Regular entrants and newcomers produce beautiful works in needlecraft and applied arts, such as woodwork, jewelry and metalwork, and this year will be no exception.

These sections will be housed in the pavilion room adjacent to the secretary’s office, along with the group exhibits.

The theme for this year’s groups is ‘Furnish a Flat’, which should attract much interest from home renovators.

Scrapbooking and Fine Arts sections will also be showcased in the same pavilion.

A new class for fine arts, ‘Of Sand and Sea’, should set local artists quite a challenge, while stewards are expecting entries to top last year’s record, with over $1000 prize money on offer.

Next door, also in the top pavilion, will be open and junior cooking sections with entries taken the day before the show.

For many years now, the Tulloona Ladies’ Club has generously donated $100 prize money for outstanding exhibits in cooking and it’s expected Moree’s great cooks will enter to provide the usual mouth-watering display.

Junior sections are always popular with show-goers, especially proud parents and grandparents, and the amazing junior art entries will be in the showroom under the grandstand with ‘The Year of the Fire Rooster’ giving schools an exciting theme for this year’s group murals.

Junior handicrafts, along with junior horticulture and photography have lots of classes to tempt entrants so don’t miss these imaginative works on display in the Hobson Pavilion, next to the show bag stands.

Every year a different judge brings a new perspective to the selection of winners in the very popular photography section which adds to the fun for show patrons testing their own judgement of the hundreds of entries.

Also in the Hobson Pavilion is open horticulture with a fabulous display expected after recent humid weather and rain. This should also bring more entries for garden produce with the biggest pumpkin always a draw card and this year’s new class, wheelbarrow garden sure to see the handiwork of many imaginative green thumbs.

The agricultural produce section, with an exciting new prize to the value of $500 for the most successful exhibitor and $100 for the champion chickpea sample should encourage a grand display.

Preserves are a perennial favourite with good cooks, and good eaters, and the chutney and pickles classes are always hotly contested.

There’s something for everyone in the pavilions, so don’t miss the three locations and head down to be surprised and inspired by the wealth of local talent.