Agricultural Show Victoria
The Stawell Ag show on Saturday was packed with family fun with free activities all day throughout the showgrounds, including Animal nursery, Puppet show, cartoon portraits etc. Horse events that included horsemanship challenge, photography comp, dog show, shearing demonstration, scare crow com plus lots more. The weather held out and there was a light sprinkle of rain towards the end of the day.
The Ararat Ag show on Sunday unfortunately this year’s show had terrible weather raining heavily in the morning and when the sun did shine the day was just about gone. The show committee had to cancelled horse events and rides; I was located undercover sketching portraits throughout the day.
I left Swan Hill then off to Donald Show on Sat 11th Oct. The regional roads were very poor; but the scenery with recent rains (wheat and canola crops) were a wonderful sight especially for the farmers that hopefully after the rain will bring a bumper harvest for them. The Donald show showcases talent of the area and old fashion country fun with loads of Kids activities and take home prizes. Much on offer at the show included horse events, pavilion products competitions, rides, and fireworks display on Friday night and much more. I was located in one of the Kids Zone area at a pavilion and children enjoyed their cartoon portraits to take home. I also visited the Kookas Biscuit Factory at Donald, Australian made and owned
Traveling from South coast NSW to Swan Hill via Gundagai was beautiful especially seeing the green hills this time of the year. Although a lot of people mentioned the dams were low and they needed follow-up rain. The Swan Hill 2 day show was packed full of country show features including rides and a Kids Zone where children and adults enjoyed their cartoon portraits to take home, a keepsake of the show day. The weather was a bit wild and it was a great to be located out of the winds and especially on Saturday a hot day. View advertising as follows: https://www.swanhillshow.com.au/events , https://theguardian.com.au/news/2025/10/04/free-kids-space-at-show/ , https://www.instagram.com/p/DOqN2DrimZE/ ,
The birds on display are back at the show!! After a hectic time with bird flu the event went ahead this year. Lots of fun activities for children that included a camel rides, horse cart, my cartoon portraits and much, much more was on offer for those attending this year. Cobram is a lovely town (full of roses this time of the year) located near the Murray River that borders between NSW and Victoria.
Unfortunately it rained on the show day this year, I was amazed that the horse events still proceeded and many riders where strong enough to withstand the drizzling weather. I was located with the photography section where many people enjoyed a cartoon portrait to take home.
Located in the Wimmera is a small town Murtoa with a big community heart. The show day was perfect and children enjoyed the many activities that were designed for them especially the tiny tots. I enjoyed throughout the day drawing cartoon portraits.
A rough start to the day with the weather raining but it soon cleared. Down by the Wimmera River at the east side of the showgrounds that was gifted by the May family in 1915, these buildings of historical significance and maintained. I was located in one of these buildings where shearing competition were held throughout the day as well as judging of goats and sheep, there was numerous activities for the families located at the showgrounds.
