Waikato's World

I guess you're wondering what "Waikato's World" might be... well, it's the slightly cheesy name that has been given to Hamilton's show (their version of Brisbane's Ekka). But, of course, with Hamilton being one tenth the size of Brisbane, "Waikato's World" isn't anywhere near as big. We were given free tickets to get in (courtesy of Karen from work - thanks Karen!) so we went and had a look last weekend - it's only on for 3 days.
There was all the usual sort of show stuff that we saw at the Ekka back in Brisbane (horses, some rides, farm animals etc), just on a smaller scale. One of the good things about it was that all the rides for the kids were free. Ben was really excited about going for a drive in the cars, so I stood in the queue with him for about half an hour to get to ride in one - he was a pretty good driver, except he wasn't tall enough to reach the pedals properly, so I had to push it with my hand! We also got to see:

• Bob the Builder, up on stage.
• Wood-chopping contest
• Some John Deere products
• Sheep-dog competition
• A monster truck

And all this for, well, free. For us, anyway. It was nice enough to go, but it's taken us a week to get around to blogging about it. Maybe that tells you how exciting it was!