Ekka, Queensland's biggest annual event in Brisbane, will be held August 11-20 this year and will last 10 days. There is a collection of classic cuisine, traditional performances, thousands of cute little animals and original Australian agricultural products, and a variety of mobile games waiting for you to challenge. Both men and women, old and young, can find the one that belongs to you!
In August 2017, the Brisbane Royal Carnival Ekka ushered in its 140th birthday. Ekka's country-and urban-style annual event is a traditional festival filled with childhood memories in Australians. It is also a must-miss event for all those who come to Australia. With more than four hundred thousand attendees every year, let's see why Ekka has so much magic!
Equestrian performance live (photo from the Internet)
What is Ekka?
The Brisbane Royal Carnival (Ekka RoyalQueensland Show), originated in the planning of the Royal Queensland National Association of Agricultural Workers (RNA) and was brought together by a group of colonial rulers in 1875. The first Royal Carnival was born in 1876, calling for large-scale events to encourage the development of Queensland's front-line industry. From the early publication of traditional agro-industrial achievements and the display of agricultural products, with the development of time deduction and the development of more innovative elements of the times, the Ekka Royal Carnival has developed into an annual gathering of performances, competitions, agro-pastoral products display and entertainment.
Daytime Ekka (pictures from the Web)
Ekka at night (pictures from the web)
Today, in Ekka, many farm and livestock products are gathered, displayed, published and sold. The farm stalls offer free food to try, cheese, wine, honey, seafood, and even free bread to bring home. Animal display area in addition to large cattle, sheep, grass and mud horses, but also with small animals such as chickens, rabbits close contact. In addition, there are animal competitions, food introduction, educational activities, playground, and acrobatic juggling and so on; And every day different live performance shows are wonderful, such as the Australian traditional logging show, life cross-country motorcycle show, cowboy equestrian performance, is a full of labor results and happy atmosphere for young and old activities.
Equestrian performance (pictures from the Internet)
What can Ekka play?
Gourmet chapte
For a foodie, to come to this big event carnival, very worried about hungry. But at Ekka, I'm afraid foodie's stomach isn't big enough! There are lots of free try-out stalls to satisfy your mouth! At (Woolworths) 's freshest food gallery in Woolworth, (Fresh Food Pavilion) can also enjoy high-end, award-winning food, including fresh beef, mutton and pork, coveted cheese, and free!
Tempting sausage (pictured on the Internet)
There are bars and restaurants for you to sit down and enjoy. If you are tired, you can buy lunch or rest here. You'll also be able to taste the top-notch snowflake steak of the year at the freshest food hall in Wolworth, and if you're interested in how to make local specialties, pick out what you like in the square's five kitchens. Then book their kitchen interaction classes and participate in them.
Fried Sheep Chops (Photo from the Internet)
In addition to the high-end delicacies in the food parlour, there are also long-standing traditional snacks in the outside stalls, such as cotton candy, oversized hot dogs and turkey legs, strawberry chocolate fudge, classic jams, these missed and coveted flavors, Every year. Of course, the most anticipated is the strawberry sundae, both old and young! Looks like a small strawberry sundae, that big strawberry alone enough to make your heart, plus fresh and fragrant fresh cream and crisp cones, sour and sweet mixed taste, sweet and not greasy, instantly can capture your taste buds!
Strawberry sundae (photo from the web)
But you know what? To make this delicacy, nearly 10 tons of delicious Queensland strawberries are used every year. The booth, designed by the Prince Charles Hospital Foundation and run by nearly 3000 volunteers, sells an average of more than 152000 sundae a year. In addition to the full use of local food, but also full of love, its profits are all used to fund medical resources, you eat not only ice cream, but donated love, each for only 5 Australian dollars! For love, one more!
A View of Gourmet Street (Photo from the Internet)
How can a party get drunk less? Brisbane's most famous XXXX beer is named here in the name of 3 bars, each with its own characteristics, choose!
XXXX Woodchop Bar is right next to the logging arena and has the perfect place to watch the show;
XXXX Cattleman's Bar features a pure village bar in Kunzhou;
XXXX Stockmen's Bar and Grill is full of concert atmosphere, live performance is not stop!
What? You don't drink, it's okay. The bar serves non-alcoholic drinks!
Corner of Food Street (Photo from Internet)
Competitive performance chapte
The annual competitive performance is one of the highlights of the Ekka. In addition to the classic Australian logging show, life off-road show and cowboy equestrian show, Ekka launched the monster truck (Monster Trucks), in 2017. Life and death moment (Jaws of Death) and emerging extreme sports-bouncing rod (Xpogo), full of male hormones throughout the scene, think of drooling! Expect these classic performances from ing. to be available every day. Take tickets to the map in your hand and go after them!
