Just a quick snapshot from inside the building

 Standing outside with our showbags! (Oh, and it's best to buy your bag(s) at the end of the day, so you don't have to carry them around with you!! ;)

 We also walked through all the barns...we saw rabbits, cows, horses, sheep, chickens, etc.  There was a cute hands on area as well for kids where they had it set up and you could walk through the process of planting the wheat.....all the way through to making your own bread.  It was SUPER cute!!

 feeding the cow - ahhh....my city slickers!! ;)
All in all, we had a great day and even hit some rides and "fair food" before heading home to bed.  Can't wait for next year! :)