October 25th, 2024Clunes show ahead: time to get cracking

There’s still time to get your entries in for the competition categories for the upcoming Clunes Spring Show.

“Entries for all our competitions close early in November,” says Clunes and District Agricultural Society secretary Gayle Wrigley, ahead of the show happening Saturday November 16.

“People can go into the schedule to get all the details and enter through our website,” says Gayle.

She says all the favourite fixtures that people love about classic country shows will be back. But there’s going to be some new crowd-pleasing attractions that will be well worth catching this time as well.

“We’ve got whip cracker Stewart Bryant and his whip cracking show which will be a highlight,” Gayle says.

“We’ve never had whip cracking before and that will be a headline act, featuring on the main arena at noon and 3pm. Stewart is recently back from performing for the winter season at the Longreach Hall of Fame.

“We’ve also got Dean Smith ‘the Dancing Bear’ who is a world-renowned chainsaw sculptor and performer and he will be doing demonstrations. And then we will also be auctioning the pieces he creates to raise funds to help the agricultural society maintain facilities.

“We’ve got our local food and wine pavilion and live music including Troy Elliot who will be entertaining on the stage around 3.45pm for a couple of hours and during his performance our chainsaw sculptures will be auctioned.

“We’re having free entertainment on stage all day and all the favourites like the dog high-jump, the Bute Ute and the novelty things like the ferret racing, ladies’ wood-splitting, gumboot throw, keg throw and the tug-o-war.

“We’ve also got the Western Wolves-Ballarat Medieval Combat displays returning. We had them last year and it was a great spectacle.

“The other thing that was a ripping success last year, and that we will have back again, is the kids’ under-10s sandpit with buried ping pong balls containing prizes.

“And people just love all the traditional things like wandering through the home crafts pavilion, and all the animals. The equestrian events are always a key part of our show ring and are beautiful to watch.”

Gayle says competition entries close for most sections on Tuesday, November 5 so it’s time to be part of the fun and get some entries in. The schedule can be found on the website clunesshow.com.au

Words: Eve Lamb