Of Fairy Floss, Pigs and a Rodeo

Fairy Floss!

Yesterday after class Rob and I got on a bus to the train station where we caught a train out to Olympic Park (yep, the Olympic Park from the Olympics in 2000) and got our tickets for the Sydney Royal Easter Show.  This is a huge 2 week long event that happens every year in the city and is basically like a massive fair/carnival.  We watched a cattle judging (which we left early since we had absolutely no idea what was even happening) saw sheep being sheared, chicks being born, really weird looking chickens and pigeons and the biggest pigs I have ever seen in my life; they were easily 5ft long.  We bought (probably way too much) Fairy Floss, which is just Aussie for cotton candy, and ate it while we walked around to see all the exhibits.  In one section the different regions of Australia had designed murals made only of fruit, vegetables and grains.  There was also an arts and crafts building where photos, paintings, quilts and even unique cake creations were on display, my favorites included a cake of the Last Supper and a jar of Vegemite.  While it got darker we wandered into a smaller stadium and found ourselves cheering for the New South Wales Woodchopping Team (who ended up losing to both Victoria and Queensland) in a wood chopping and sawing relay race competition. Then we spent some time watching a hypnotist show before riding the ferris wheel to see the lights of the fair at night.  Last we went back to the smaller stadium and watched a rodeo where a City team competed against a Country team in cattle lassoing, bronco and bull riding and barrel horse racing.  Overall, a pretty interesting afternoon/evening!

Murals made of fruit and vegetables