Monster Trucks

We went and saw the monster trucks on Saturday night at Archerfield speedway. What a huge night it was too! I've been to the speedway a few times over the years and have never seen a crowd like this one. I think almost everyone in Brisbane was there. They were totally sold out, and why not, we've never had the monster trucks here before. Well someone did mention Big Foot, back in the eighties, but that was only one truck. We got to see six!

It was loud! It was really loud! Poor little Monkey didn't know what hit him. He spent the majority of the night hanging on tight to his Dad's neck, and some of it with his beautiful eyes clamped shut, facing away from the track. Baby put earplugs in his ears, but that did little to stifle the sound of those huge V8's. Little people's ears must be so sensitive to sound compared to us older people. Angel had earplugs in too and I helped block her ears with the palms of my hands when they brought out the jet Charade and for the fireworks. Even then she still jumped a few times with the particularly loud ones.

Yes! They had a jet engine hanging out the back of a two door Charade. It was hilarious to see this huge jet engine in this tiny little car. Farout it was loud!!!

I have to say, I was expecting alot of carnage. You know, like you see in the American monster truck shows, but no, this is Australia where the monster truck sport is not huge like in the States. They have all the money to throw around on fixing their trucks, but not here. Sadly, there was NO carnage. We have to be satisfied with watching carnage on Youtube. One of the trucks did happen to roll, but I don't think it even dented it.
So, even though my destructive side wasn't completely satisfied, I had a really good night. At least I can say I've been now.