After the rain on Friday, the weather was perfect Saturday afternoon for the Bonshaw CWA’s Bush Bazaar at Goat Rock. A variety of market stalls and displays were on offer with a crowd in excess of 200 enjoying the festivities. Bush Poet, Jim Brown was our MC for the day and did a fantastic job. A large number of entries for the Texas Garden Club’s Flower Show made a stunning display. Voting for the most beautiful blooms went into the afternoon, with QLD coming out as the victorious state in the battle between NSW and QLD to see who had the best blooms. A collection of great prizes were awarded to the winners of each section. Jenny Magner (QLD) scooped the pool winning the Red Rose, Multi Toned Rose, and the Any Other Coloured Rose sections, Eva Beard (QLD) won the Pink Rose, Judy Thompson (QLD) won the Specimen of Any Other Bloom and also tied with Jenny Magner for the Multi Toned Rose Section. Nola Dickinson (QLD) won the Stem of Multi Flowered Plant Section.
A line up of babies and toddlers entered in the Baby Show. Awards were handed out to Ava Morris for Little Miss Sunshine, Charlotte Krauss for The Girliest Girl, Harriet Williams for Little Miss Cutie, Mikayla Doherty for Little Princess, Byron Coultas was the Manliest Man, Tyler Krauss for Mr Chatterbox, Jackson Coultas for Mr Smiley, Mackie Krauss for Mr Personality, and Matthew Doherty for Little Prince. Jackson Coultas was awarded the People’s Choice Award. All the money raised goes to the Australian Cord Blood Foundation for research. Special thanks goes to the Texas Wrigglers and Gigglers Child Care Centre for their sponsorship of the event.
A number of activities and demonstrations kept everyone busy. The Texas Line Dancers provided a great line dancing display during the afternoon. A number of teams entered the Egg Throwing Competition with Michelle and Michael Prenzler winning the event. The Rabbit Trap Throwing Competition was won by Will Phipps and the ladies winner was Amanda Anlezark. The Charity Auction in aid of the Texas P&C was a great success, drawing a large crowd of bidders.
A fantastic meal was served by the CWA ladies and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Live music provided by “Eleven 02″ began after dinner and the dancing started and didn’t finish until late! A great day was enjoyed by all with numerous charities and organisations benefiting from the event.
The organisers would like to thank the sponsors and supporters of the day especially Daryl & Dianne Rossiter, Paul Magner, the MacIntyre Gazette, The Stockman Hotel, Gooda’s Wool, Inverell, Young’s Variety, Texas Treats, Texas Wrigglers & Gigglers Child Care Centre, Goat Rock, Mick Collins and the Bonshaw Public School, Sandra Cox and the Ashford Central School, Jim Brown, the Texas Line Dancers, the Texas P&C, the Texas Garden Club, the Texas SES for providing lighting and traffic control, Kelvin Cox and Jacqui Press from “Eleven 02″, Roma Bundock – CWA Gwydir Group President, the Texas Lions Club, and the three young blokes who did all the washing up and helped clean up on the Sunday, it was greatly appreciated. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported the day and had a great time, we hope to see you at the next Bush Bazaar.
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