jumping castle

  Two jumping castles were provided by the lions as entertainment for the kids.

community stalls

A number of stalls were organised in the showground by Wellington Council Tourism, Promotions and Media Liaison officer Sharon Toynton. The stalls included cakes, nick nacks, Wellington arboretum, herb meats, Country Womens Association & an olive oil plantation.  

face painting

The Wellington Lions provided face painting for the kids & looking at the photos, also the young at heart.

geological history walk

Dave Cook conducted a geological history walk. Approximately 20 inquisitive souls attended the two seminars on the geological and natural history of Eastern Australia, centred on the Wellington district. The first seminar gathered at the Wellington Caves car park. They then headed for a 500m walk into a nearby paddock where, using the geological evidence around them, a discussion took place on the evolution of the Eastern Australian landmass, from its origins around a line from the current Broken Hill – Mt Isa about 600 million years ago the continent grew to the eastward, under the processes of plate tectonics. Modern examples of such processes were discussed and then everyone adjourned to the nearby hillside to sample fossils from a 410 million year old coral reef preserved in the limestones in which the nearby caves were later formed.

boles competition

The forth annual soft floor (softies) V's hard floor (tin billycans) camper trailer boles competition was played.  The hardies were victorious once again with George & Wendy Mavros taking out the trophy over Chris Rogers & grand daughter Rachael. Thanks to sweeper Helen for clearing the ground with a palm frond so the players could see the jack.

snake handler 

The Lions once again provide more entertainment with snake handler Paul Kirk showing us a range of snakes from yellow bellied & red bellied blacks,  a brown, tiger, taipan & a death adder. He showed how to wrap up an arm incase of snakebite & the importance of leaving the bite unwashed so the hospital can identify the snake from the venom. He then produced several types of pythons which he dropped onto the shoulders of people standing around the portable snake pit.

happy hour, book swap, sell or swap camping gear & kids treasure hunt

A happy hour was held on the Wednesday afternoon which incorporated a book swap, sell & swap camping gear & also a kids treasure hunt.

auction & dance

The evenings entertainment was started with swing music by the Wellington Town Band, followed by local musician Jono who played a variety of hits from the 60's & 70's. During the break Rob auctioned off a number of items donated by members of the group to raise money for the Lions. Items included  a wheel clamp, Hilift jack, 12volt impact wrench, folding table, BEST water filter, JTS cap & stubby holder, CamperTrailers Group flag, & a Graham Cahill autograph to name a few.

It wasn't long until managing editor of the Wellington Times, Farren Hotham, a registered auctioneer, took the mike & livened things up with his antics. All up the group managed to raise $1,528 for the Lions.  The music from Jono then continued.