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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
2025-09-03 Daily Xml
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Country Shows

The Hon. A. PICCOLO (Light) (15:42): As members would know, the Royal Adelaide Show is on this week. While that is an important event, I would like to talk about some equally important events, which are the local shows that are throughout country South Australia. My local show held its event as a two-day show—it is the biggest show outside of the Royal Show—on 23 and 24 August. They had over 25,000 people attend the show, one of the highest attendances for the show. Not only did they have a great attendance but the show society also decided to donate 50¢ from every ticket transaction to the Need for Feed Australia initiative. They were proud to announce that they will be donating $5,000 to support the farmers in need in South Australia after selling 25,175 tickets.

The show was well supported, with sponsors, the community, volunteers, committee staff and life members making it a very successful day. In particular, I would like to acknowledge the committee members. Often these people are behind the scenes, and you rarely see them and the events just happen. I would like to acknowledge president Braden Turner, treasurer Karen Appelkamp and secretary Ainslee Allen. General committee members are James Rundle, Steve Coulter, Wendy Marshall, James Burgess, Kylie Burgess, Ben Turner, Riley Taylor, Zoe Doudle, Andrew Mann and Debbie Speed. There is a whole range of other volunteers who helped them. They put on an excellent event. The weather was kind, which helped. The Gawler Show is often seen by many families in the northern Adelaide area and also in near country areas as an alternative to attending the Royal Show, because it is probably cheaper for the families and it is also more accessible.

The other show I would like to talk about is the Clare Show, which is coming up on 18 October. It is the 160th Clare Show this year. Often, these shows, like many other shows, started as some sort of agriculture competition, in the early days, and over time they grow. The Clare Show this year will be holding its 160th. Recently, they paid tribute to the Angas family by installing some gates. The show is a one-day show. What I really like is all the various entries at these shows, ranging from flowers to various cakes and other things. These shows are really events which bring community together, a great opportunity for the community to come together at least once a year.

This group owns their own site and they have to fundraise on an ongoing basis to pay for the upkeep of the site, etc., so they have a monthly market, where they raise funds that are reinvested in the show each year. I would like to acknowledge the contribution made by the committee of the show: Sid Nichols, the president; Liz Fitzgerald, the secretary; Sam Hull, the treasurer; Paulie Calaby, the senior vice-president; Peta Smith, junior vice-president and committee member; Steve Sanders; Geoff Mckinnon; Alicia Callary; Mark Stewart; Sharna Juett; James Meyer; and Sam Reed. These are people who work behind the scenes to make this event occur.

One of the smaller shows but, again, a very important show, is the Kapunda Show, to be held on Saturday 25 October this year. I have attended the show on a number of occasions. This show is held at the local racetrack and often attracts a lot of people. I am sure the minister is aware of the Kapunda Show, having been associated with Kapunda himself.

The Hon. N.D. Champion: Yes.

The Hon. A. PICCOLO: Again, it is one of those key community events. It is probably one of the biggest community events held in those townships. It is an event that promotes rural life. It is an expression of what rural communities are like. I would like to again acknowledge some of the people involved in the show: Doug Hazel, the president; Janet Hazel, vice-president; Tess Gerhardy and Crystal Hall, secretaries; Stephanie Bishop, treasurer; and a number of other people who work together to put on a very successful show. Also on the show trail throughout the electorate is the Eudunda Show, which I will talk about on another occasion.

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