Highlights including the sheep-shearing competition, with ten sheep shorn in about ten minutes and participants flying in from Flinders Island to compete, the well-attended Miss Showgirl pageant, the beef and cattle, and the equestrian events.

Novel activities including cheese-making with Morgan Keachie and wood carving with Eddie Freeman, and in between 3500 and 4000 people came through the gates to take part in the fun.

But Ms Branch said the best activity of all was simply wandering around the grounds. 

“I like just walking around and seeing people happy and having fun,” she said. 

“It’s a family show as well as an agricultural show, and we get a bit proud of it because it’s out 115th year and it’s still going strong.

“People work so hard all year to put it on, and then we get to look around the see the joy on people’s faces, competing, enjoying the rides, cooking, photography, it’s just a pleasure to see people doing well. That’s my favourite part.” 

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