[Event Review] St. Ives Medieval Faire in New South Wales, Australia - September 20, 2015

[dicetosser1]

So I went here

 

http://stivesmedievalfaire.com.au/

 

on the 20th September 2015. It was held at St Ives in NSW Australia.

 

 

I was SUPER excited for the Jousting and Viking fights!

 

 

So i thought Id post some pics and Vids  and hopefully get a bit of discussion going about it and maybe about Medieval faires in general   taking part watching them wanting too   whatever

 

 

 

ALSO Horn has offered EXTRA points for Banders who make 2 DECENT ON TOPIC posts here! I may throw some in too

[dicetosser1]

So heres me and my youngest Tanya before we leave Viking Shirts on ready to Go!

 

 

 

 

We walk in and Tanya sees a guy with this and promptly steals it

 

 

 

 

Now consider   thats a big Sword right?? well thats a big girl too Tanya is 6 foot 3 and that sword STILL looks that big!

Edited September 23, 2015 by dicetosser1

[dicetosser1]

Then we walk in and I find that one of the girls loaned out an old set of Armour of mine!

 

 

me and armour    

 

me and Tanya    

[dicetosser1]

Wandering thru the place I find this sitting in a tent with no one around!

 

 

 

I was a good rAL and did NOT steal it!

 

 

Some peasants coming in for the Grand PArade! 

[dicetosser1]

and dont tell me I cant take action shoots!

 

 

[dicetosser1]

They had Soohs favorite thing in the world!  lol

 

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I really liked some of the Pennants that were there   

[dicetosser1]

more Grand PArade  

 

 

[dicetosser1]

 

A Thane shield if ever I saw one  

 

and the Cav Order of the Templars were there!!  

 

[Thane Vakarian]

It looks like a very interesting multi-period event. I do wonder if people were able to explain thediffirences in armor and weapons throughout the ages. From what i can tell, the re-enactors are dressed from early middle ages (850 A.D.) untill 14th century (i saw the jousting pics.)

 

Speaking about the jousting. I saw the pics you shared on facebook and i know why the riders participating in the jousting kept missing. It was on purpose *nods* The lances do look solid, and usually, for safety reasons, they need to be equiped with break-away tips. In this case, they chose safety over show, which would make sense. It would have been better if someone  would have explained it after the jousting, to sooth the disappointed visitors (who were out for blood)

[Thane Vakarian]

*snip*

 

 

We walk in and Tanya sees a guy with this and promptly steals it

 

 

 

 

Now consider   thats a big Sword right?? well thats a big girl too Tanya is 6 foot 3 and that sword STILL looks that big!

did they explain what this type of  sword was used for?

 

From my experience, sword like there date late 14th-15th century. Things like these are armor breakers. The force you create while swinging this would be enough to severly damage armor and hurt, perhaps kill, the soldier in front of you. The tip of the sword, with a good swing, could travel with speeds up to 130-140km/h. Compared to the one-handed sword and shield, this type of longsword would be better suited against armor. You would lack the protection of a shield, so you would be more vunerable to enemy archers. 

[dicetosser1]

they were talking about the lances being easy break  but im kinda   if they are easy break then ure not gonna get hurt by them so at least HIT each other!

 

 

when they did hit they snapped like match sticks

[Guest]

I was a bit surprised to see that it the event had such a large scope(?). I recognized early medieval costume and outfits from later on. It's nice and refreshing to see all of it in the same place. In the events i have joined people were centered on a century, and sometimes on a period of 50 years.

 

Did the organizer try to separate the different eras? Or was everybody next to each other?

 

 

Also for the hawking, did they also have owls? I have found them to be quite impressive too :)

[Guest]

That looked like so much fun!

 

Yes... a pooping dog is an action photo...

 

That bird is amazing.

 

Why did you not show them how jousting is supposed to be done?

[Ahmyra al'Ruley]

So those shields make my life... the art work on them is most impressive.

 

Why are there no horses in this post?!?!?! This is the BAND!!!!

[Nikonis]

Very nice review, if they do it again you should make a banner/shirt for the Band of the Red Hand and wear it

 

 

 

 

 

That IS a really huge sword, even looks like there may be two hand guards.

 

 

 

Wandering thru the place I find this sitting in a tent with no one around!

 

 

 

I was a good rAL and did NOT steal it!

 

Probably for the best since (1) would be hard to walk away with it without being noticed (2) back in the middle ages you may have lost a limb, or your life, for stealing AND (3) at those kinds of events I'm pretty sure even if someone wasn't at that specific tent their neighbors were looking in on their stuff.  Though I would probably be tempted to pick it up and take a photo with it.

 

 

 

and dont tell me I cant take action shoots!

 

 

 

 

Sir Fido, didn't I tell you to do thine business before leaving the hobble?

 

 

Overall, nice pennants, shields and costumes...  Got any more photos from the event you'd like to share (maybe one with jousting or just knights on horseback)?

Edited September 23, 2015 by Nikon

[dicetosser1]

I was a bit surprised to see that it the event had such a large scope(?). I recognized early medieval costume and outfits from later on. It's nice and refreshing to see all of it in the same place. In the events i have joined people were centered on a century, and sometimes on a period of 50 years.

 

Did the organizer try to separate the different eras? Or was everybody next to each other?

 

 

Also for the hawking, did they also have owls? I have found them to be quite impressive too :)

 

They did   they had a Birds of Prey show  but i only heard it couldnt see it and it had an owl

 

That looked like so much fun!

 

Yes... a pooping dog is an action photo...

 

That bird is amazing.

 

Why did you not show them how jousting is supposed to be done?

 

They wouldn't let me    said they couldn't afford to be shown up

 

So those shields make my life... the art work on them is most impressive.

 

Why are there no horses in this post?!?!?! This is the BAND!!!!

 

They are coming!  theres more pics AND vid

[Zander?]

Thats one of the biggest Bastard Swords Ive seen man.

[Zander?]

who had more fun you or Tanya brother?

[dicetosser1]

probably me lol  Tanya got tired

[Zander?]

is that a freaking Condor on his arm there....lolololololololololol

[Guest]

what about the kiddos,

i have heard that there was a melee training, but where there medieval games ?

 

like here, vvv and yes that was amy with longer hair lol

 

[Talya]

I meant to say something about this on Facebook Dice. Looks like you had a great time. We went to a re-enactment day at Sarum Castle which was all about medieval Knights. Had some jousting which was fun to watch.

[dicetosser1]

I briefly saw the kids doing the melee  they were having a BALL!  and there was this little girl there who was an absolute MENACE with a sword!

 

there was some sort of Viking Ball game but i didnt get to see it

 

 

Tal  you should do a review!!!   hin hint   points are available.....   and if u got any pics of the castle???

 

 

 

I will put the rest of these up slowly over the weekend  got baseball tonight and the Land of the Madmen WoT conference tomorrow!!!

[Ahmyra al'Ruley]

Did you notice anything that was totally out of place and screamed "I'm fake"???

[Zander?]

....wait I think I missed a couple important questions....WAS ANYONE THERE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO GIVE DICE A WEAPON??!!!   WERE THERE ANY SURVIVORS IF SO?????