Ekka me this..

Francis, Alysha and I went to the Ekka on Thursday the 12th. The Ekka is located at the RNA Showgrounds in Brisbane and is held over 2 weeks. It's like the Ex in Toronto.. I think I've mentioned that!

Anyway, the 3 of us had that day off, so we went on a journey! Our bus got to the Nerang Station just as the train was pulling away.. UGH! We were able to buy Ekka tickets from the train station, so we did that while we waited. But man, once we got on the train to the RNA in Brisbane.. it was so packed. Like, ridiculous!!! But, we learned that schools/some businesses in Brisbane actually get Ekka Holidays.. meaning, yes, 2 weeks off. Serious.

Once we got to the Ekka it was amazing. Fair food, animals, shows, free samples, YAY!!!

I bought a dagwood dog (refer to Aussie Slang.. Bia is already using this terminology.. Good girl!! hahaha) and we headed to the building "Showbags"..

What is a showbag, you ask? Oh my, let me tell you..

SHOWBAG (noun): plastic or reusable bag filled with outrageous amounts of products.. candy (mostly), toys, food, useless junk, etc. at ridiculous prices. Like, they had a bag of KitKat type chocolates for like 10 bucks. Stupid deal like that. A.K.A. .. a parents worse nightmare!

Alysha actually got one of the best showbags from Pepsi:
-backpack (seriously.. it's really nice)
-3 bottles of Pepsi
-belt
-hat
-Mentos
-plastic Pepsi cup
-coupon to Star Shots

.. all for 20 bucks. I think she did really well. She needed a backpack!!!

Then we went into the food/wine tasting area. Oh boy, those little wine samples add up! But such yummy food.. we were happy girls! Not really any coupons though, which was saddening.

We watched a dog show, horse jumping, went to the petting zoo, etc. It was just a good day overall. We were exhausted by the time we got home though. I'm glad we went. I love those girls. xo