Posts Tagged ‘Perth Royal Show’

Short stories: Red ribbon kiss

From where I stood, I couldn’t hear what the dairy goat judge was saying, but I spotted the Show’s latest red ribbon winner leaning in for a kiss. I quickly framed the shot and pressed the shutter button, and to be honest, at the time I thought I’d just missed it. It’s capturing these spontaneous […]

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Perth Royal Show 2012

It’s Show time! The Perth Royal Show is on at Claremont Showgrounds until 6 October. Jac and I went to the Show on Saturday. We hadn’t been for five years and enjoyed a brilliant day out – we were there for a good 8+ hours. The images below capture the highlights of our day. Superbowl […]

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Perth Royal Show 2007, Part 9

We hit sideshow alley and the rides last of all. We used a couple of our $2 off coupons so they cost us $6.00 instead of $8.00 a ride. Jac went on her favourite, the Wave Swinger, and then we had a go on the bumper cars. I was torn between driving the bumper car […]

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Perth Royal Show 2007, Part 8

Continuing on with the Show photos… This was one of my favourite areas of the Show – the cooking exhibit. On the day we went, the cakes and other baked goodies were on display. First, some original wedding cakes… I liked the minature champagne on this cake. Although they didn’t have red hair, this bride […]

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Perth Royal Show 2007, Part 7

We always love looking at the poultry exhibits. I forgot to write down the breed names of the chooks, sorry! The label for this one said “Frizzle”. I called this one Tina Turner. I’d like a big rooster like this in the backyard as a guard chook. The big chooks are quite fearsome to look […]

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Perth Royal Show 2007, Part 6

Here’s the big Coke Can I was talking about earlier. This lemonade stand got a good run when the sun came out. Jac bought a cup – she thought it was refreshing but perhaps less sugary, more lemony. Here’s the Lamb Van – we didn’t actually buy anything from the van this year. But there […]

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