Easter in Sydney

One of Chris' coworkers recommended the Royal Easter Show. It's a large fair set up in the Sydney Olympic Park. We figured that would be a fun way to spend Easter...however...there was nothing Easter about the show at all. It was a very large version of the Puyallup Fair (for non-north-westerners...think county fair). It was fun - and I'm glad we went - but I was hoping they would actually be doing something Easter-related. It was fun to see the Olympic Park too!

There was one barn that had a bunch of wool samples for you to feel. Emily was very excited about this....??


Emily shows Ethan the ropes


Emily got to collect stamps from every barn we visited. Around the third stamp, she realized they would stamp her arm if she wanted...we left the Easter Show with stamps up her arm :)


There was an incredible petting barn that had goats and lambs out roaming about. You could get some feed and they would come right up to you.




You can see that the barn was a very popular place


Ethan found the barn with the cows THRILLING...can't you tell?


There were these things called "showbags". You could buy a pre-packaged bag of goodies...and there were all sorts of themed bags. There had to be at least 1000 different bags you could buy. It was very overwhelming. We found a Sesame Street themed bag that we will use for her "Easter Basket".

Here's a picture down one of the shorter aisles of the stands selling the bags. It was a huge convention hall/center full of these booths.