Sydney Royal Easter Show

As some of you may know of Sydney's tradition of holding a massive carnival, every year around Easter, lasting about three weeks, to celebrate. If you weren't aware, well, now you know. It's actually quite a huge event and we Sydney-siders take pride in holding one of Australia's biggest events (for more information on the Sydney Royal Easter Show, click on this link). 

For the first time in about, four or five years, I attended the Easter show with my younger sister and her friend and her friends' friend's. 

If you're planning on attending one day, here's a few tips:

• Take plenty of water (trust me, you'll need it)
• Stock up on some well-needed cash (trust me, you'll need it)
• Wear sunscreen (trust me, you'll need it), you know the rules; slip, slop, slap
• Wear comfortable clothes and shoes (trust me on this one)
• Actually enjoy going on rides that flip you upside, spin you around, fling you into the stratosphere, hurl you towards the ground, make you feel like you're about to regurgitate on yourself and on your sister (need I say more?)

And the most important tip I can ever give:

• Make sure you attend with people you know and like 

Otherwise you're going to be either:

• Socially awkward and not talk to the people you're with
• Realise you don't like them and you don't want to spend the whole day with annoying shit heads

There are only a few faults about the Easter show:

• Everything is way over-priced, the food, the coupons for rides, the traditional carnival games, show bags, everything
• There are way too many goddamned people in one place! Oh lord, it's legitimately packed to the brim with people who walk so...goddamned...slowly (although that is an issue that event organisers have no control over)!

Even though the prices are through the roof and to attend the carnival will literally send you broke for about two-three months (unless you work, then you don't really have anything to complain about, unless you're a jobless student like me then you have a lot to complain about), the amount of fun you have with your family and friends or whoever you go with, really makes up for it. 

Another thing that makes up for spending your money on carnival games you absolutely suck at, is beautiful foreign boys with accents. I did spend $15 on a game I wasn't very good at and won this beautiful little Smurf man, although my four-year old and one-year old nieces have taken it upon themselves to steal him away from me and claim him their own.

I mean come on! If you had a beautiful, exotic looking man, talking to you in a swoon-worthy European accent, would you walk away or stay and play the game and continuously ask him questions, just so he could talk more in that gorgeous accent of his? I think a majority of the female species would go with the latter. Thank you!

A word to the people in charge of hiring at the Easter show, well done, I applaud you. You did very damn well in hiring attractive guys who lure socially awkward girls into playing your deceiving, conniving, money-stealing carnival games. Unless you're actually good at carnival games and win awesome prizes all the time, then it doesn't really matter how attractive they are. 

All in all it's a great day out for the family, friends, couples, etc, etc. There's only a few days left to experience all the fun for this year, so hurry up and get your butts over to 1 Showground road, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW. Head over this way to purchase tickets (you get a somewhat discount when you buy tickets online) or you can buy tickets at the show ground, and have fun!

xx