Believe it or not, the lightweight pumpkin agronomist Robert Wesley-Smith grew , hoping to win the monster melon section at the Darwin Show , could actually come out on top.
The about 80 kg melon is shown above having just been loaded into Wes's little Honda Jazz sedan, on top of a mattress , with the help of Ted Whiteaker , despite him having recently had a hernia operation.
Whiteaker then drove Wes and the pumpkin to the showground to make a late entry .
Upon arrival at the busy showground ,it was hard to find a spot to unload because there apparently were no other pumpkins entered so far ! This could result in Wes , at long last , taking out the equivalent of an Olympic Games gold medal.
A show official said people had experienced difficulty growing melons this year ,
It took two men to place the pumpkin on a bale of hay.
As reported in an earlier post, Wes had become downcast because a 240 kg pumpkin had won the recent Katherine Show.
Unless there is a sudden rush of people descending on the showground with melons at this late stage, Wes could become the default king of the Top End pumpkin patch .
