(a cool country kid)For a start, we spent under $40 on a family admission, two drinks, Mim's admission on the jumping castle, face painting and a ride on the Cobb & Co coach.
We saw sheep judging, and more sheep, and more sheep. We even saw a few cows! And lots of horses. They had horse and rider judging in the oval.
Mim got her face painted like a butterfly.
The Cobb & Co coach looked great. Was only $1/head for a trip around the perimeter of the showground (about 5 mins). We choose to sit up the front, near the driver (Andrew). Andrew has judged horses and stuff at the Gatton showgrounds, so Michael found out. Anyway, we mounted up (and pushed/hauled Mim up) and went on our merry way. Poor Andrew, sitting so close to Mim. The whole way around he had "scuse me, scuse me.... Welll.........." and some titbit of useless information, including "my dad's evil".
It certainly gives you a finer appreciation for people who travelled by coach, and even more for the drivers of the coaches. It's not like the roads were straight and flat, we got to go down inclines and up hills and travel over rutted dirt tracks. At one stage, one of the horses stumbled going down hill. All I could think of was "christ, the coach is going to go over the top of it!" But Andrew kept his foot on the brake and navigated the wheels through the ruts.
As we drove past the pony judging, the announcer called for the "Owner who most looks like their horse" event. "Hmmm" said Andrew, "does that mean the person with the biggest arse wins?"
After a few hours at the show, we headed into Balmoral to have a meal at the pub. OMG! The steak sandwiches are the best I have tasted anywhere. And the publican's 2yo son was riding his electric police bike around the public bar, whilst another child played with the toys in the corner and occasionally rode a tricycle (Mum was doing the cooking in the kitchen). Mim joined in and the three kids under 4 had a ball. There were no customers giving them dirty looks, the kids went from public bar to dining room and down the hallway to the accommodation quarters, and back again. Parents just let em go. It was great!! Definitely recommend this pub as a kid friendly place!
Took a back road on the way home, and this is the view we got.
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