This is the first time that we have gone to the Ekka. It is held at the RNA (Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland...you can see why they just call it RNA) showgrounds, the same place that it has been held since the first Ekka in 1876. It has a permanent stables for all the livestock, plenty of room for rides and sideshows, a couple of good size pavillions for the arts & crafts and food fairs, and a cricket pitch that is used for showing livestock.
Midway with rides
We lucked out with our first visit to the showgrounds, as we had beautiful weather and small crowds. Every pavillion was full but we were still able to walk around and see all the displays. We saw lots of handy-crafts and food displays, but our favourites were the livestock barns. We saw lots of farm animals and the smells in the barns certainly brought back memories for JB of visiting her grandparents' farm in central Alberta when she was a little girl!
We certainly didn't understand everything that we saw, even though we have now been living here for almost two years. Once again we saw a game with horrifying clown faces and there seemed to be a show that featured a man in long underwear and what appeared to be a walking water tower...or potentially some sort of animated barrel with spigot...we didn't ask.
Horrifying clowns!
Not a clue about this one
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