David Gillespie (Lyne, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

My wife Charlotte and I, along with 2½ thousand people from the Manning Valley and surrounding areas, enjoyed the fun, excitement and spectacle of the 137th Taree Show, run by the Manning River Agricultural and Horticultural Society. It is a great showcase of what our region has to offer. It has been running for all this time only because of a hard-working team of volunteers, and the show society. I would like to pass on my congratulations to them, including Taree Show President Milton Johnson, who has been doing it for 16 years, Vice President Selwyn Weller and Show Society Secretary Anne Donoghue.

Showgirl Coordinator Val Weller organised the 50th Taree Showgirl competition, with contestants Jessi Wainwright, Kate Greenaway and Laura Polson, the winner this year being Laura Polson, who is going to be a great advocate for the Manning River Agricultural and Horticultural Society and the Greater Manning Valley. But any show runs on its stomach, and I have to congratulate the Taree Show Society Ladies Auxiliary, who put on a beautiful lunch for all the attendees and raised some very valuable funds for the show society.

The show has been a great institution for many years. There are so many people who do so much work— (Time expired)

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