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With much
excitement we arrived at the Geelong Show. After not enough passes being
sent and a
change of venue all was go go go!! As Daddy Christmas would say ho
ho ho!!!!
On arrival Julie, Ian and I were greeted by 5 very dejected faces. Why
you may ask. The International
Harvester Pavilion, (yes it sounds good), was nothing but a dirty, dark
tin shed, completely tucked
out of view of the general; public and, yes it gets worse, right under
the drop ride and next to the generators
for the rides. All that we asked for was a clean, bright and quiet place
away from the rides!!!!
This was the answer.
Nine of us
marched off to the Admin Building to find out why. To cut a long and
painful story short
Jim, a very helpful man, found us s new location between some horses and
a blacksmith. It was under
cover opposite the oval so we thought we were set. All was fine until
the wind started and little willy willies
formed outside our area covering us and the poor ratties in dust and
pollen. Then the horses started
galloping around the oval. That was it. The ratties hammocks were
covered in dust so at 3pm we packed
up and left. Thankfully all the Saturday judging was over before it
became unbearable.
What to do
about Sunday?
As we were
expecting many more members on Sunday and not wanting to go back to the
show
grounds what should we do? It would have been more unbearable on Sunday
as it was the day for
the tractor pull. Dust, dust and noise. The park opposite the Holiday
Park did not offer enough shade.
So we asked the owners of the Holiday Park if they could suggest a
suitable spot to hold our show. Yes
they DO know that we have rats staying with us!!!!
They
offered the BBQ area at the back of the park. It was perfect. Lovely
green grass, shady trees,
a BBQ and NO DUST. A call to Dana to let everyone know about the change
of venue, Debbie E.
contacted a number of people and it was all settled.
Saturday
night we went to the local shopping centre and bought take away and
salads
etc for the BBQ Sunday. A lovely peaceful night and a few well earned
drinks. Anne C. was tipsy
on a bottle of Sarsparella!!!!! Debbie E. entertained all the younger
set in her cabin and I
don’t think she got much sleep. It was great to have new members Leoni
and Candy with us
and brave Prue C. stayed the night with Anne C. and Glenys M. Glenys
couldn’t quite
make it to the top bunk, I think it must have been the result of the
bubbles in the soft drink she had.
It was
great on Sunday to only have to walk a few meters to our showing spot.
Members bought tables and
we set up the rats. Our beautiful new banner was tied between two trees
and we were set.
A big thank you to Jackie D. who donated rolls, bread and salad and
Leoni who donated some of
the meat. We all had an absolute ball in the shade and the rats were
very contented.
A
big thank you to the
Riverglen Holiday Park for their
generosity and acceptance of our pets.
Mostly though, a HUGE thanks you to all of our wonderful members for
making it such a memorable
weekend and for the help and good humour in adverse conditions.
For Show Results click
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