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Joanna Holman Sep 30, 2023

I’m off to the Melbourne Royal Show today. What started 175 years as a way for rural folk to gather and show off what they produced to city folk has grown into an unhinged extravaganza that’s parts theme park, petting zoo, food fair, agricultural trade expo, music festival, craft show and market for products usually only found on infomercials. Despite it being kind of expensive and sometimes tacky I love it because it’s such a feverdream of an event.

I’ll be posting the weird and wonderful things I find in this thread. To start with, here’s some well behaved cows

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Joanna Holman Sep 30, 2023

Pick your capitalist dystopia in the showbags tent: university as merch empire or intro to police brutality for children

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Joanna Holman Sep 30, 2023

This kid seems very chill despite all the kids everywhere

Joanna Holman Sep 30, 2023

This is nugget. I’m delighted such a creature exists

Joanna Holman Sep 30, 2023

Many of these dogs have much more elaborate beauty routines than I do

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Joanna Holman Sep 30, 2023

Doge!!

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Joanna Holman Sep 30, 2023

The kinds of people who accompany fancy dogs are almost as fascinating as the dogs but I’ll respect their privacy and only photograph the dogs

Joanna Holman Sep 30, 2023

Just because you can make things out of cake doesn’t mean you should

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Joanna Holman Sep 30, 2023

Can’t go to the show and not honour the tradition of eating Country Womens Association scones with jam and cream

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Joanna Holman Sep 30, 2023

Extremely Australian architecture

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Joanna Holman Sep 30, 2023

Imagine this doggo jumping on your bed in the middle of the night

Joanna Holman Sep 30, 2023

Why are these creepy things such a pervasive feature of carnivals?

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@joannaholman If they weren't penned up in carnivals they'd be out on the streets, disconcerting us daily.