Ekka 2009

Although government warning about staying home if possible because of swine flu, it didn't stop us to go back to Ekka once more after a year. Every year (3 years now) we go to Ekka festival to buy show bags, taste foods from Woolworths food pavilion, visit the animals/education exhibition and play some games in the yogoville alley.


a picture from one of the oldest shearer in Australia


picture taken after watching a shearing demonstration using 'blades' with one of the oldest shearer in Oz.


some toys exhibitors in show bags pavilion




Ethan in his Bob the builder outfits he bought in the showbag pavilion.


Ethan showing off his prize from the games area


wondering around Ekka - and Ethan playing the fill my mouth clown.




tired looking Krystina sitting in the pram.


one of the horror rides


cadbury exhibitor


Daddy buying colourful licorice -- Ethan looking very bored.

Ekka 2008

This year's Ekka is more crowded than last years'. Click here to learn more about Ekka.


Agricultural market pavilion showcasing crops. Going to food village at about 6 pm to try some international food.


Ethan in his stroller being too lazy to walk with his Bob the builder scarf he bought from showbag pavilion. In the second photo, you can see the people up in the chair lift going to the other end of the show ground for rides and games.



Krystina posing infront of translink bus while waiting for dad.


Another photo of Ethan in the agricultural market pavilion



Krystina and Dad queing to get free slushy and of course 'camera shy' Krystina doing a pose.



Guess who is that boy/man in the stroller???


Back home, taking out ekka souvenirs. Krystina bought a Barbie Island Princess show bag and Ethan got himself a Bob the builder pack.



Left the camera in the car and didn't want to bother going back to the car park because it's about 15 minutes walk with my sore foot. Just used the phone camera and was too busy to take some photos.

Ekka!

Australian Aborigines

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.

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 2 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.

Attractions at Ekka include fairground rides, a sideshow alley, animal parades, woodchopping competitions, agricultural displays and equestrian events. Showbags, usually containing food items (such as confectionery) and novelty items are sold in the Showbag Pavilion. 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.

Showbags are also an integral part of the Ekka experience. Showbags range from $1 (the famous Bertie Beetle Bag) to over $50.

Because of the cultural significance of the Ekka, the city of Brisbane holds a public holiday on the Wednesday (the 7th day) which is known as "People's Day".

(source: Wikipedia)

We had a fun day!