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Saturday, August 8, 2009
EKKA!
Ekka is here once again.
The Ekka is the annual show of Queensland, Australia. Its formal title is the Royal Queensland Show. It was originally called the Brisbane Exhibition and therefore is now usually known as Ekka, due to the phenomenon in Australian English of shortening lengthy words.
i gave the Ekka last year a miss, as it didn't really interest me and i thought it was just a very big fun fair. but this year, i decided to give it a try. so the bunch of us bought our concession tickets online, $17 (perks of being a student, usual price $25), and went down to Ekka on Friday.
The Ekka is held in Queensland's capital city, Brisbane, for ten days each August at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground. The Ekka is organised by the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland (RNA), and is held at the RNA Showgrounds in the inner-city suburb of Bowen Hills approximately two kilometres north-east of Brisbane's city centre.
The Ekka is Brisbane's most popular event of any sort, with well over 600,000 visitors attending the show in recent years.
Showbags are an integral part of the Ekka experience. They usually contain food items (such as confectionery) and novelty items, and are sold in the Showbag Pavilion.
Today there are almost 500 different showbags available for visitors to spend their money on and enjoy samples of products. Showbags range from $1 (the famous Bertie Beetle Bag) to over $50, providing companies the opportunity to show off their merchandise to the public.
Amongst the showbags, there's also specialty foods that we can try from the various stalls.
strawberry sundae ice cream, with strawberries underneath the ice cream.
more showbags...
and all sorts of soft toys.
posters.
warm and soft delicious doughnut, laced with cinnamon sugar.
teresa queuing for candy.
Attractions at Ekka include fairground rides, a Side Show Alley, animal parades, woodchopping competitions, agricultural displays and equestrian events.
Side Show Alley in particular has been an integral part of the Ekka, however back in the earlier years of the Ekka, side show alley was a place for people to witness actual sideshows, such as freaks of nature, people carrying out superhuman feats of strength and illusionists performing for delighted audiences.
from left: teresa, kelvin, weiting and xinyan.
after the showbags, we move to the fun fair.
this is one of the popular 小吃.
the corn dog, pogo, dagwood dog, pluto pup or corny dog.
it is a hot dog coated in cornbread batter and deep fried in hot oil, although some are baked.
each games at these stalls costs either $4 or $5 per try.
you can only win the larger soft toys when a group of 8 or more people play, and only when you are the lucky winner of the group. the games at each stall vary, but are usually like basketball, shoot the duck and throw the ball at targets.
house of horror.
During a time when the Ekka was still young, the main purpose of the agricultural show, as its name suggests, was to show off many agricultural and industrial exhibits.
It was a chance for people to show off newly invented agricultural and industrial devices such as ultra modern plowing, sowing and harvesting artifacts. Cattle and other farm animals were also exhibited during the show, a practice that remains to this day.
the gathering of farmers in a bar. the usual place where men, beer, food and talk of the same topic come together. every single one of them wears a cowboy hat, shirt and jeans and boots.
and as i got nearer... i saw....
after looking at so many cows and now, steak, kinda reminds me of the angus i had in Sg.
Dairy Farmers. the common brand of milk around here.
the milk is good, the yogurt is great.
freshness, guaranteed.
the animal nursery is still a place for children and adults alike to go and witness all the baby animals in all their glory.
isn't it just heart-melting to see children of young age hold onto the chicks so dearly?
and then you always have childish, not-so-grown girls who also wanna try to act cute.
suddenly i saw one of my favourite foods!
my best and most expensive friend!
so black, even his tongue is black!
nougats immediately reminded me of someone.
that's all for Ekka.
we're all famished by evening, so we headed back to city and had dinner.
Korean hotpot!
The Ekka is the annual show of Queensland, Australia. Its formal title is the Royal Queensland Show. It was originally called the Brisbane Exhibition and therefore is now usually known as Ekka, due to the phenomenon in Australian English of shortening lengthy words.
i gave the Ekka last year a miss, as it didn't really interest me and i thought it was just a very big fun fair. but this year, i decided to give it a try. so the bunch of us bought our concession tickets online, $17 (perks of being a student, usual price $25), and went down to Ekka on Friday.
The Ekka is held in Queensland's capital city, Brisbane, for ten days each August at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground. The Ekka is organised by the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland (RNA), and is held at the RNA Showgrounds in the inner-city suburb of Bowen Hills approximately two kilometres north-east of Brisbane's city centre.
The Ekka is Brisbane's most popular event of any sort, with well over 600,000 visitors attending the show in recent years.
Showbags are an integral part of the Ekka experience. They usually contain food items (such as confectionery) and novelty items, and are sold in the Showbag Pavilion.
Today there are almost 500 different showbags available for visitors to spend their money on and enjoy samples of products. Showbags range from $1 (the famous Bertie Beetle Bag) to over $50, providing companies the opportunity to show off their merchandise to the public.
Amongst the showbags, there's also specialty foods that we can try from the various stalls.
strawberry sundae ice cream, with strawberries underneath the ice cream.
more showbags...
and all sorts of soft toys.
posters.
warm and soft delicious doughnut, laced with cinnamon sugar.
teresa queuing for candy.
Attractions at Ekka include fairground rides, a Side Show Alley, animal parades, woodchopping competitions, agricultural displays and equestrian events.
Side Show Alley in particular has been an integral part of the Ekka, however back in the earlier years of the Ekka, side show alley was a place for people to witness actual sideshows, such as freaks of nature, people carrying out superhuman feats of strength and illusionists performing for delighted audiences.
from left: teresa, kelvin, weiting and xinyan.
after the showbags, we move to the fun fair.
this is one of the popular 小吃.
the corn dog, pogo, dagwood dog, pluto pup or corny dog.
it is a hot dog coated in cornbread batter and deep fried in hot oil, although some are baked.
spongebob!
each games at these stalls costs either $4 or $5 per try.
you can only win the larger soft toys when a group of 8 or more people play, and only when you are the lucky winner of the group. the games at each stall vary, but are usually like basketball, shoot the duck and throw the ball at targets.
house of horror.
During a time when the Ekka was still young, the main purpose of the agricultural show, as its name suggests, was to show off many agricultural and industrial exhibits.
It was a chance for people to show off newly invented agricultural and industrial devices such as ultra modern plowing, sowing and harvesting artifacts. Cattle and other farm animals were also exhibited during the show, a practice that remains to this day.
the gathering of farmers in a bar. the usual place where men, beer, food and talk of the same topic come together. every single one of them wears a cowboy hat, shirt and jeans and boots.
and as i got nearer... i saw....
after looking at so many cows and now, steak, kinda reminds me of the angus i had in Sg.
Dairy Farmers. the common brand of milk around here.
the milk is good, the yogurt is great.
freshness, guaranteed.
the animal nursery is still a place for children and adults alike to go and witness all the baby animals in all their glory.
isn't it just heart-melting to see children of young age hold onto the chicks so dearly?
and then you always have childish, not-so-grown girls who also wanna try to act cute.
suddenly i saw one of my favourite foods!
my best and most expensive friend!
so black, even his tongue is black!
nougats immediately reminded me of someone.
that's all for Ekka.
we're all famished by evening, so we headed back to city and had dinner.
Korean hotpot!
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