Maryborough

We stayed at the Maryborough Showgrounds for two days.  Great spot.   There were horse events on, lots of beautiful looking horses and riders doing their dressage thing.   It was a two day event and full of horse trailers of every size and sort.   Some flasher than our motorhome.   We also had the company of a remote control race car club.    They also had a two day race event on a special course.   Full on.  So many people watching and participating.   Stalls selling all sorts of stuff.   Cant beleive how big it is. Camped up with some kiwis in a Swagman motorhome.  They spend 6 months in Oz and then spend 6 months back in NZ in their Fuso Motorhome. Got talking to them and lo and behold - they are friends of Coral & Terry, our friends we stayed with whilst attending Coolly Rocks.   They actually house sat Corals house whilst they were recently overseas.  Its a small world after all.

We chose to stay at Maryborough cos we saw on TV that the Speedway was on Saturday night.   It was the opening of the Season so it was a mixed bag. Started with a car show at 1pm and ended with a massive fireworks display at 9.30.   We had a Burn Out Comp., Monster Trucks, midget racers (aged 5-10), and lots of speedway itself.   The little ones in their midget racers had their own racetrack within the speedway track.   They were hilarious to watch.  Throw caution to the wind, run off the track, get back on, dont look for oncoming traffic, just go for it.   So many near misses.  Loved them.    We had a great night out.   They had a special fireworks program at 6.30 for the kids and after that I think half the crowd left.   Prob. 3,500 people here.   The speedway holds 5,000 and it looked full.   The only downfall, we Victorians wore thongs, shorts & t shirts.  Took a blanket to sit on and our jackets but it got very chilly as the night wore on.   Most of the locals came dressed for Winter.