All my time in Brisbane, I've lived here on the southside. So many times, I've driven past the Mt Gravatt Showgrounds. A few times I've dropped in to see different sorts of exhibitions: antiques, art, dogs, curios and the like. And while I've always been aware of its status as a showground, and while I've always been aware of the Mt Gravatt Show, I've never managed to get to it. I guess, like many others, I mostly only have eyes for the Ekka (although that took a while given my childhood imprint of the Sydney Easter Show...a whole different level...).
Anyway, dear reader, today I attended with my tai chi group to give a demonstration of the wonders of tai chi. I guess I jumped at the chance because...well, because I thought it would make me actually get myself there to check it out. Of course, I'm happy to help out with the group...plus, they were celebrating the 100th show, so that's got to be something, right?
And so it looked and felt like a scaled down version of its bigger cousin...and there were ice creams, dagwood dogs, fairly floss. And rides.
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| Happy 100th MtG |
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| Puppets, did I mention puppets? <Old school> |
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| Farm nursery |
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| A taipan, as close as I'll get |
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| Walking my alpaca... |
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| Showbag |
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| Sideshow alley |
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| Arts and crafts |
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| Colour |
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| Rides for kids |
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| And no show is complete without the Bertie Beetle bag... |
Now, on to the Ekka.
[Camera : Canon EOS 60D, 75-300mm, 28-80mm, 3.35pm-4.34pm]
