Campbell Town Show president George Gatenby said the committee believed it was one of the best attended shows in a decade.

“We think we’ve had one of the best gates in 10 years,” Mr Gatenby said.

“A lot of people said it was the largest crowd [at the show] they’d seen.

“We apologise to those who had trouble parking and getting access to the grounds, but that goes part and parcel with such a big crowd.”

Mr Gatenby estimated about 5000 people attended the show over both days, with between 3000 to 4000 attending on Saturday alone.

The Campbell Town Show is in it’s 180^th year, with the first show held in 1839 by the Midland Agricultural Association.

The show aims to be a fun day out that promotes the agriculture of the state’s Midlands.

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Mr Gatenby said major drawcards to this year’s event were the Dachshund Dash, which was in its second year, and the sunny weather.

“All classes or entries we had in the different competitions were fully booked,” he said.

“All of the food vans sold out of food.

“Every event that we had was packed, from the MAA Forum, to the AWI (Australian Wool Innovation) Fashion Parade, to the shearing competition competition, to the woodchopping.

“All of the grandstands were full, right through the day.”

Other events at the show included the Rural Youth ute competition, yard dog championships and dog high jump, a Smithfield dog exhibition, equestrian, the exhibition hall, rides, and a special guest appearance by beloved children’s character George the Farmer.

“It was really nice to walk around and see everyone with smiles on their faces and enjoying the festivities,” Mr Gatenby said.

Mr Gatenby wanted to recognise 150 years of contributions to the show from the different churches in the area, and the 20 years of service from AWI Fashion Parade creative director Christopher Horne.

For more information, visit the show’s website.