Its the Canterbury A&P show (think a souped up version of the Norfolk Show). Everybody gets a day off on Friday. So we had to go and immerse ourselves in some proper NZ culture. So we packed ourselves of early with a packed lunch and took Amy next door with us. It was scorching hot, clear blue skys and temperatures hitting high 20's.
The sunshine here is so powerful you can feel it hitting and burning your skin - really feel that ozone hole. So, hats all round and plenty of sunscreen is compulsory. We miss pollution, it keeps the UV off.
The animals were splendid. Barney and Jack were well impressed with the sheep. Sean made a beeline for the chickens (sean has developed a chicken thing and is becoming something of an expert on the subject). And Amy loved them all.
We saw competitive sheep shearing competition, ye gods it was hot sweaty and stinking of sheep in the shearing shed.
We saw extreme pole climbing, wow that champion pole climber was up that pole like a ferret after rabbit. Never seen a human being move so fast vertically and then back down again. We saw tractor pulling, yep tractors racing each other pulling a huge lump of concrete. The sheep dog trials were also fun. And the log chopping competition was also fun. 
The boys and Amy were most taken with the helicopter rides, sitting right by the fence as it took of and came into land. The wind blowing peoples hats off and the grass flat, it was like the evacuation of Saigon in 75.
And Jenn finally got a spinning lesson. Now she needs to buy a wheel.
Icecreams all round and the drive home sucking Werthers toffees (they call it butter candy here).
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