1/86Gail Bateup (left) with Mrs Murray Reed riding on the new "Mad Mouse" ride at Royal Adelaide Showgrounds, August 16, 1963.
Gallery: A history of the Royal Adelaide show in pictures
We can’t take a trip to the Show this year, but we can take a trip down memory lane in these pictures from The Advertiser’s photo archives.
2/86Royal Adelaide Show Parade - spectator Darryl Whyatt with his wife Debra and their daughters Emily (in pink) and Natalie, August 23, 2003.
3/86Emma McAllister holding "Bob the Builder" showbag at the Royal Adelaide Show, 2003.
4/86Amelia Diakos, 14, and Kirsty Michael, 14, enjoying themselves on the first day of the show on the Superbowl ride, 2003.
5/86Joel Tilbrook, 4, of Warradale amuses himself in the rain near Sideshow Alley as the rain sets in for Tuesday lunchtime at the Royal Adelaide Show, 2003.
6/86Sheridan Seekamp and Alannah Seekamp riding the Mad Mouse amusement ride that will close at the end of this year's Royal Adelaide Show after 44 years.
7/862007 Royal Adelaide Show, best friends (left) Carla Phillips, 9, and Khenzi Edwards, 9, of Brooklyn Park at the SA Country Women's Association (SACWA) Cafe for lunch.
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9/86Fun and color at the Royal Adelaide Show. (Left) Holly Drake-Brockman, 9, of Windsor Gardens and Taylor Mulconray, 9, of Aberfoyle Park, have just done their shopping.
10/86Royal Adelaide Show, 1982. Pixie Irving, 13, of Modbury with a four-week-old Charolais calf, Al-Ru Bismark, September 2, 1992.
11/86Charlotte Dawson (centre) with Australia's Next Top Model contestants (left-right) Kamila Markowska, Alexandra Girdwood, Samantha Downie and Jamie Lee at the Royal Adelaide Show, September 10, 2008.
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13/86Connie Chu and Winnie Tam at the Royal Adelaide Show.
14/86Students from Urrbrae Agricultural High School, Ashlee Gale, 14, with Millicent Warne, 16, and Laetecia Mildwaters Carpenter, 15, is doing an agricultural learning centre display at the Royal Adelaide Show.
15/86Blue skies finally emerge. The most popular gadget this year is the bubble machine, enjoyed by young and old. Thomas Banks, 20, and Kiri Fahy, 19, enjoy their day at the Royal Adelaide Show, 2010.
16/86Darci Sullivan, 5, is the winner of 100 Royal Adelaide Show showbags Sunday Mail competition, with her winnings.
17/86Bella, 16, of Heathfield, Amanda, 16, of Burnside and Tiffany, 16, of Norwood at the Royal Adelaide Show, 2012.
18/86Frightened children riding on the Mad Mouse ride at the Royal Adelaide Show, 1967.
19/86Miss Brownyn Richter, of Reeves Plains holding Champion Jersey cow, Raywyn Grand Girl, owned by the estate of the late Mrs. S. R. Askew at the Royal Adelaide Show, September, 1970.
20/86Stephanie Smith is the Human Cannonball at the Royal Adelaide Show.
21/86Renee Carella with Lisa Pisaniello and Ada Carella on Techno Jump ride at Royal Adelaide Show, September, 6, 2004.
22/86Stud Merino Breeders, Dusty MacGowan and wife Lorraine MacGowan from Mount Pleasant with their winning Champion Autumn Shorn Merino Ram at the Royal Adelaide Show.
23/86Olivia Bolton, 5, visiting from Mooroopna in Victoria. Olivia had her face painted like a pig by Clownz r Us face painting. Pictured with piglets in the farmyard nursery at the Royal Adelaide Show..
24/86Eadie Ang, 8, and Lachie Ang, 6, check out this year’s show bags at the Royal Adelaide Show.
25/86Dylan Conway, 5, of Nurioopta carrying showbags at the Royal Adelaide Show.
26/86Big spenders (left-right) Jane-Marie Marr, 15, of Highbury with Linda Brown, 15, of Warradale, and Rosemary Pillar, 14, of Parkholme at the Royal Adelaide Show, 1987.
