Pics from the 2012 Sydney Royal Easter Show

We went to the Sydney Royal Easter Show again this year. It's a country fair with competitions (arts & crafts, animals, woodchop), a big petting zoo, carnival rides, junk food and showbags. Showbags seem to be a big deal, with families buying multiple bags, at $10-$25 each!

We were in it mostly for the animals. I patted a calf, a deer, a donkey, a piglet, a goat, a sheep, and a ringtail possum! As usual, the Poultry Pavillion was oddly fascinating, and the woodchop competition was amusing. Flyball, dog relay racing, was really fun to watch, too. The Showbag Hall gives me hives; I'd be happy never to go there again. ;P

The Easter Show reminds Matthew and me of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, for which we both have fond childhood memories. Remember the pig races?!

2012 Sydney Royal Easter Show

2011 Sculpture by the Sea

On 6 November, I went to Sculpture by the Sea in Bondi with Angelica and Natasha. As expected, it was crowded and hot. However, we had a lovely time.

Here is the link to the rest of my pictures from the day.

Art & About

The other day, M and I walked to Town Hall to see an art installation that's part of the Art & About Sydney festival. "Tsunami 1.26" by American artist Janet Echelman is a big floating lace sculpture that is currently anchored above George Street, between Town Hall and Woolworths. The rope has a tensile strength 15 times stronger than steel, and the netting was machine-knotted in a pattern based on a 3D model of the tsunami after the 2010 earthquake in Chile.

(Click photo to enlarge.)

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It's interesting during the day, but I'd like to go back to see it lit up at night, when I bet it's even better.

Fifties Fair

Yesterday we went with Alison and Jon to the Historic Houses Trust Fifties Fair at Rose Seidler House.  Architect Harry Seidler, considered by some to be "the father of Australian modernism," designed the house for his parents, Rose and Max Seidler, and it was completed in 1950.

Photo by Historic Houses Trust.

We dressed up and had a good time, despite the intermittent rain showers and mud.