Day 1

For my first day I undertook site marking with the lovely Jennifer from Cultural Services.

Together with the other volunteer's we were split into 2 groups which were Site Decoration and Site Marking, I was in latter. After we go our group together we went through some relevant site based info such as where certain stalls would be and who were the main organizers. After putting on a tonne of sun cream and hats to wade of the 30 degree heat we set upon the site. We first worked out what sites we were marking and how big they were. Jennifer had a small problem in that she had to figure out how to accommodate an extra large stall that wanted to be next to a stall owned by the same people. We worked out the width of the plants bordering the stalls. It all fit.

Harry was in charge of the pink spray paint (stall numbers), Blake was in control of the measuring wheeler (figure out the length of stalls for marking) and I was in charge of the white spray paint (stall border marking).

After marking out a whole section we took a break and had lunch in the mall.

When we came back we discovered that the circus tent was taking a long time to be set up so we we're tasked with helping. We walked over and talked to the guys that were in charge, they were very friendly and instructed us on what to do and how to do it safely as we went. It was rather hard work but well within limits. We erected several poles and did some of seating when a Indian exchange student asked me if I could help him hammer in a metal pole at the front of the park. This proved difficult as there was a rock in the way so it took a long time to eventually get it in. During this WIN News were filming a segment and we accidentally disturbed the filming so we waited ten to twenty minutes for them to finish before completely the pole.

I then returned to the circus crew to help set up the tent. After an hour it was time for us to finish. We said goodbye to the guys and wished them luck with the finishing of the tent which at the time was very close to completion.