Another Country Diary
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30 January '06 |
There was a named photograph of the
Jewel Spider in the photography section at the show (thank you unknown
photograph exhibitor), which lead me Google and to the University of
Southern Queensland's Find-a-spider guide. Designed to show tropical
spiders, there are some common Australia wide ones, but you'll need to
click through the pages if you don't know your spider taxonomy or a
common name. (Tip: start looking by location).
I've been trying to get a good close-up of the jewel spider outside our
back door for days.
Did you know that Huntsman spiders have eight eyes? |
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29 January '06 |
Bungendore Show Day, and I went early and left early to miss the heat. That
meant I also missed missed the crowning (sashing?) of Miss Bungendore
Show for 2006 - damn. I like the show girls (see past show days coverage
in the Diary archive). The
Bungendore Show
now has its own
website,
put together by locals and you can see
the 2005 stories assembled by John Mitchell who edits the Bungendore
Mirror, and Janet Reeves the Publicity Officer. I'm sure they'll add
some 2006 material soon. Keep an eye on it.
For my personal view,
I decided to just make this year's photographs in a standard (for this
Diary) long, scroll
down format. I hope your modems can handle it.
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 Everyone
wears a hat. Some look better in then than others |
 Big
brothers look after you, even when you don't want them to. |
 There
was the usual big turnout for the horse events (except strangely for the
western sections which were short of entrants this year). |
 And
lots of pony club kids. Cute. |
 With
their mums there to help. Mums always help. |
 Those
black helmets get very hot when you're waiting in the sun. |
 Country
faces outside the pavillion. |
 Inside,
the fruit and vegetable section was (and is always) popular. |
 I
liked these
nicely presented onions with their tops plaited over and tucked in. |
 Avril
Kimberlee provided another great backdrop. (See her last year's one in
the diary here)The preserves section was again full of winning
entries from men, Roger Bourke from Araluen made another clean sweep. |
 The
decorated cake section had some recognisable objects, like this gorilla
(just kidding). |
 The
biggest number of entries this time seemed to be in the photography section.
Different ages and creative qualities of course, but all appallingly presented on
these panels with no room to get more than one person between, and facing in
one direction. I did some sideways shuffles.
There were some great butterfly images from Marcel Judd-Brettingham (who
used to run Marcel's Riding School where our daughter Kate worked as
'junior staff' and kept her horse Milo for a while. Marcel and his
daughter also delivered the Bungendore mail for a period recently. He'd
bring the Regional Food parcels to the door, and we'd joke here's
'Marcel with a Parcel'.) His photographs are lovely. |
 This
photographic entry I just had to record off the wall. Talk about sins of the father
being passed to the sons.
Dad is lying with his tongue out, eyes rolled back. Number 2 son
rests his foot on the body, and Number 1 son has all the body language
of a redneck hunter proud of the kill. The print has scuff marks across
it which makes it look like actuality. I know it's meant to be fun but
it scared me a bit. I hope it does to you. |
 Avril
Kimberlee made the centre piece this year, 'a home amongst the gum
trees.. a sheep or two and a kangaroo. The Kangaroo with it's tongue
flapping and a tinny in hand was in a rocking chair. |
 Thanks. |
 Stewards.
Thanks to them too. |
 The
winning Fleece of the Show, and a fine wool cardigan that I think was
there to say that's what it will make someday. |
 A
new exhibitor, a wine club, Wine by Choice |
 There
were the regular long food
queues in the CWA kitchen |
 Gary
Miller of Nita's Snacks is a local who does all the Southern Highland
Shows. |
 He
then escapes from the Bungendore winter by doing shows in Queensland and
up to Darwin. |
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