Dairy Expo wows Korumburra
MORE than 800 people attended the South Gippsland Dairy Expo at Korumburra on Wednesday and Thursday.
Dairy farmers and others in the industry browsed displays, while the young ones enjoyed children’s activities and dairy industry businesses showed their wares at pavilions set up around the Korumburra Showgrounds.
Devondale Murray Goulburn was the major sponsor while MG Trading ran the hospitality area.
Matt Harms of Onfarm Consulting hosted the forum, sponsored by South Gippsland Shire Council and Rabobank, exploring the topic “2013 celebration or hangover: good memories or is it just a blur?”
Panel members were respected industry members Leon and Karen Argento of Wooreen, Neville and Sherrie Beveridge of Mount Eccles, Tim and Grit Cashin of Leongatha South, and Russell Mann of Rabobank.
Some had celebrated the high milk prices in 2013-14 while others used them to dull the pain of a bad season in 2012-13.
The dairy expo is staffed by the Strzelecki Lions Club, based in Loch, Poowong and Nyora.
Steven Hickmott of Strzelecki Lions spoke at the Cows Create Careers dinner about Lions’ contribution to the community.
“We have quite a few ways of raising money, but one of the main ways is the dairy expo,” he said.
“We donate and disburse approximately $30,000 into the local community and we also donate into international events.”
The Burra Foundation sponsored the children’s and ladies’ pavilions.
Children’s activities in the Sanders Pavilion included skittles, face painting, a jumping castle, do it yourself figurine painting and a gyro ride.
The ladies’ pavilion showed knitting, quilting and embroidery as well as other crafts, stationery and skincare products.
Expo attendees took part in a quiz requiring them to speak to numerous stallholders so they could go in the draw to win $3000.
Many people said they enjoyed seeking out answers for the quiz and interacted with stallholders in ways they might not have done otherwise.
Catching up: from left, Robbie, Tim, Simon and Cheryl Coster of Cloverlea had a social catch up with David and Amanda Martin of Korumburra.
Expo visitors: from left, Gracie, Peter, Warren and Tony Barlow of Buffalo walked around the Korumburra Showgrounds.
Cow craft: Shakira Barker of Wooreen enjoyed decorating her own cow figurine in the children’s activity pavilion at the Dairy Expo.
Bouncy fun: from left, Josephine Kratz and Ambrose de Gooyer, both from Korumburra dairy farms, enjoyed the bouncy castle at the Dairy Expo.
Dairy types: from left, Ross and Sharon Irvin and Mitchell Francis explored the South Gippsland Dairy Expo at Korumburra on Wednesday with their Mirboo farm in mind.
Panel members: from left, Sherrie and Neville Beveridge of Mount Eccles browsed the crafts in the ladies’ pavilion after speaking at the South Gippsland Dairy Expo forum on Wednesday.
Cause to craft: Liz Leigh, volunteer manager of the general store at Coal Creek, at the dairy expo ladies’ pavilion, has knitted more than 1000 teddy bears to support the store.
Expo staff: Strzelecki Lions Denis Casey, Paul Cook and Stuart McCraw at the South Gippsland Dairy Expo in Korumburra.
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