Royal Adelaide Show!

 

Hi guys! This year's Show was dubbed 'Royal Adelaide Show: The Reunion' after being missing in action for a few years due to Covid. And despite news reports stating numbers would be capped, it was clear to see the crowds were massive, at least when we went on the weekend. Thankfully it was lovely weather on the day we attended, 'cos there's nothing worse than walking around in the rain!

I didn't take as many photos as I usually do, and for the first time ever, we didn't stay for the fireworks. But we still packed a lot in and I'm happy with what we got done. Let's take a look at our day at the Royal Show....

I was so excited to find OMG Donuts in one of the pavilions! We got the 3 donuts for $10 deal for the second time in as many weeks (the first time was from their stall in the Adelaide Central Market). They are so light and fluffy! You absolutely must try them if you're in Adelaide.

We did the Yellow Brick Road trail again, which I love because it takes you all over the showgrounds and you get to see lots of different things. Plus you get to collect actual healthy items like bananas, apples, oranges and mandarins along the way. Which is good as normally I eat all the bad things at the Show - but this year I just didn't feel like it. Yes, donuts and ice cream went in the pie-hole, but normally it's a lot worse lol #dontjudge

I always love checking out the flowers, cactus and bonsai displays, along with the decorated cakes and cookery entries.

We tried to see the dogs but it was too packed to get a seat when we went because they were doing the judging trials. I wanted to see the dogs in crates bit but it wasn't where it normally is and I found out later on Reddit that it was through the northern section. 

You couldn't see the cats up close this year, which was disappointing. However, I made a new best friend (see the photo above). We walked through the large animals bits and saw lots of massive pigs and cows. Look how many boobies this pig has!

We got some food from Carnivore and although hubby's buffalo wings were massive, my pulled pork loaded fries were disappointing. $15 for a totally cold dish which I basically just ate the pork off because the fries were cold and not nice. We watched the woodchopping and my bum got wet from the bench lol.

The dairy pavilion was good because of the free brie and camembert samples and the ice cream. I had an idea to get Royal Copenhagen but noticed it had been replaced by St Louis, which was just as good! We both got lemon sorbet and chocolate noir and ate it out in the sun.

The Tasting SA pavilion was super packed and it was ridiculous trying to sample the products so I gave up. We went through the Golden Grains (or possibly the Ram Shed?) part and looked at some sheep that I thought were goats (lol). They didn't have their wool on, so you know, it was confusing.

We got a few showbags right before leaving so we didn't have to carry them around all day. We treated this like a military operation. We basically split up and had individual missions to locate and purchase certain bags. We had had enough and were not fucking around at this point lol.

I had a good time but next year will go on a weekday, as it was just so packed full of people on the weekend!