“There were lots of things for the kids to do, and along the line of our dinosaur theme, they could have their faces painted as dinosaurs, they could paint a dinosaur, they could find a dinosaur egg in the sandpit.
“There was a beautiful crochet rug in the crafts section with dinosaurs – we started advertising our theme in October, so it was a lot of work to do in a short time, but it was exquisite.”
Mrs Bysouth said exhibited painting ‘After the Bushfire’ by Keisha Rosbrook drew praise, and won first prize.
“It’s one of the most amazing paintings, there is so much emotion in it,” she said.
Hollianne Hallam won a show-first national junior grain-judging competition for 15-to-25-year-olds; she will represent Victoria at Ekka Royal Queensland Show in August. “Hollianne had come along to write prize cards for us with her brother, and I told them they needed to have a go at the grain judging,” Mrs Bysouth said.
“I didn’t realise how good they were, but they were farm kids, and apparently Hollianne was just a natural – she’d obviously done that at home on the farm.”
The Victorian Yard Utility Farm Dog Association’s trial brought a ‘phenomenal’ number of dogs to the show.
“The yard dogs were exceptional – there was something like 70 or 80 dogs on the Saturday, and it was still going at seven o’clock,” Mrs Bysouth said.
“We were also really fortunate to have Rural Aid come in for two days and just spring clean the showgrounds for us while they were here.
“They unblocked drains, raked around fence lines and washed windows – and they filled the sandpit and dug it over, and they buried the dinosaur eggs, which I think they had fun doing.”
Playing on the Jurassic theme, Mrs Bysouth said showgoers enjoyed a ‘greatassic’ event.
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