The Royal Show 2009

Today we went to the Royal Show 2009! It started by dumping our car in the royal parking. We were not the first ones that day.

We walked in on the fun fair side.

On a day like this it's all about having your priorities straight. So I went to the Adelaide Famous Poffertjes immediately! The poffertjes lady had added little olie bollen to the menu which were absolutely delicious! Warm, not too dry but crispy on the outside and covered in powder sugar. Good stuff!

Then we went inside. There were flowers...

Gardens...

Bonsai trees...



Cakes...

Bread...

Toys (LEGO!!!!)...



But as with all things that were only about fun when they started, commerce has gotten a strong foot in the door and so you will also find ugly people selling even uglier clothes in their ugly shops. It was like Albert Kuijp and Kalverstraat combined. Awful.

There were also animals, like black and white cows...

And brown and white cows. I always wondered what happens with a cow when her udder is full. Apparently when it gets too full, milk production is halted. I was pleased to hear that because I've been worried about cow's udders getting painfully full for a while...

There were also old engines.

And sheep...

That produce wool of some sort.

I think certain readers that like to spin their own thread are getting very excited now. I took these photos especially for you, ladies :-)

There were also goats. These babies have short hair...

And these guys have long hair.

OOoohhhhh... aaaahhhhh....

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When we had seen everything we of course stopped by the Adelaide's Famous Poffertjes house again for a second round of goodness.

Then we walked back to the car. This guy was wearing an awesome suit. Love it.

After a short break at home during which i did all the paperwork to get my stuff shipped back to the Netherlands, we went to Henley beach.

The day was too beautiful to just let pass and i felt this urge to get in to the water.

It was fantastic but the water was very cold.

I went in with just my flippers.

Afterwards we had coffee and cake and God made a rainbow on my table to say eating all the bad stuff I did today was O K.