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[scifan57]

We're in the second week of spring which has well and truly sprung with a lovely 24c today.
Yesterday we decided to go to the Royal Adelaide Show held every second week in September. We hadn't been for three years.
Here are a few pics I snapped:
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Through the entrance to the show grounds promising noise and a kaleidoscope of colour. There were a lot of people, I guess not having to work that day
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All kinds of displays of produce, arts and crafts, cakes etc set out for judging. There are five large pavilions in the Wayville show grounds, including one dedicated to childrens' show bags.
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In the side show and hurdie gurdie area there was no shortage of ghost trains and spooky haunted houses to terrify those tired of being terrified on the death-defying machines nearby.
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These contraptions were for the most part not for the faint hearted. The screaming was incredible. Surely best to go on these before eating a hearty lunch
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We enjoyed the animal pavilions with sheep, cattle, alpacas, pigs etc brought in for judging from all over the state. We always check out the pigs (including pig races), and the huge sows with incredible sized litters (but didn't linger in the pig pavilion too long)
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A highlight of any show visit is the wood chopping contests. Yesterday was part of an international competition between Australia (in green and gold) and New Zealand (black and white) in a series of medleys in chopping and sawing.
All up it was a very enjoyable day.
Andrew

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It looks like a great start to spring. How many times did you climb the wall?

 

[The OB]

It looks like a great start to spring. How many times did you climb the wall?

lol I didn't climb the pictured wall, but felt like climbing one today when I chose to use Tapatalk to post and display the pictures and found that the maximum number allowed in the Tapatalk app is 20 pics. Bit miserable that I think.
So I had to omit a few. Probably just as well for members' sakes
Andrew

 

[scifan57]

lol I didn't climb the pictured wall, but felt like climbing one today when I chose to use Tapatalk to post and display the pictures and found that the maximum number allowed in the Tapatalk app is 20 pics. Bit miserable that I think.
So I had to omit a few. Probably just as well for members' sakes
Andrew

The maximum is 20 photos per post as well, when posting directly from the website.

 

[The OB]

The maximum is 20 photos per post as well, when posting directly from the website.

Thanks mate, I didn't know that. What I'm a bit dark about is that I have been using Tapatalk for over three years now and after about a year's use they introduced an in-app purchase facility for which I paid money to remove the 20 minimum allowed pics that existed to start off with.
Then they "improved" the app a number of times since then where, I was not aware, the minimum has reverted back to 20 pics. It was not a lot of money, about $5, but these people kept it anyway. I repeat, a bit miserable IMHO. But good to know, for future posts, that the web site is just as "brilliant"
Andrew

 

[scifan57]

It's just as brilliant and it's free.

 

[BobbyBoomer]

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The Washington Monument reopened for visitors last year after the 2011 earthquake - how did the repairs look? Dave

Repairs looked good. I couldn't tell.

The Smithsonian Castle (we ran out of time before we ran out of eye candy)

 

[BobbyBoomer]

A small part of the FDR monument at night time. I liked FDR at night better than I did in the daytime.

 

[BobbyBoomer]

Another FDR night shot (uploading pix during lulls in work - working late because I'm self employed)

 

[giradman]

Hey Bob - love that monument but have only viewed in the daylight - thanks for the pics! Dave

 

[BobbyBoomer]

I got to FDR at night first, went back in the daytime and I thought night was more dramatic. I especially liked the braille part at night. These are hand held / no flash with my Lumix camera (it takes multiple shots in low light and combines them).

Bob

 

[scifan57]

A small part of the FDR monument at night time. I liked FDR at night better than I did in the daytime.View attachment 67552

Another FDR night shot (uploading pix during lulls in work - working late because I'm self employed)
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You've got the perfect lighting for the photo of the statues waiting to get into what I presume is a soup kitchen. I've never seen photos of this part of the FDR memorial.

 

[BobbyBoomer]

Yep soup kitchen line. Thanks for the compliment.

I'll load more when I shrink them. These are about 10% of the size on my hard drive.

Bob

 

[scifan57]

Pre-game warm up at the Regina Pats pre-season game.

 

[BobbyBoomer]

More FDR at night. Sorry for cutting the old woman's foot off. Hand holding the camera at night with dim ambient light is tricky for me.

 

[scifan57]

The goalies for the Brandon Wheat Kings, waiting for the start of the third period.