Bursting with tradition, overflowing with food, fun and excitement

Show Office Manager Penny Walsh, at rear, with, from left, Melissa Shanks, Renee Shanks and Charlie Green.

The Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show dates back 117 years and is bursting with tradition. But this year’s event also offered plenty of cutting-edge entertainment.

Show bags, side show alley, international horse whisperer Guy McLean and other show-time favourites featured at the June 16-18 event.

Show Manager Penny Walsh said the Show lived up to expectations.

“For more than 100 years the Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show has given local people and local businesses a platform to showcase their products, their animals and their amazing skills to our community,” she said.

“That wonderful and important tradition along with all the others people know and love was definitely  back at the Nambour Showgrounds in 2023.”

Showgoers experienced high-octane V8 Supercars and high-adrenaline motorbikes with Aussie FMX stunt riders.

Then there was the slower paced ferris wheel, fairy floss, a petting zoo, cattle judging, show jumping, wood chopping and of course the dagwood dogs.

The Show also featured a Freedom of Entry march involving the Australian Air Force Cadets Nambour Squadron as part of their 80th birthday celebrations. Cadets marched to the main gate of the showgrounds where they requested Freedom of Entry into Nambour.

There were spectacular fireworks displays on each night.