and park at the event parking. Because it was Monday and early there was no issues and a little golf cart took us all the way to the ticketing gate, followed by another buggy to the centre of the action. Oh and I should say parking at the event was cheaper than even using the park and ride - where is the sense in that!!!It was the only day of rain we have had since M&D arrived but lucky it had stopped prior to us arriving at the Rodeo. I was dressed for the occasion in my cowboy boots and hat!! Stuart wimped out and didn't even wear his boot! Our first thing to see was mutton busting! Six year old kids dressed in a hard hat and what looks like a buoyancy aid them laid on top of the ram and told to cling on tight! Most of them were rubbish, but there was one little boy who managed to hold on the full length of the pen. It was very amusing especially when the little kid pulled the ram over on top of them (there were no injuries).
I then discovered the petting zoo - where you could go into a pen and pet the goats, Bambi's, lama, pigs and lambs. I loved it - all the others just stood outside look at me lik
e I was mad. There was a wee pot belly pig who was so fat his belly was dragging along the ground - mind you if you had people bringing you snacks all day you would get fat. It was amazing to see all the different animal getting along so well. I thought it was funny when there was a little goat wandering in and out of the lama's legs.
e I was mad. There was a wee pot belly pig who was so fat his belly was dragging along the ground - mind you if you had people bringing you snacks all day you would get fat. It was amazing to see all the different animal getting along so well. I thought it was funny when there was a little goat wandering in and out of the lama's legs. Stuart spotted a mechanical bull that was available to go on and ride. He said we would both go on it, however it was just me. I had to visit the little ladies room before going on as I was nervous - even though it is mechanical - it is still a bull :) I hung on for dear life and even when the guy decided to make me spin around and around, finally he managed to make me fall off. Then as I was walking off the mat, to my clapping fans, the guy chased me with the bull. I got a high five from the man in the box for staying on so long (I was too scared to let go!). The only downside was that I have managed to rip my jeans between the legs :)
Inside the R
eliant Centre there was all the inside livestock show with cows and lots of bulls, and also tractors to Dad's delight! Stuart and I left Mum and Dad watching a tractor technicians competition in the main arena, it was a little dull as teams of three had to fix five faults on the tractors and get them running. We went to look at what else was going on and walk past the animals. Well Mum would have had a fit as there were young kids moving the bulls a
nd the bulls didn't always want to go where they were meant to. I was cowering behind Stuart when they came past - far too close for my liking. Other things going on in the livestock show was enorm ous rabbits, chicks hatching and a birthing centre that had pigs and sheep there with there recently arrived offspring some only hours old.
eliant Centre there was all the inside livestock show with cows and lots of bulls, and also tractors to Dad's delight! Stuart and I left Mum and Dad watching a tractor technicians competition in the main arena, it was a little dull as teams of three had to fix five faults on the tractors and get them running. We went to look at what else was going on and walk past the animals. Well Mum would have had a fit as there were young kids moving the bulls a
nd the bulls didn't always want to go where they were meant to. I was cowering behind Stuart when they came past - far too close for my liking. Other things going on in the livestock show was enorm ous rabbits, chicks hatching and a birthing centre that had pigs and sheep there with there recently arrived offspring some only hours old. 
r on a stick - yuk!! We even managed to get Mum to drink out of a bottle! Unfortunately we had a fair walk to the stadium for actual show, although Mum managed to walk all the way it was pretty hard on her. However, when we got there we found a man with the wheelchair and he popped Mum in and we got escorted to our seats very quickly going in a back entrance - the benefits :) Our seats were very good with a centre seat to see the whole arena. There was a number of competitions run including lassoing calves, wrestling them, 
bucking horses and bulls. I think my favorite was the bucking horses and bulls. It was amazing the guys staying on these animals but also what was amazing was the guys who controlled he animals after their rider had come off. As for the horses, there was two horseman that would get next to the bucking horse and release its bucking strap, the horse would then become placid. The bulls never became particularly calm and actually on occasions started to chase the rider as well as the rodeo clowns (they are the ones that are there to distract the bull from the rider). There was a man in a barrel but disappointingly none of the bulls charged at him!Following the rod
eo show there is a concert every night. On our night it was Tim McGraw! Yer we didn't know who he was either but apparently he is quite a popular country and western singer. We decided we would leave as we had seen the main event but while we were waiting for Mum's wheelchair we could to se e the first few songs and it was very noisy!!
eo show there is a concert every night. On our night it was Tim McGraw! Yer we didn't know who he was either but apparently he is quite a popular country and western singer. We decided we would leave as we had seen the main event but while we were waiting for Mum's wheelchair we could to se e the first few songs and it was very noisy!!
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