Friday, February 26, 2010

National Penny Farthing Championships

Evandale is a little town about 20mins away from Launceston and every year the National Penny Farthing Champs are held there. Ollie's class mate Wayne, and his wife Susan took us out to Evandale to watch the racing. The races form part of the Evandale Village Fair - where they have all the normal fair like things such as face painting and pony rides, along with vintage cars on display, traction engines, people dressed up in period costume, and they all participated in a Grand Parade around the village square.


It was quite amazing watching people race the Penny Farthings - some people were in full racing lycra while others were in traditional clothes. They got to great speeds, and some really looked like they were going to topple over as they went round the corners!  There were also some baby penny farthings that children were riding in the parade.




The day was finished off with an evening in our back yard - City Park - where they had Symphony Under the Stars. The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra were playing in the park, along with a young Australian Opera singer. Was a lovely night for it, and it was obviously a popluar event as the park was packed - with people having picnics, some had even bought tables and candles etc and were having candle-lit dinners there!


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