Life off-road Locomotive Show (Photo from the Internet)
The logging show is called the classic because it has a history of more than 100 years. The participants are from all over the world, even from Tasmania and New Zealand. In 50 large-scale competitions, nearly 2000 contestants, Recreate a field of traditional industry logging technology and competition; From single to relay, from a piece of short wood to almost the whole tree. There was also a strong muscular, stout Axemen, waving his axe, as the audience cheered and cheered as they spurted sawdust!
Logging Show (Photo from the Internet)
In the evening, there is also the finale-fireworks show. The fireworks were inspired by the colourful Great Barrier Reef of Australia's National Treasure, the first of which was designed for children at 6: 00. The second scene starts at 07:45, the special vision and the effect outstanding, will present the more magnificent spectacle, for the beautiful day draws the perfect end!
Finale pyrotechnic performance (image derived from the web)
Animal view chapte
Since Ekka has developed from farming and pastoral activities, it is natural that a large number of farm and livestock products will be gathered together to watch or sell; in addition, there are also activities, animal viewing and acrobatics, and so on. This is definitely a great place for the baby to get to know the animal world!
Feed Alpaca (Photo from the Internet)
At the Ekka Carnival's RACQ Animal Care Park, there are about 400 farm animal babies, and you can see all your favorite animals. Including goats, lambs, calves, turkeys, pigs, etc. Whether it's a hug with a lamb, a look at how a chicken hatches out of an egg in an incubator, feeding a calf or milking a cow, or having a close photo with a pig on the Pat-A-Pig display, it's all childlike.
Sleeping piglets (pictures from the Internet)
In the nursery garden, the most desirable is to personally witness the birth of the lamb! This year's Ekka Carnival will have more than 100 ewes waiting to be delivered, with about 10 babies born every day. Children can see with their own eyes how the newborn sheep walk and drink milk, a unique journey to life discovery is a rare experience.
New Chicken (Photo from the Internet)
In addition to the wonderful life trip, the Ekka Carnival horse racing show has always been a high-profile event, and this year more than 20 kinds of horses will participate in Ekka exhibitions and performances. If you're interested in the Australian beef farming industry, you can listen to local farmers in Queensland share stories about their cattle farming and learn how beef is eaten at home from farms to supermarkets to the dining table.
Docile cows (image from the Internet)
Agricultural product achievement chapte
Have seen the animals, and all kinds of vegetables and fruits waiting for you! The biggest attraction at the annual agricultural show is the Super Pumpkin contest, with farmers and horticultural enthusiasts from Queensland scrambling to grab this coveted champion, the Blue Ribbon. I hope I can grow pumpkin to be the leader of the Ekka event. The pumpkin that has been grown by the winner weighs 204kg! It seems that pumpkin carriages have a chance to appear in real life!
Super Pumpkin (Photo from the Internet)
Entertainment facilities chapte
The 10-day event is not only rich in food, but also has as many as 100 outdoor recreation facilities and interactive award-winning games for adults and children to play, just like garden parties. Outdoor rides include exciting roller coasters, romantic Ferris wheels, warm double-deck merry-go-round, adventurous rapids, volcanic adventures and haunted houses, as well as high and long rainbow slides that are simply coming to the mini version of the theme park. It is a paradise for children and a place for adults to recall their childhood memories. Of course, these facilities are extra fees, each game about 7 to 10 Australian dollars, if each game wants to experience, remember to have enough cash oh!
Diversified entertainment facilities (pictures from the Internet)
Interactive award-winning games cost between A $5 and A $20 per game, depending on points or victories in exchange for plush toys large and small. In addition to the familiar nine-gongge shooting, hitting bottles, fishing, fishing and archery, the most eye-catching non-"hanging horizontal bar" is the only one that can be hung for more than two minutes, so long as you can get a large puppet, you can get one of the big dolls, as long as you can hang for more than two minutes. Take it in the park, everyone will cast a heroic envy of you, I would also like to have one.
Overcrowded Ekka scene (Photo from the Web)
Festival accompaniment ceremony
Of course, if you are a holiday bag enthusiast, then you must not miss the various gift bags in the gift hall. Hundreds of holiday bags are enough to dazzle you! Not only is the scene like a vegetable market, but the price is also the price of cabbage! Not only children's favorite cartoon character products, girls' favorite daily necessities, skin care makeup products, but also boys' favorite sports kits, even home pets can have their own welfare bag, not only the children's favorite cartoon characters goods, girls favorite daily necessities, skin makeup products, but also the boys' favorite sports kits, even home baby pets can own their own welfare bag. Of course, there are also essential dessert snacks, sweets and drinks, etc., a bag of random can save a lot of money, the thinker will return to the full load!
