TO MATCH FEATURE AUSTRALIA-SHOWS.
A games-vendor stands in front of heaps of stuffed toys down what is
known as 'sideshow-alley' at the Hawkesbury Show located 50 kilometres
west of Sydney. With 600 Agricultural shows and fairs throughout
Australia per year, Bill Davis spends 11 months of the year on the road
with his children and grandchildren travelling some 30,000 kilometres
zig-zagging from tropical North Queensland to the southern island of
Tasmania. Australia's vast expanses and scattered population means the
'showies', unlike their American counterparts who can have a permanent
base, have to be constantly on the move looking for business-they are
the modern day Nomads. Picture taken April 12, 2002. REUTERS/David Gray
TO MATCH FEATURE AUSTRALIA-SHOWS
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