Chainsaw races

In the Woodchopping Arena we watched a couple chainsaw races. In what way is this competitive? Is there actually a trick to cutting something quickly with a chainsaw?

Farmer's tain!

Waiting for the axe-throwing competition… That is the worst farmer’s tan I’ve ever seen in my life.

Go Canada!

The best axe-throwers by far were the northern hemisphere guys. Here’s a Canadian contestant getting ready to throw.

Bullseye!

Bullseye! The USA guy ended up winning.

Chick axe thrower!

There was a female axe-thrower! She was pretty good. She tied for third place, I think.

Sponsored by...

I was amused to see that the Wood Chopping Competitions were all sponsored by the State Forests of New South Wales. Or maybe I was horrified.

Me and Snookums

It was a gorgeous day. Here’s the Snook and I soaking up the sun.

Show bags

The concept of “Show Bags” was completely foreign to me. Apparently, in the olden days kids were given a bag of free stuff at the show. Nowadays you buy them, and they range in price from $5 up to $30 or so. This year there were over 300 show bags to choose from. Some are full of candy; others have trinkets and toys.

More show bags

More show bags. Everywhere you turned you’d see some father struggling with twenty of them. These families must’ve dropped hundreds of dollars that day.