Hand-to-hand Wall (Photo from the Internet)
Also tell you a secret, be sure to follow the official Australian news such as Ekka,Courier Mail or Brisbane Time and get first-hand information on saving money. The news lists the location, contents and market value of the stalls. In addition, pay attention to the Ekka Showbag Prize draw, you have the opportunity to get a free gift bag! To the scene must make full use of the map, survey the terrain, accurate targets, first hand strong, many are easy to defeat, a flash and empty! After the purchase can be stored in the consignment office, continue easy to play through the Ekka!
All kinds of dolls (pictures from the Internet)
How do I get to Ekka?
Ticket purchase channel
As an annual event in Kunzhou, you have to buy tickets ahead of time for the Ekka, which attracts four hundred thousand people a year. As the sole agent of Ekka in China, Victory Travel offers discount prices, tickets plus meals and map packages, and a family package for families with babies, which is very affordable. And must make full use of the map in hand, wonderful performance do not miss!
Address: BrisbaneShowgrounds, 600 Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills QLD 4006 Australia
Opening hours: the main activities and exhibition areas are open from 9:00 to 6 p.m.
2017Ekka Map (Photo from official website)
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External traffic: China currently only Guangzhou (China Southern) and Hong Kong (Qantas) fly directly to Brisbane for about seven hours. The largest number of domestic direct flights to Sydney, from Sydney to Brisbane, about one and a half hours.
Internal traffic: Brisbane Exhibition ground (Brisbane Showgrounds) is only 3 kilometers from the center of the city. In addition to taking a bus, the Queensland Railway will open an additional direct line to Ekka. every year during the Ekka period.
Location of Brisbane Exhibition ground
Ekka Tip
- You are allowed to bring food in, but you are not allowed to bring wine in;
- For mothers with children, you can get a child's bracelet for free and wear it on your child's hand, with parents' information and contact information on it, which is easy to find even if you accidentally lose it. At the same time, there are police patrols from 9: 00 a.m. to 7: 00 p.m., and they can be asked for help from missing children or other urgent matters; and the staff on the campus will also help you.
- The park is owned by the lost and found Centre at (RICC), Royal International Convention Centre;
- Childcare facilities are available at the following locations:
- Beef Cattle Pavilion toilet block near Queensland Rail train entry platform;
- Expo Place toilet block;
- in the Ernest Baynes Stand;
- opposite the Woodchop Arena;
- and inside Sideshow Alley at Gate
Ekka has wheelchair access, and there is a place to recharge an electric wheelchair at the Wulworth Food Plaza fresh Food Hall.
During the activities, part of the road closed, self-driving friends must download a good map of Google;
What else can you play in addition to Ekka, Brisbane?
In addition to feeling the Australian festive atmosphere to Ekka, Brisbane has many attractions worth visiting to enrich your itinerary.
Brisbane location and scenic spot distribution
Peripheral Brisbane
NO. 1: dolphin Island
To Brisbane, the first thing to go to is Zhou Dong lived in the dolphin island (Moreton Island), only 75 minutes from Brisbane. This is the famous dolphin feeding place, every half night, wild dolphins will come back here to wait for your feeding. In addition to dolphins, it is also a good place to watch whales. In June-October, taking a whale cruise to the sea in pursuit of whale tracks is also a major feature of the event. Now this season goes, is the ideal season to realize the double dream of whale watching and feeding dolphin. After the festival, watching whales feed dolphins is definitely the best match for Brisbane's itinerary!
Overlooking Dolphin Island (photo from the Internet)
NO. 2: North Sturbrook, I.
If you just want to escape the Northern Hemisphere summer, take a vacation to (North Stradbroke Island), a popular holiday island on the outskirts of Brisbane. This is the second largest sand island in the world, with its vast koala habitat, watch out for the Yogali tree next to it, and you may see the lovable appearance of the lazy koala sleeping on the tree. The island's Point Lookout, the easternmost tip of Queensland, has a great chance of seeing humpback whales infested every year between May and October, apart from the vast landscape, and every part of North Stoudemark Island is full of surprises. It's worth a day to explore and discover!
North Staderbrook Island (Photo from the Internet)
NO. 3: Brisbane hot air balloon feels the first ray of sunlight in the morning
If you have a dream of flying, come to Brisbane and ride in a hot air balloon! At dawn, in hot air balloons, slowly rising in the clouds, in picturesque fields, experiencing the feeling of gently drifting with the wind, feeling the fragrance of nature and the first ray of sunshine in the infinite earth. 60 minutes of flight. It will take you across the mountains of Tammoning, Kusa, Brisbane's skyline, Morton Bay, and so on. A romantic day begins in the morning!
