For those of you not from Brisbane, the Ekka is the colloquial name given to our Royal Queensland Agricultural Show. I haven't been to the show for near on 12 years so it was a real treat to go with my dear friend, Helen.
Just want to share some of my favourite photos for the day.
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I could have eaten more than one of these gorgeous apples! So much better than candy floss. |
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believe it or not.....these flowers are made out of icing sugar |
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My favourite iced cake |
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this gorgeously smocked girls dress had me swooning! |
Oh, and the quilts......better not forget to show them.
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hand pieced and hand quilted. |
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beautiful blues |
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Landscape |
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This was my favourite.....I just loved the blue hues. |
All in all we spent 6 hours at the show. Wandered around the food pavillion sampling various goodies and treating
ourselves to stawberries dipped in chocolate served on a kebab stick. Mmmmmmmm! We took every opportunity to pat the dogs, cats, sheep, cows and horses. Viewed the quilts, cakes, crafts and paintings and even came home with a showbag each.
All in all, an awesome day at the Ekka!
Looks like a great time....love, love, love that smocking!
ReplyDeleteYou take such beautiful pictures! I have the pattern of the first quilt you showed. I have 4 blocks made I think. So very pretty.
ReplyDeleteLove your photos Cath. I had one of those apple slinkies too and it was delicious. Looks like you and I did almost the exact things! Love the Ekka. Thanks for sharing your gorgeous photos x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos, the icing is amazing! The flowers look real.
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