Friday, October 30, 2009

Eden Whale Festival Photos

Eden whale festival is on this weekend, and we had the usual parade through the main street. The weather was great and the parade was good value, with vintage cars, trucks, old Harleys (with old riders, grin) and so much more.





The kids had fun watching, and collecting lollies which were thrown from the floats and vehicles.





On the front of this old truck it said "Click go the years", how true!



Sorry St. Joseph's school, my camera didn't do what it should and I've got no photo, but Eden Primary did very well. That poor kid waddled all the way! Well done penguin boy!



Mermaids and more from Eden Primary, above.



I'm not sure who these were, with the black and orange, maybe the dragon boat ladies.



The Sea Scouts looked pretty happy.



What would a parade be without bagpipes?



It's great to see Eden so alive, this must be the most exciting day of the year around here! After the parade passed, everyone walked down the hill to the wharf for the stalls and rides.



The Defence Jobs stall drew a lot of people.



The Dragon Boat ladies did their thing.



This little croc is 4 years old, and his owner says that he is allowed to keep him until he reaches a size of 1.2 meters, at which point he must be handed back to the crocodile farm. He is keeping his croc small by feeding him enough to keep him happy, but not so much that he will grow fast.



Check out the carpet python slithering down the lady!



Spray on tattoos again, at the Campbell-Page Youth Centre stall.



Nice tattoo!



The kids were very happy to see that ride again!



The ride is over, but they will go back to do it again in the dark, when the fireworks go off this evening, woo hoo!

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