Brisbane romantic balloon
NO. 4: Brisbane skydiving to experience adrenaline surge
If you still have a heart that challenges extreme sports, jump an umbrella! The town of Redcliffe, a 40-minute drive from Brisbane, is the only skydiving point in the Brisbane area. Jump from a height of 14000 feet, can have more than 200km free fall super pleasure and experience the magnificent scenery of Brisbane, Morton Bay and Bribie Islands, dare you?
Address: 39 Redcliffe Parade, Redcliffe QLD 4020
Brisbane cool skydiving (photo from the Internet)
Brisbane urban area
To feel the life of Brisbane, in addition to experiencing the surrounding romantic and cool projects, Brisbane City is also worth a good stroll!
NO. 1: go to Longbai Cora Reserve, close to Australian animals
Come to Australia to hold koala, only Kunzhou and South Australia can have! (Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary) is the oldest and largest koala zoo in the world. There are about 200 koalas here. There are many areas in the reserve, such as Girl, Boy, unmarried koala, married koala and elderly koala. In addition to holding koala, they can also be in close contact with more than 80 species of Australian-specific animals, such as koalas, marsupials, kangaroos, and so on. There are also sheep dog show, Raptor show, wool shearing and other rich performances and activities, very exciting!
Address: 708 Jesmond Rd, Fig Tree Pocket QLD 4069
Traffic: take bus No. 430445 to Longbai Cora Reserve directly.
An affectionate koala (photo from the web)
NO. 2: story Bridge Adventure clim
Story Bridge climbing (Story Bridge Adventure Climb) is the only bridge in the world that can be climbed. The other two are Sydney Harbour Bridge and Auckland Harbour Bridge. Story Bridge can be said to be pure Made in Australia, used in about 95% of the materials are made in Australia. So in the minds of Australians, the story bridge is actually more important than the Sydney Harbour Bridge. At the height of 80 meters from the river, you can see the bustling traffic under the bridge or a panoramic view of the city of Brisbane, which will be the best way to open the night in Brisbane with a beautiful view of the city!
Address: 170 Main Street, Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia
Story Bridge Night climbing (Photo from the Internet)
NO. 3: Brisbane River Adventure Cente
In addition to leisure in downtown Brisbane, it is possible to climb high and explore. The Riparian Adventure Center (Riverlife), in Cape kangaroo (Kangaroo Point), just one river from the heart of Brisbane, was founded in 2005 and was nominated as one of the attractions of Must-Do in Queensland in 2013; There are a variety of activities here, whether interesting or adventurous worth exploring, canoeing, rock climbing, cliff fall or riding Segway, are among your options.
Address: Naval Stores Lower River Terrace, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, QLD
Transportation: take a ferry to South Bank at City Eagle Street Pier Ferry Terminal, either by paying blue City Ferry, or by walking along the Riverlife indicator after disembarking from the free red City Hopper to Thornton Street,.
Rock climbing at Riparian Adventure Center (pictured on the Internet)
NO. 4: go to XXXX Brewery to taste Kunzhou Delegate Bee
Australians are famous for their love of beer, with special wines produced in all provinces, while XXXX. is the representative of (QLD), Queensland. Since you come to Kunzhou, you must go to the brewery yourself. You can not only hear a lot of interesting stories about the brewery, but also understand the brewing process of the beer production line and, of course, taste the freshest beer!
Address: Corner of Black St & Paten St, Milton QLD 4064
Transport:
- Walking: walk from Brisbane Roma Street Transit Centre to 1.5km
- Train: take route Richands/Ipswich to get off Milton Station, and walk for about 5 minutes
- Bus: get off from (King George Square), King's Square, downtown Brisbane, to stop No. 5 or 6, Milton Rd, 10 minutes' walk.
XXXX Brewery appearance (Photo from the Web)
NO. 5: Brisbane Ferris Wheel
Brisbane Ferris Wheel (Wheel of Brisbane) is a major landmark in Brisbane, located in the south bank park in the heart of Brisbane leisure and entertainment, about 60 meters high. Take the Ferris wheel and overlook the city 360 degrees above the Brisbane River, feeling the romance of the village during the day and night.
Address: Russell Street, South Bank, Brisbane, Queensland 4101
Transportation: take a ferry to the port of South Bank 2 Ferry Terminal, or take a train to South Brisbane station, just walk
Web site: http://www.thewheelofbrisbane.com.au
Ferris wheel at night (pictures from the Internet)
Only once a year, what are you waiting for?!
Although I have been a frequent guest of Ekka, but every year there are different feelings and wonderful, I hope to meet you this year in this year's grand event, revelry together, look forward to August 11-20, the arrival of the festival!
Author: Nana- Scenic Tou
