The Mega Drop was one of the most hyped up rides at the Show. This is its description in the Show programme: “This beast towers over the Showground at 45m. If you’re up for it, you will experience a 5.5G-force plummet to earth travelling at 204kmph. It doesn’t get much faster than that”. Call me a wuss, but that doesn’t sound appealing to me!

Here’s Jac’s favourite, the Wave Swinger.

I reckon the Wave Swinger makes for great photos.

I know it would probably be fantastic to be up there on a swing, but I had a fun taking the photos from below. I love the bare feet in this photo!

We didn’t make it onto the Ferris Wheel this time – it was just so busy and we didn’t feel like standing in a queue for ages. Maybe another time.

I always think when you’re standing in the middle of the showground, the rides look like they’re too close together.

When they pick up speed and really get going, they look like they’ll crash into each other, or at least touch. But of course they won’t.

As the sun started to set, we checked out the Indonesia display (Indonesia was the Guest Nation this year). But I was more interested in the Indonesian food stalls than the cultural displays. After doing a lap around to check out what was available, I chose this delicious chicken dish called “Ayam Manado” with rice, which we shared. The chicken had been slow-cooked with tomatoes and chilli and was beautifully tender. There wasn’t any room in the tent to sit down and eat, so we grabbed a milk crate to use as a table and dined on the soft grass outside.

We also got a couple of sticks of chicken satay. Unfortunately, they were partially raw. What a shame!

Here’s a miscellaneous photo – taken with experimental settings.

I always have a great time at the Show. Maybe next time we should try a little harder to conserve enough energy to stick around for the fireworks. :)