This is my entry for this weeks Market Friday organized by @dswigle
I had the pleasure of visiting the Coffs Harbour Annual Show last year and took some photos of a variety of interesting produce and home made crafts.
The city of Coffs Harbour is situated on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, It is 540 km (340 miles) north of Sydney, and 390 km (240 miles) south of Brisbane and is one of the largest urban centres on the North Coast.
Coffs Harbour was named by John Korff, who called the area Korff's Harbour after being forced to take shelter from a storm in the vicinity in 1847. It was accidentally changed by a surveyor for the crown in 1861 when reserving land in the area.
A local farmer sits with ease surrounded by farm animals and produce. What do you think of his iconic knee patches?
Arnotts Biscuits and Billy Tea are as Australian as kangaroos and koalas.
Here we have a beady eyed Aussie Bush Rat peeking out of his rocky home among protea flowers, dried eucalyptus leaves and banksia plants.
A bush rat is a small, Australian nocturnal animal. These omnivores are also one of the most common indigenous species of rats on the continent and are found in heath-land regions of Victoria and New South Wales.
A harvest of corn takes center place surrounded by squash........and a hand painted snake resting in the grass.
And what do we have here? An impressive pumpkin named after President Donald Trump has earned First Prize for showing up today. There's a lot of pumpkin soup contained in that particular specimen.
Who remembers doing French Knitting at school? I do! But my French knitting kit was a lot smaller than this one. Those strands of wool are very large so it wouldn't take long to make a garment using needles that big.
There were some beautiful embroidered blankets on show. All very different but each one highlighted unique features and patterns. They must have taken many hours to create.
These ladies were happy to show me their wares and I think they were enjoying honing their craft whilst taking the time to do demonstrations for anyone interested.
I was fascinated with the spinning and weaving demos.......
......And very interested to see a gentleman sharing his love of weaving also.
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The selection of hand carved wooden products were quite incredible. I would have found it very hard to choose a winner from the wide range available but I believe that this magnificent horse totally deserved its First Prize award.
The wood grain in this beautifully crafted cat was superb and the care taken to produce a quality finish with this piece was clearly evident.
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