Twins Charlotte and Beth Sismey, 8, of Yamba, found a couple of new friends at the Maclean Show – Cosmo, the bearded dragon and Jack, the Saltwater Crocodile, from the Reptile Kingdom Australia, live interactive show
Images: Lynne Mowbray
This year’s Maclean Show – ‘Young Woman of the Year’ Shannon Moran and ‘Junior Young woman’ Grace Carr
Outgoing and incoming winners with their mentor Nicole Cowling.
The cane pavilion
This creative vegetable display won first prize.
Narelle Greens winning Custard Powder sponge.
Checking out the cooking section from behind the glass were L-R Marie Ricketts, Lesley McBay and Angela Ricketts.
Maclean’s sideshow alley attracted a crowd.
Tara and Holly George of Gulmarrad enjoyed their ride on the Whizzer.
This year’s Maclean Show – ‘Young Woman of the Year’ Shannon Moran and ‘Junior Young woman’ Grace Carr, with major sponsor Des Harvey – of Harvey’s Jewellers, Grafton.
Twins Charlotte and Beth Sismey, 8, of Yamba, found a couple of new friends at the Maclean Show – Cosmo, the bearded dragon and Jack, the Saltwater Crocodile, from the Reptile Kingdom Australia, live interactive show
Images: Lynne Mowbray
L-R Allan and Lorraine Albert of the Gold Coast with Ken Woods of Maclean, check out Ken’s miniature truck display.
This was Allan’s first time back to the Maclean Show, since he left the town at the age of 16, to find work in Sydney.
Checking out the show
Judge Graham Prior got this Blue Leghorn’s feather in a flap
Graham Prior judges this Blue Leghorn
These fairy light balloons were very popular at the Maclean Show.
Maclean Scottish Chief Peter Smith was a special guest at this year’s Maclean Show.
Maclean Show’s ‘Young Women of the Year’ - Winners and runners-up
(Shannon Moran, runner up Alyssa Chisholm, second runner up Madeline Hollis and Junior Young woman Grace Carr, runner up Maddy Hebblewhite).
Despite the recent rains causing the cancelation of ring events at this year’s Maclean Show, organisers were extremely happy with the outcome.
Maclean Show Society President Brian Ferrie said that despite the grounds not being too bad, the surrounding areas weren’t good at all.
“You couldn’t park any floats there at the moment, you’d sink,” Mr Ferrie said.
“It was just too wet there, so we just had to do the best we could,” he said.
Mr Ferrie said that he wished to thank several people for their assistance with this year’s show.
“I’d just like to thank the Showman’s Guild for putting on the sideshow alley,” he said.
“Also, young Nat Crofton from Maclean, for organising all the live music – he did a great job with no fuss.
“And a special thanks also to Graham Nicholson – from Nicholson & Page Transport, for providing one of his trucks, for a stage for the musicians,” he said.
Maclean Show Society secretary Pru Ensby, said that it was close to a record year for them this year, with gate takings up on previous years (excluding last year).
“It was a great outcome despite not being able to have the ring events and the demolition derby and Motocross,” she said.
“I think that its important for the town to have a show because of the bush fires, Covid and the floods – the community needs to have something.
“We need to be able to come together as a community and to see your neighbour that lives down the road that you never catch up with, to say ‘hello’ and ask, ‘how did you go in the flood.’
“It’s important to come together as a community, to support each other,” she said.
