Wonthaggi show a summer hit
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- Men with muscles: in its new location, the wood chopping competition was able to have nine men competing at once at the Wonthaggi Show.
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- Entertainment galore: a variety of shows drew large crowds throughout the day on Saturday, including a drumming performance.
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- Long legs: a variety of festival folk, such as performers on stilts, entertained the crowds at the Wonthaggi Show last weekend.
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- What a great show: up on stilts was Leonie Deavin from Nova Star Productions, along with Charlie Redpath from Wonthaggi, Pippa Andrews-Worthy from Dalyston and Hayley Dowling from Wonthaggi.
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- Fun for all: Kallie Apisai from Kilcunda, and Katie Olierook and Tayla Mills, both from Wonthaggi, enjoyed a day out with friends at the show.
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- Winners: Zoe Smith from Eltham and Amy Thompson from Heidelberg won big with their monkey friend on one of the games at the show.
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- Riding in style: Phoebe Milnes and Brody Yann, both from Wonthaggi, looked very cool on the Cha-Cha ride.
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- Don’t look now: Hayley Young from Stony Creek could barely look whilst on one of the adrenaline pumping rides at the show with Jessica Wolf from Meeniyan and Natalie Young from Stony Creek.
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- Lucky ducks: Lucy, Ava and Florence Patterson from Leongatha show off their prizes after picking ducks at the Wonthaggi show.
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- Cruisy cuppa: Sarah Vradenburg and Matilda Johnstone from Inverloch wave to the watching crowd from the teacup ride at the show.
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- No horsing around: Faye Vanderburgh from Mirboo North with her horse Secret Obsession, who was titled the Reserve Champion in the Open Led Gelding.
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- From city to country: Harrison and Charlotte Leeder from Melbourne took charge of a tractor’s steering wheel at the Wonthaggi show.
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- Pretty pony: Renee Reiter from Wonthaggi showed off her pony Dunelm Temptation at the show last weekend.
THE Bass Coast Summer Agricultural Show in Wonthaggi was a great success last weekend, with a large crowd coming through the gate on both days.
The event was a bit hit among visiting tourists as well as locals, with the cooler weather providing perfect conditions for every person and animal involved.
Show secretary and main organiser, Rosemary Loughnan, said the committee was pleased with the result, if not relieved the big event was over for another year with around 300 volunteers involved.
Ms Loughnan said there were plenty of highlights throughout the show,
“The stunt motorbikes were a massive hit after being away for three years and drew a huge crowd,” she said.
“We also had 23 teams of dogs come for the fly ball competition, with some coming from as far away as Ballarat.”
Ms Loughnan said the equestrian show also went well on the Sunday, but the show jumping was missed this year.
“We’ve redone our arena and because of the wet winter, it wasn’t up to the safety level that we were prepared to risk,” she said.
“We’ve had to postpone it for later in the year; it was really just six weeks too early to use the arena. However the Leongatha Medieval Society was out there with their archery and the Road Show from the council, so we made use of the space.”
With putting on the show a mammoth task, Ms Loughnan said anyone interested in volunteering, donating or sponsoring the event next year should get in contact by visiting www.basscoastagshow.org.au.
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