The Country Comes to the City

The Sydney Royal Easter show is in town and we decided to check it out. It's like a state fair comprising of carnival rides, livestock competitions and all sorts of shows. It's one of Australia's largest annual events and attracts over one million people each year to Sydney's Olympic Park.

My favorite parts of the day were: 1. Seeing all of the livestock- cattle, pigs, sheep, horses, etc.; 2. The lumberjack competition- yes, chopping wood!; and, 3. The freak sideshow.


Look at the little piglets feeding.



The rodeo calf round up



The lumberjack relay- serious skill and muscle! This was so much fun to watch.



This picture is a little dark, but this is the sword swallower from the side show.