Bluey Showbag Delays 3pm Ekka Meltdown Until The Packed Train Home

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It’s “People’s Day” in South-East Queensland today, as the residents of Brisbane and surrounding regions are given a day off work to celebrate the city’s annual Ekka, a term which originated as abbreviated Queenslandese slang for “exhibition”.

Tens of thousands of people are currently packed into the RNA showgrounds, taking in the very best of Queensland agriculture and showmanship.

Rollercoasters, dagwood dogs, strawberry ice cream sundaes and every farm animal you can pat are currently all on display in the centre of Brisbane’s CBD – with organisers expecting over half a million visitors throughout the next fortnight.

And of that crowd, the vast majority will be the most excited children in Queensland, who are making core memories in the happiest place on earth.

However, as any parent will know. A day of bumper crowds and extremely naughty sweets, can only result in one thing.

The 3pm Meltdown.

One young Queensland family could feel these rumbling as early as 2pm today, after a dummy spit in the middle of Sideshow Alley.

With older siblings still wanting to explore everything the Ekka has to offer, exhausted Brisbane toddler, Bowen Hills, became somewhat of a ticking timebomb.

His parents, knowing that a post-sundae sugar crash was imminent, rushed the family into the showbag pavillion, where the kids were rejuvenated with by high-octane consumer decisions.

One showbag each was the rule, with young Bowen making it clear that there is nothing in the world he wants more than the ‘Bluey Showbag B’

With his prized possessions a Bluey backpack, a Bluey cup, a Bluey bucket hat, Bluey silly straws, a Bluey sticker pad, a Bluey coloring pad, and a set of 3 Bluey lunch boxes, all packed inside an official Bluey reusable tote bag – the meltdown has been succesfull averted. For now.

However, Bowen’s family know there will still be repercussions that come from this day of unbridled joy and excitment.

In fact, if anything, the meltdown has only been delayed by an hour or so.

Thankfully, it won’t be taking place in the busy thoroughfare of Gregory Terrace, and will instead be isolated to a packed 5pm train on the Exhibition loop to central.