I may escape going to the Ekka this year. If I do, I know that I won't have missed a thing. Now that doesn't mean I'm anti-Ekka, because it is a Brisbane institution. I just think the entertainment mix could be given a bigger shake from one year to the next, and I think the organisers have to acknowledge that the expense of it all can be a problem for families on lower incomes. I know the RNA struggles, but the entry fee really should be a little lower - or free, even - and efforts should be made to ensure the prices charged by food vendors are closer to those in the city than those at the airport.