This is the first of a series of three photos that I’ll be posting from our dinner tonight at the Great Western Hotel, Rockhampton.
The Great Western is the only hotel in Australia to have a covered rodeo arena, yes, a rodeo arena. Don’t forget, Rockhampton is the Beef Capital of Australia. There is practise every Friday night, starting at 7:00pm, except for when there is too much rain and they can’t truck the bulls in, like last week.
Whilst good in theory, eating dinner next to raving mad bulls and equally mad bull riders is actually not that pleasant. First there is the dust that gets into your food if you sit too close. Then there is smell of the bulls – both their sweat as well as the other bodily fluids. Finally, you start to wonder if the bulls are mad because you are eating their family….
