At first the assignment seems so simple as to barely qualify as a challenge: take a child to the Ekka for a day while spending less than $200. Until we buy tickets – with the added pre-purchase of the show’s iconic strawberry sundaes – for $60.
We’re still to negotiate that churning sea of plastic toys and sugary treats that is showbag pavilion. Yet to brave the flashing lights and high-pitched screams of sideshow alley.