27/86Marissa Karagianis (left) eating Dagwood Dog with Jenny Strike at Royal Adelaide Show, September 4, 1999.
28/86Models Nadia and Laura wearing clothes for the fashion show visiting the sheep pavillion at the Royal Adelaide Show, 2007.
29/86Showbag Marketing executive Tom Carter and show bags for the Royal Adelaide Show, 1998.
30/86Show goers having a great time on the rides at the Royal Adelaide Show, 2012
31/86People upside down in carriage on new ride ‘The Mixer’ at the Royal Adelaide Show, 2010.
32/86Father Troy Tyndall with 19-month-old daughter Jasmyn enjoying the slide at the Royal Adelaide Show.
33/86Haley, 13, of West Lakes Shore, with Tiarn, 12, of West Lakes Shore, and Ebony, 13, of Semaphore enjoying the fun at the Royal Adelaide Show., 2012
34/86Luke, 5, with wrestler Hartley Jackson in sideshow alley at the Royal Adelaide Show.
35/86Mrs. Yvonne Sivyer, of Campbelltown, grooms fluffy standard poodle Lorina the Jupiter in preperation for judging. Lorina is Australian champion in her class at the Royal Adelaide Show, 1968.
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37/86Sisters Ella Coates, 5, and Abby Coates, 3, with Samson Muster, 4, holding toys and the free showbags for kids under 15 at entrance to Adelaide Showgrounds at Wayville, 2008.
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39/86Scarlett, 7, of Hyde Park shares her corn on the cobb with one of the newly hatched chickens in the Agricultural Learning Centre at the Royal Adelaide Show, September 5, 2006..
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41/86Baby infant Darcy Meyer from SA lying on Supreme Champion Fleece at Royal Adelaide Show.
42/86Deanna Ortuso and Kelley Maczkowiack on "Twin Flip" amusement ride at Royal Adelaide Show, August 31, 2005.
43/86SA sheep farmer Leith Jenkins walking his coloured animals down King William Street for the Royal Adelaide Show Parade, August 23, 2003.
44/86Child holding showbags in the rain at the Royal Adelaide Show 1974.
45/86Isobel Lloyd, 6, of North Adelaide, gets up close and personal with her favourite cow at the Royal Adelaide Show, grand champion female Square Meater ''Leane''.
46/86Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society councillor Michael Scott congratulating his son Edward, 7, on winning the 5-8 year old boys class equestrian event at the Royal Adelaide Show. He won the same event 40 years ago.
47/86Pre-Royal Adelaide Show tour, 1960. Mr A. H. Jolley, P.R.O. for the Shell Co., Mr C. L. Morisset, of Shell Chemical, and Graham Ashby with the Poll Shorthorn bull, Bundaleer Headline, at Bundaleer, Gulnare, the property of W. B. Ashby & Sons Ltd. The bull will be shown at the Royal Adelaide Show. The picture was taken during the journalists’ pre-show tour sponsored by the Shell Co. and Shell Chemical and organised by the R A & H Society.
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49/86Mrs. Helen Hood, of Dernancourt with Luton Louis, first and challenge winning dog in the wire haired Fox Terrier class at the Royal Adelaide Show, 1974.
50/86Steve Hinge with daughter Crystal on shoulders holding stuffed toy at the Royal Adelaide Show, September 4, 1999.
51/86Stuart Mules carrying daughter Ineke, 3, on his shoulders at the Royal Adelaide Show.
52/86Leagh Bassham with Rio Schofield promoting Royal Adelaide Show, August 28, 2002.
53/86SA children Holly Grabham, 8, with Fraser Bone, 4, Ruby Bone, 8, and Charles Grabham, 10 years old carrying showbags and holding balloons at the Royal Adelaide Show. 2008.
54/86Irish setter Edlyn Tony, owned by Mr. C. T. French of Hillcrest, shows little interest in the ice cream offered him by Kent Nelson, 3, of Glynde at the Royal Adelaide Show, 1968.
55/86At the Royal Adelaide Show for the last day of the event, was Amber Thomas, 3, of Sellicks Beach in the animal nursery.
56/86Girls enjoying ‘Splash Canyon’ ride during the 1996 Royal Adelaide Show.
