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Contents Contents
JAN-MAR 2025
Special Features
4 Deniliquin Show
10 Think Tank 2024
16 Bendigo Easter Festival
22 Around the Traps
26 Show Babies
Guild Reports and Matters
1 VSG President’s Page
3 Victorian Showmen’s Guild
9 Showmen’s Guild of
Australasia
13 Showmen’s Guild of
South Australia
Regular Features
14 Royal Shows & Show Dates
Information
18 Show Circuit Information
20 Circus and Rodeo News
24 Into the Sunset
28 2025 Calendar and
Magazine Advertising Rates
Advertisers
IFC HIB Insurance Brokers
IBC AAC
OBC Greig Novelties South
8 Maymax Donuts
11 ALLARA
Guild in
your State
Each Guild or Association is an
independent body, so for business
pertaining to your state, contact that
Guild or Association.
VICTORIA
The Victorian Showmen’s Guild
PO Box 36, Ascot Vale, VIC 3032
Office: Shop 1, 157 Mt Alexander Road,
Flemington VIC 3031
Tel: (03) 9376 8544
Email: vicshowmen@gmail.com
Website: victorianshowmensguild.com.au
President: Elwin Bell Jnr
Executive Officer: Justine Sinclair
Secretary: Eileen McClure
NSW, ACT, NT and QUEENSLAND
Showmen’s Guild of Australasia
Office: 4 Turner Ave, Yatala QLD 4207
Tel: (07) 3807 0011
Email: admin@showmensguild.com.au
Website: showmensguild.com.au
President: Aaron Pink
Secretary: Melissa Nilon
Executive Officer: Sandi Gordon
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
West Australian Showmen’s
Association (Inc.)
PO Box 2256, Mandurah DC WA 6210
Mobile: 0416 861 829
Email: admin@washowmen.com.au
President: Mitchell Ross
Secretary: Belle Bombardieri
TASMANIA
Tasmanian Showmen’s Guild
64 High Street, Beaconsfield, TAS 7270
Mobile: 0482 783 559
Email: showmensguild@outlook.com
President: Deborah Welsh
Secretary: Jackie Porter
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Showmen’s Guild of South Australia
PO Box 276, Two Wells, SA 5501
Mobile: 0418 819 994
President: Daryl Girdler
Secretary: Phillip Hamilton
This magazine is circulated throughout the Showmen’s Guilds/Association of Australia, to Showmen, State Royal Shows, Country Agricultural Shows Societies, Circus,
Carnival and Amusement Park operators in Australia and Worldwide. The most effective way to contact these organisations is to advertise in this magazine.
EDITOR
Justine Sinclair | The Outdoor Showman
PO Box 36, Ascot Vale, VIC Australia 3032
OFFICE
Shop 1, 157 Mt Alexander Road,
Flemington VIC 3031
PRINTER
Printed by Eastern Press
www.epress.com.au
OFFICE HOURS
Monday - Thursday, 9.00am - 4.00pm
Tel: (03) 9376 8544
Email: vicshowmen@gmail.com
www.victorianshowmwnsguild.com.au
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Faith Perrett
Faith Gini Graphic Design
Email: faithgini@yahoo.com
Tel: 0421 994 661
COVER
Courtesy of Deniliquin P & A Society Inc.
Views expressed by contributors in this magazine and by the advertisements appearing in this magazine are not necessarily endorsed by the Victorian Showmen’s Guild
or the publisher. No responsibility is accepted by the Victorian Showmen’s Guild, the Editor, the Publisher or the Printers for the accuracy of information contained in the
text or advertisements in the magazine or otherwise whatsoever. ISSN 1440-3900
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