Roebourne Races

On Saturday we went to the Roebourne Races. It was a family themed event and had heaps to keep the kids amused. It cost all of $5 for a family to get in, and with the entry price the kids got a show bag each from Qantas, with the kiddy packs you get off the plane, a party hat pencils notebooks, whistles etc. They also got a free ice cream, drink and fruit salad. (I love free stuff). Tayden found a few friends so went off with them for the day and we saw him occasionally when he wanted money. lol. The kids had a blast and had many rides on the mini cars and bouncy castle. There was a skydiving display and of course the horses.



Sean and I had a flutter on all the races and I had 3 wins. I backed the only NZ horse in one of the races, it wasn't a favourite so it was paying out a fair bit. I am now kicking myself for not putting more on it and having faith in the NZ horse with the pink rider (much to Kahaylas delight) as it came in first. It was a rush though, and I came away smiling.


The winning NZ horse.

We also went in the draw to win a family trip to Bali and I was sure either Sean or I had the winning ticket. But no we weren't lucky that time, maybe I'll have better luck winning the 20 million lotto draw...

On the way home I managed to take a picture of a road train we passed. This one was a amall one, sometimes we see them with 4 trailers or 3 longer trailers than this one, they are quite impressive, and manage to stick to a good speed (no hills to slow them down I suppose).