Lifestyle & Entertainment
22 November, 2025
Show attracts a bumper crowd
Over a thousand people rolled up to Goldfields Recreation Reserve last Sunday for a huge day of fun at the Beaufort Agricultural Show. The threat of showers looming overhead did nothing to quell the enthusiasm of punters, who enjoyed the wide array of activities and displays the show had to offer. Beaufort Agricultural Society secretary, Fleur Hillman, was thrilled with the way everything worked out on show day and couldn’t speak highly enough about the work volunteers put into making it a success.
“Really good, we seem to keep getting better and better,” Ms Hillman said proudly about the collective efforts of everybody involved with the show.
“We were so lucky with the weather, if it had of bucketed down like it did at 4.30, if that was 9am to even six in the morning, she would have been a no-go.”
For the first time ever, the show accurately tracked numbers through the gate, which revealed an impressive turnout for the event.
“One thing we did new this year, we had clickers on the gate,” said Ms Hillman.
“That’s not going to be 100 per cent right but at least now we have a breakdown of people that came through.
“According to the clickers there were 883 adults and 371 kids, so that’s 1,254 people roughly.”
The day went off without any major hiccups, with Ms Hillman saying that from her point-of-view, the event was a massive success.
“If every show was like that, it’d be great,” she said.
“I feel grateful that people that, despite the weather looking a bit dodgy, people still had faith in what we have there, and they made the effort to come through the gate.
“You never know, you are in the fickle hands of the weather when you’re holding an outdoor show.”
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