Well, I don't know what came over me but I had the urge to go to the Royal Hobart Show, the last time we went was about twenty years ago, the year after we arrived here. I must have forgotten what a let down this is, after coming from the UK where the Country Shows are considerably bigger (and a lot better) than anything they can put on here. The Show Ground itself is so antiquated, could be great if they gave it a face lift but I guess the population just does not merit spending the millions of dollars it would take, and for what? An Annual Show! So stop moaning and get on with it!
I mainly wanted to go as friend Joan had a picture in the Art Section, which was a real eye opener, it was a great landscape, the view of the Neck at Bruny from her shack at Simpsons Bay. Will have to treat her with more respect, she may be an artist to be reckoned with in the future!!!
The Craft and Cookery sections were disappointingly few, though all nicely displayed in glass cabinets. Some of what was there was very good, but quite a bit quite ordinary!
Then came the Old Utes and Old Cars, they were fantastic, their colours, contours and the fact that they are in such immaculate condition, they were worth seeing.
And then the stars of the show were the four ducks all dressed up for a fashion parade, complete with catwalk (or should it be duckwalk) followed by a race which the duck in yellow won. Poor ducks, hope they enjoyed all the cheering from the enthusiastic young audience.
Oh well, I have seen enough for the next twenty years.......
2 comments:
Truly amazing - but...I think the
ducks are geese. Or have you ever seen ducks with such a long neck?
I bow to your superior knowledge Heidi, you could be right, these Aussies are an uneducated lot, they all called them ducks, and nobody objected. Our American friend Colleen (whose Blog I follow) couldn't get over the fact that they could dress them up like that. Ken did ask the owner how he kept their hats on, and the answer was "With a Band Aid" (we called them Plasters - with a long a!) or sticking plasters, you know, those things you put on when you cut your finger!! Can't think what you call them in German.
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