SATURDAY’S 104th Tyrendarra Show was a great successful with a huge crowd flocking to the show after COVID-19 destroyed last year’s show.

Tyrendarra Pastoral and Agricultural Society president Anne Burley said the show went marvellously and the weather was perfect for a day out.

“The crowds were great, probably our second largest crowd ever,” she said.

“There was a really great vibe around the show, with families and old friends coming along, and all together, just seeing the wider community enjoying the day.”

Ms Burley said the show had around 100 to 150 volunteers that did their part to prepare and make things run on the day.

“We have a small committee of dedicated people who do the job and work all year to get the show prepared,” she said.

“Some of our volunteers and committee members have been involved in the show for over 50 years.”

The most popular aspect for the day were the animals, with children spotted patting goats, chickens, or sheep at the animal nursery, and dragging their parents towards the cows, horses and even the pet parade which featured a range of dog breeds.

The pet parade featured categories such as dog with the waggiest tail, pet with the prettiest eyes, champion dry food chewer and so much more.

“The pet parade was amazing, with young and old bringing their dogs, cats, some goats and chickens,” Ms Burley said.

“What never fails to draw a crowd is the animal nursery, the Wicked Wildlife with the reptiles, our magician Dazzling Dan and also Julie and her circus.

“You can’t beat watching a kid pat a sheep for the first time in their life.”

Other sections in the show, history, cut flowers, wool, farm and garden all attracted excellent entries and had a great turnout as well.

History senior stewardess, Sally Louise Walsh, said there were 95 entries in total for the history section, all ranging from the 1400s to 50 years ago, following the theme of home supplies.

“The majority are local entries,” she said.

“It’s terrific how locals get in their cupboards and find things for each year.”

Over in the cut flowers section, dahlia of the show went to Maya Linnell who achieved over 90 points out of 100.

Judge of the cut flowers, Alf Hardingham, said the flowers were judged based on their colour, size, condition, and even stem, making it a tough competition.

Presentation was also a key aspect in achieving points.

Farm and garden received 50 entries and were able to introduce an overall winner for each 43 categories which include things such as, one dozen hen eggs, four carrots – long and smallest ripe tomato.

Categories for kids were best painted hard-boiled egg as a farm animal or emoji and novelty item to be made from vegetables or fruit.

Kids made entries such as a sheep made out of cauliflower, and an egg decorated as a feathery bird.

Wool section senior steward, Bruce Sharrock, said fleece was judged out of 100, based on uniform of length, soundness, evenness, weight and others.

Some entries were supposed to be in last year’s contest, but had to be saved until this year’s show, meaning they had to be kept out of the sun and in wool bags to prevent from going yellow.

There were many more successful and eye-catching contests that had visitors gathering around to observe, even sparking people’s interest to join in next year.

“It was another successful Tyrendarra show and hopefully next year we’ll be back bigger and better,” Ms Burley said.