IGA Royal Show in Perth, Australia

It was 20081002.



檢視較大的地圖
Showground, Perth


This is the first festival I attended in Australia, most cities in Australia will hold similar activities, the name of the festivals should be named "Royal Show". I'm not sure if the content of the activities are the same or not, because I've only joined the Royal Show in Perth for the moment. There is an "IGA" in the name because the show was sponsored by the chain supermarket.
這是我來澳洲所參加的第一個節慶活動，「Royall Show」 在澳洲的許多城市都會舉辦類似的活動，活動名稱應該都會冠上「Royal Show」之類的。至於活動內容是非相同就無法確定，目前為止只參加過 Perth 的節慶。名字裡面有 IGA ，是因為該活動由 IGA 這家連鎖超市所贊助（澳洲最大的兩家連鎖超市是 WoolWorth 和 Coles，IGA 或許是第三大吧）。


This festival was really diversified, it contained mainly the exhibition and sale of Australian animal husbandry、farm、organic vegetables and fruits（I even saw some buyers bidding for the sheeps）. Besides there were amusement facilities for children、playground, but the most attractive thing for me is the performance in the middle of the ground.
活動內容其實還蠻多元的，最主要的就是澳洲的畜牧、農場、有機蔬果展示和販售（還看到當場就有買主在競標羊隻）。另外還有遊樂設施，園遊會，不過最吸引我的是場地中間的節目表演。

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Bidding for the sheeps
羊隻競標

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There came the military as well, recruited new members.
軍方也來參一腳，召募新血

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There came the military as well, recruited new members.
軍方也來參一腳，召募新血

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Amustment facility for children
遊樂設施


After a series of programs, car stunt show, horse riding, came to a climax - the firework. The day, I got there at 2 or 3 in the afternoon, I'd visited all the stallmans, facilities before 5 o'clock. Then chose a nice location around the playground, sat down and enjoyed the programs, ate the cold lunchbox I prepared in the noon. I remember that the firework was shot off at 8:30? Waiting and sitting there was painful, the temperature difference between day and night is not small at all.
一連串的節目，汽車特技、騎馬等，晚上達到了高潮－煙火秀。那一天，我大約下午二、三點就到達現場，大約五點前就把周圍的攤販和設施逛完。然後在表演場周圍選個好地點，坐下來欣賞節目，一邊吃著早就冰冷的自備便當。印象中煙火表演好像是八點半開始吧？坐在那等待是很痛苦的，澳洲早晚溫差可不小。

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Horse riding performance
馬術表演


Horse riding videos











Car stunt show videos





Outstanding programs mixed with the bone-chilling wind, finally the firework came, it was worth suffering all these pains for enjoying the 10-minutes lasting firework. It's a pity that the memory card of my camera couldn't afford to save large amount of pictures and long time firework video. The firework was shootting off near in front of my eyes, background musics was played by DJ, I was touched and felt thankful.
精采的節目搭配著刺骨的寒風，終於熬到了煙火表演，能看到長達十多分鐘煙火一切都是值得的。可惜的是我的相機記憶卡無法承受大量的照片和長時間的煙火影片，容量爆了，無法錄完全程的煙火秀。煙火就在不遠的眼前不停的施放，背景還有 DJ 撥放著音樂，心裡充滿著感動和感謝。


Firework videos







The problem of evacuating masses in this festival with a large crowd of people must arise, I particullary picked a place that was near the exit. Before th end of the firework, I started off toward the train station, I had a seat as I expected. Looked at the crowded people inside the train, this is Australia that pays much attention to the family life. Even the people in Australia that don't view work as the only thing in their life would feel tired of their jobs, by comparision, Taiwaneses are toilsome. The hard management and the labor who take these silently, when will the relation end?
這種人數眾多的活動一定會有群眾疏散的問題，我特別挑了離出口近的地點看煙火。在煙火結束前就已經動身大步前往火車站，果然讓我搶到了火車坐位。看著車箱滿滿的人潮，這就是非常重視家庭生活的澳洲。即使像澳洲這種工作不是人生唯一的國家都會對工作感到倦怠，相較之下，台灣人真的是很辛苦。強勢的資方和默默承受的勞方，這樣的關係何時會結束？