More Winter Time Fun (July)

I think I mentioned in a previous post that the winter season is chock full of festivals, fairs and activities.  There has been something happening practically every weekend.  This month (July), we had the Alice Springs Show Day (which is like a county fair), Territory Day/Fourth of July celebration and the Camel Cup (next post).

Friday, July 1 was Show Day and it is an Australian public holiday, so I had the day off and Ian had to work.  So, Jamie and I headed to the showgrounds with his best mate, Rio.  There was a puppet show, animals (horses, goats and poultry); rides, games, stalls, etc.  We walked around and ate lots of fun fair food:  kettle corn, corn on the cob, fairy floss (cotton candy), fresh made donuts... We really enjoyed the bouncing castle the most.

Bongo and Congo the Drumming Monkeys

Pirates on stilts - Jamie is at lower left - fascinated

Racing remote control cars

That same weekend was Territory Day (July 1) and 4th of July in the States, so the facility had a big joint party to celebrate.  Complete with games (bingo, lolly toss) fireworks, tug o war and much more.  Warning: there is a picture with a snake below.  Its pretty cute of Jamie, if you can stand it.

However, we had a bit of excitement that morning before we headed out to the picnic.  Jamie and I had gone to the markets and on our way back we saw a brush fire.  When we called the fire brigade, they told us it hadn't been reported yet and it wasn't a controlled burn.  That meant they'd be sending a fire truck out.  Hooray!!  We decided to stick around.  The pictures aren't great, because I took them with my mobile phone, but I did manage to get a couple of the small truck.  They also sent a large pumper truck to refill the smaller one, Jamie was in heaven.  The firemen offered to let Jamie get in the large truck and push buttons for the sirens and lights, but he was too shy.  However, he STILL talks about the fire that day.

After naptime, we headed out for the picnic.  I had the boys decked out in red white and blue and they looked terribly cute, if I do say so myself.