Corporal Joshua Young, Warrant Officer Class 2 Peter Bell and Lance Corporal Evan Patrick from the Australian Army’s Pep Band travelled from Brisbane to entertain the crowd at the Murgon Show
March 22, 2023
The 99th Murgon Show blew away visitors on Saturday, with the biggest turnout the annual show has attracted for years.
There was everything from cane toad racing on Friday night to dog jumping on Saturday!
Add in cow milking, butter churning, dodgems, a dog show, poultry and lots of lots of cattle and there was something for everyone.
The cattle sections attracted 121 entries, 85 in the Stud section and 36 led steers.
Mikaela Ross, from MBR Brahmans, Kingaroy, took out the Supreme Exhibit of the Show with “MBR Platinum Ruby”.
Horse events were on the back oval, including miniature ponies.
Special guests were members of the Australian Army’s Pep Band who played musical spots around the showgrounds.
Graham House staff and volunteers put on a GH Clothing Co fashion parade featuring items which can be bought from their shop in Lamb Street.
The PCYC Pavilion featured stalls from local organisations as well as a large display of works by students from local schools.
Even the residents of the Castra residential aged care centre played a part, taking out the Fay Collard Memorial Trophy in the Pavilion’s Horticulture section for Most Points in Roses,
Saturday night featured motorbike challenges – from pee wees through to seniors – and was topped off with a fireworks display.
Murgon Show Society volunteers have been working hard for weeks to get the upgraded grounds ready for the show, but they can’t take any time off now.
The Murgon Daytime Rodeo will be held at the Murgon Showgrounds on Sunday, April 2.
Murgon Show Society president Alan Eagleson with “Mrs Murgon” Claire KapernickRos Heit, from Wooroolin, with guest speaker, South Burnett Citizen of the Year Rowena Dionysius, from Kingaroy, who officially opened the Murgon ShowPresident Alan Eagleson presented volunteer Rob Goodchild with a toolbox and $2000 worth of tools, courtesy of the Show Society … Rob, who had been working hard on the recent upgrades at the showgrounds, lost his tools when his Ford ute was stolen recentlySpecial guests at the opening of the 99th Murgon Show were Show Patron Gladys Sippel and Richard and Edna O’NeillWakka Wakka Elder Uncle Eric Law AM welcomed visitors at the show opening ceremony … he said rural shows were important because they brought people and families togetherMikaela Ross with the Supreme Exhibit of the Show, “MBR Platinum Ruby” from MBR Brahmans, KingaroyLaraine Beddows, from Silver Linings Simmental, Murgon, with “Silver Linings Teddy”, the Champion European Bull … the stud also took out the dog jumping competition!Jessica Beddows, from Murgon, with “Shimmer” … the pair led the Grand ParadeThis 1949 Mark V Jaguar led the entries from the Goomeri Chrome Bumpers in the Grand ParadeMalcolm Clifford, from Kingaroy, with the Champion Bird of the Show, an Old English Game Blue-Tailed Wheaten henLa’Rae and Joe Rockemer, from Mount Tyson, were volunteering behind the Cattlemen’s BarQueensland Dairy Industry Museum president Cynthia Hatchett conducted several butter churning demonstrations in the PCYC PavilionTreasurer Michelle Nicoll and president Gloria Bell, from the Murgon RSL Sub-Branch Citizens Auxiliary, had a stall in the PCYC PavilionMurgon Local Ambulance Committee members Kerry and Bob Baldwin were offering CPR demonstrations