57/86Roxanne Allan in the Hollywood Horrors sideshow at the Royal Adelaide Show.
58/86Sheep walking down King William Street, for the start of Royal Adelaide Show week, September 3, 1994.
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60/86Jeffrey Brooks, 7, of Unley, was happy with a large collection of sample bags at the Royal Adelaide Show, September 10, 1970.
61/86The reserve junior champion Hereford bull, Silverton Leeds, gets a well earned brush-up from Andrew Hastie, Silverton Park, Delamere at the Royal Adelaide Show, September 12, 1969.
62/86Daryl Forest, 39, waves wildly to the crowd after winning the 1.5 lap race for pennyfarthing bicycles at the Royal Adelaide Show, 1979.
63/86Laura Hak, 8, of Woodcroft and Kirilee Jordon, 7, of Old Reynella are looking forward to the Royal Adelaide Show.
64/86Free things to do at the Royal Adelaide Show - (left-right) Nikki Waelkens, Kellie Stockham and Cassandra Harvey enjoy free yoghurt from the dairy farmers' stand.
65/86Royal Adelaide Show, Henry Gosse, 8, and Eliza Duncan, 7.
66/86Hannah Anderson with Brooke Francis on the Ferris Wheel at the Royal Adelaide Show, August 31, 2001.
67/86Award-winning sisters at the Show (left) Rebecca, Maria and Elizabeth Willis, with their horse Calypso. With the one mount the girls have so far won four awards at the Royal Adelaide Show, September 12, 1962.
68/86Monique Costanzo, 11, dressed up to show her prized winning Japanese Spitz dog named Giselle at the Royal Adelaide Show.
69/86Sisters Morgan, 3, and Avalon, 6, of Campbelltown having fun at the Royal Adelaide Show, 2012.
70/86Smart young equestriennes at the Show were Christine Grabsch, 7, of Horsham, Victoria (left) runner-up in the contest for best girl rider 6-8 years, who holds Mrs. Madin’s “Dainty,” and Karen Chisholm, 7, of St. Georges, winner of the event, with Mrs. England’s “Buttons” at the Royal Adelaide Show, September 4, 1964.
71/86Tessa Hughes (centre) and her pony, with sisters Katie and Ella Clark after her win at Royal Adelaide Show, August 30, 2002.
72/86Adele Skelton, 7, carrying her showbags at the 2011 Royal Adelaide Show.
73/86Ella, 8, Clinton, Dane, 6, and Trina Habner of Malvern are all smiles at the Royal Adelaide Show, 2012.
74/86Gennifer Roelofs, 14, and Alexandra Boyd, 13, with bubble blowing guns at the Royal Adelaide Show.
75/86Goats participating in the Grand Parade with Kaye Riley, 7, (left front) at the Royal Adelaide Show, 1961.
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78/86Paige, 5, with Ruby, 13, enjoy the festivities at the Royal Adelaide Show.
79/86Crowds watching the Grand Parade at the Royal Adelaide Show.
80/86Kylie Spry, 3, of Gawler River and her pet Suffolk ewe was awarded the supreme champion British or Australasian breed ewe of the Show, and is now named Adel at the Royal Adelaide Show, September 4, 1989.
81/86Only a week to go and Mr. G. Blainey of Victoria has his clown face sideshow ready for the Royal Adelaide Show, 1970.
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83/86SA mannequin Bonnie Taylor, winner of the Rachel’s Model Management model search competition with last year’s winner Brianne Bockmann on the ferris wheel at the Royal Adelaide Show, September 12, 2007.
84/86Mr. and Mrs. Jim Toll of Jaloran stud, Wagin, WA, with the record-breaking $50,000 Collinsville ram at the Royal Adelaide Show, 1980.
85/86Gavin Gusling, 2, of Broken Hill, with the challenge - winning British bulldog champion Shirton Kosie owned by Mrs. T. H. Pierce, of Albert Park at the Royal Adelaide Show, 1969.
86/86Small rough riders require small mounts, but this three-day-old calf proved a little too much for Mark Rothe, 2. Mark, of the Rotunga Guernsey Stud, Echunga, was having his first try at calf riding, at the Royal Adelaide Show, 1970.
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