Castlemaine show gets cracking this evening with a street parade and wood chop part of the opening schedule – plus a fireworks display, weather permitting.
Gates to Camp Reserve open with pavilion displays, fleeces, horticulture, cooking, art and craft all on display alongside the classic showtime attractions of sideshows and rides.
Working furiously behind the scenes, Castlemaine and District Agricultural Society secretary Debbie Hamilton is more than a bit delighted that the dodgems have shown up this year after several years of absence due to clashes with other shows.
“It’s very exciting and they’re very new dodgems,” she says. Full story in today’s Castlemaine Mail ( Friday, November 1, 2019)