South East Field Days: All roads lead to Lucindale

LUCINDALE will be swamped this week with 22,000 visitors taking over the tiny South-Australian town of just 400 residents.

Special anniversary: Lucindale, near the South Australian-Victorian border, will be celebrating the South East Field Days’ 40th year.

LUCINDALE will be swamped this week with 22,000 visitors taking over the tiny South-Australian town of just 400 residents.

South East Field Days

FRIDAY, MARCH 16 & SATURDAY, MARCH 17

Yakka Park, 3293 Avenue Range Rd, Lucindale, SA

Phone: [phone]

Website: http://www.sefd.com.au

The town, 345km from Adelaide near the South Australian-Victorian border, will be celebrating the South East Field Days’ 40th year.

“That’s why we’ve got all the extra entertainment,” Secretary Lyn Crosby said.

“We also have things to reflect the 40th year.”

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The special attractions include a memorabilia display and “Remember When” retro fashion parade, featuring clothing from the 1950s though to the 1970s.

“Normally with our fashion parade we use clothing from exhibitors, but this year it’s vintage,” Ms Crosby said.

Long-time Lucindale Lions Club member Jeff Davey was there when it all began in 1978 and has watched the Field Days grow over the years.

“Those days we had about 40-plus Lions members and somebody floated the idea of having a Field Day,” he said. “We thought to get a crowd we’d run a tractor pull.

“Five hundred people came to the first Field Day, and we’ve gone from 500 to about 22,000 today — and the town still only has about 400 people.”

The memorabilia display in Elad Shed will reflect the evolution of the Field Days, with old photos, newspaper clippings and hand-drawn maps.

“Machinery’s got a lot bigger and more complicated since then,” Mr Davey said.

“It’s all computer controlled now ... in those days they were basic tractors.”

These days the Field Days take place at Yakka Park on 20ha.

Event-goers can expect interactive Aussie FMX and fishing demonstrations, working dog puppies and the Carlton Draught horses.

“We’re so excited,” Ms Crosby said of the famous Clydesdale horses.

“They mostly do Victoria, but will pop over the border which is nice. We get quite a lot of people from Western Victoria popping over.”

Ms Crosby encourages everyone to check out this year’s Field Days.

“There’s a lot to do, good food to eat and a really good time to be had,” she said.

WHAT’S ON

Elad Wool Shed Site 565

Friday

All day Lions hearing dogs

10.55am Presentation by Advocacy For Disability Access and Inclusion

11am Remember When retro fashion parade

11.45am Lions hearing dogs

2.30pm Remember When retro fashion parade

Saturday

All day Quilt Display – Remember

10.30am Lions hearing dogs

10.55am Presentation by Advocacy For Disability Access and Inclusion

11am Remember When retro fashion parade

11.45am Dairy SA Race About Dairy Interactive Display

12.30pm Lions hearing dogs

2.30pm Remember When retro fashion parade

Site “P” Vandepeer Street

Friday

All day Laser Tag

10am PIRSA Soil Profile Demonstrations

11am Can Am Team Addicted to Mud

12pm PIRSA Soil Profile Demonstrations

12.30pm Can Am Team Addicted to Mud

2pm PIRSA Soil Profile Demonstrations

2.30pm Can Am Team Addicted to Mud

Saturday

All day Laser Tag

10am PIRSA Soil Profile Demonstrations

11am Can Am Team Addicted to Mud

12pm PIRSA Soil Profile Demonstrations

12.3pm Can Am Team Addicted to Mud

2pm PIRSA Soil Profile Demonstrations

3pm Can Am Team Addicted to Mud

Yakka Pavilion Site 441

Friday

10am Woodsoak Wines presentation

10.30 Body Tune Health Care presentation

11am Dickin’s Delights presentation

11.30am Collie Park presentation

1pm Robe Town Brewery presentation

Saturday

10am Woodsoak Wines presentation

10.30am Body Tune Health Care presentation

11am Dickin’s Delights presentation

11.30am Narabeez Honey presentation

12pm Collie Park presentation

1pm Robe Town Brewery presentation

Yard Dogs at Kelpie Korner

Thursday

8am Elders Lucindale Novice Challenge Championship – Course 1

R J C Evans & Co Improver at completion of Challenge Championship

8.30am Naracoorte Hotel Motel Maiden – Course 2

Friday

All day Cute puppies at the Lucindale Engineering Puppy Pound

8am Lucindale Engineering Open class – Course 1

8.30am Bayer Novice class – Course 2

Saturday

All day Cute puppies at the Lucindale Engineering Puppy Pound

8am Coprice South Australian Yard Dog State Championship – Course 1

9am Lucindale Hotel Encourage class – Course 2

1pm Coprice South Australian Yard Dog State Championship Final – Course 1

3.30pm Yard Dog Presentations

Fish’s Food Court & Family Area

Friday

All day Top Putt Mini Golf

10am SA Police Dixieland Band

10.30am-4.30pm Australian Travelling Fish Show (every 30 mins)

1pm Combined Schools Choir

2pm SA Police Dixieland Band

Saturday

All day Top Putt Mini Golf

10.30am-4.30pm Australian Travelling Fish Show (every 30 mins)

10.30am SA Police Dixieland Band

12pm SA Police Dixieland Band

General Entertainment

Friday

All day Balharry Memorial Children’s Centre Activity Tent – Site “C”

Old MacDonald’s Animal Nursery – Site “D”

Free hearing tests at Wimmera Hearing Society’s van – Site 669 on Qualmann Street

Free skin checks at the Lions Mobile Cancer Screening Unit – Site R3 on Rayner Road

Blood sugar levels and blood pressure testing – Site “B”

9am Elders Scarecrow and Outback Mailbox Competition on Hunt Street

Castec Lucindale Billy Cart Competition on Hunt Street

Blue Yakka Trail starts Site 344

9.30am Aussie FMX Show – Site 15

11am SA CFS will hold fire blanket demonstrations – Site 355

11.30am Aussie FMX Show – Site 15

1.30pm Aussie FMX Show – Site 15

2pm Presentations of donations by the Lucindale Lions Club in front of the Secretary’s Office

Drawing of the Lucindale Lions Club Lucky Program in front of the Secretary’s Office

3pm Aussie FMX Show – Site 15

SA CFS will hold fire blanket demonstrations – Site 355

Saturday

All day Balharry Memorial Children’s Centre Activity Tent – Site “C”

Old MacDonald’s Animal Nursery – Site “D”

Free hearing tests at Wimmera Hearing Society’s van – Site 669 on Qualmann Street

Free skin checks at the Lions Mobile Cancer Screening Unit – Site R3 on Rayner Road

Blood sugar levels and blood pressure testing at the Ambulance – Site “B”

9am Elders Scarecrow and Outback Mailbox Competition on Hunt Street

Castec Lucindale Billy Cart Competition on Hunt Street Blue Yakka Trail – Site 344

9.30am Aussie FMX Show – Site 15

11am SA CFS will hold fire blanket demonstrations – Site 355

11.30am Aussie FMX Show – Site 15

Presentation of Scarecrow & Outback Mailbox and Billy Cart Competitions at the site on Hunt Street

2pm Aussie FMX Show – Site 15

Drawing of the Lucindale Lions Club “Lucky Program” for Saturday in front of the Secretary’s Office

3pm Aussie FMX Show – Site 15

SA CFS will hold fire blanket demonstrations – Site 355

3.30pm Gate Prize Winners Drawn – in front of Secretary’s Office