Hamilton. My Mum had been given free tickets from the bank. We all had to pray for no rain.
Somehow our prayers were answered!! We had been all prepared with gumboots and umbrellas –
but the day was sunny and warm.
We wondered around some of the stalls and bought fresh donuts for breakfast. Then we noticed a
tractor pull competition. While we ate our donuts we watched tractors trying to pull tractors. One
tractor in particular really put on a show. There was black smoke billowing and he did wheel stands
most of the way down the course. After that, the others seemed a bit boring.
We couldn’t believe how many stalls there were. They went on and on and on. Different kinds of
cowsheds, different machines to clean cow sheds, to cooking utensils and clothes. We could have
bought three alpacas for $600.00. Dad wouldn’t let us because he didn’t know where to put Danny,
Jeremy and Bruce. He did mention Llama sausages, so perhaps it’s a good thing we didn’t bring
them home.
I bought myself a tiger hat, some crystals, a poking stick (very useful and may need it in class) and
some other cool stuff.
Later in the day we watched an exhibition of wood chopping and chain sawing. The men who did
that were amaxing. They were strong and fast. One man chopped a log in half in 13 blows!!! We
also appeared on the TV One News in the crowd watching. I’m officially a star.
After the wood chopping we watched a digger driver use his bucket to pick up a beer bottle and pour
it into a tiny wine glass. The driver had beads of sweat on his forehead as he concentrated so hard.
We were all so tired by 3 o’clock we headed home – but not before we bought a potato on a stick!!
Something I would highly recommend everyone should do. It was the perfect end to a fabulous
day. June my family and I went to the National Field Days at Mystery Creek.
Photos
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| Me patting a cow |
They were so yummy!
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| The potatoes on a stick. |
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| The wood choping |
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