COUNTRY SHOWS

Mr TRELOAR (Flinders) (15:24): May I congratulate the member for Mitchell on his 21^st wedding anniversary. I can say to the member for Mitchell that, in just two weeks, my wife and I will be celebrating the same occasion. We are about halfway to where the member for Schubert is at the moment, I think. Looking at the weather outside, it seems that spring is in the air and a young man's thoughts turn to love, no doubt.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

Mr TRELOAR: With spring in the air, it also is the time for the country shows around South Australia to celebrate the produce of the agricultural areas. Just a few weeks ago we had the Adelaide Show here in Adelaide, which proved to be most successful, mainly due to the extensive rain that was received across the state at that time. Upcoming in the electorate of Flinders this weekend we have the Lipson Show on Saturday and the Yallunda Flat Show on Monday. The Port Lincoln Show was held a couple of weeks ago.

The Wudinna Show was last weekend, and they celebrated an excellent show where for the first time they held the Australian national shearing competition, which proved quite an attraction and drew a major crowd. In fact, they had prize money in excess of $20,000, so certainly a great competition and a real coup for Wudinna. The Cummins Show is coming up next weekend, and there are other shows around the state. The member for Stuart has shows in his electorate.

Mr van Holst Pellekaan interjecting:

Mr TRELOAR: Jamestown Show, Burra, Eudunda.

Mr Piccolo interjecting:

Mr TRELOAR: Gawler Show, no doubt. It really is a celebration of the produce of this state, as I said. I particularly want to talk about the Lipson Show today, which is coming up, as I said, this Saturday, because it has actually been in recess for a number of years. Due to the good efforts and hard work of some locals, they have resurrected the Lipson Show and they will be holding the 105^th annual Lipson Show this Saturday, so congratulations to them. It will be my very great honour to open that particular show this weekend. As it happens, I will also be opening the Yallunda Flat Show on Monday. It is my great honour to do that as the local member and I am thrilled to be able to support the local shows.

Also, this weekend is the Oysterfest up at Ceduna. The agricultural and horticultural shows celebrate the agricultural produce of the regions; the Oysterfest, and the Tunarama in Port Lincoln on the January long weekend, celebrate the seafood industries on our wonderful West Coast. We are talking about milestones as far as the Oysterfest and Tunarama go, because the Oysterfest this year is the 20^th annual two-day event in Ceduna. I am looking forward to attending that as well, briefly. In January 2011, it will be the 50^th Tunarama in Port Lincoln, which, of course, was built around the celebration of the tuna industry and has evolved into a major event on the Eyre Peninsula, still celebrating the tuna industry but also the ancillary seafood industries that are based around our coastline.

At the Lipson show this weekend we have such things as horse events, hacking, show jumping, harness and breeds—

Ms Bedford interjecting:

Mr TRELOAR: We have a pony club, no doubt. We have the giant, strange and unusual fruit and vegetable competition, which will no doubt be a highlight. We have the Lipson showperson awards, the Country Women's scone mix competition, the Aussie letterbox competition, the Lipson Show footy comp, the rich fruitcake competition and, my very favourite, the Genoa cake competition. I am very much looking forward to being at that show.

Mr Pederick: My wife has won that at the Coonalpyn Show.

Mr TRELOAR: The member for Hammond's wife is obviously a good cook and has won that very event at the Coonalpyn Show. This really is a congratulatory grieve, Madam Speaker, on a lot of good work. Best wishes and success to all of those that are involved in putting on the country shows, not only in Flinders but right around the state this coming spring.

The SPEAKER: Thank you, member for Flinders. I look forward to hearing the results from some of those events and who won.