Your complete guide to the 2019 Royal Queensland Show MEDIA KIT A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q 1 2 O’CONNELL TERRACE 5 4 BROOKES STREET 3 BOWEN BRIDGE ROAD STUD SALES STOCK PAVILION RING 4 BOWEN PARK NORCO SHED ARRIVALS STOCKMAN’S REST 5 ARROW ENERGY PAVILION HORSE PAVILION XXXX MACHINERY HILL STOCKMEN’S 6 BAR & GRILL SIDESHOW ALLEY HORSE 7 STALLS STAND GREGORY TERRACE TRIPLE M JOHN MACDONALD 8 SHOWBAG PAVILION EXHIBITION STREET CREW MAIN ARENA ONLY MEMBER’S 3 9 6 STAND SIDESHOW ALLEY ERNEST EXPO PLACE 10 BAYNES STAND BLACKHAWK CANINE PAVILION 11 DEPARTURES ALEXANDRIA LANE IRON JACK WOODCHOP JOHN REID RACQ ANIMAL LF PAVILION ARENA & BAR GOURMET L NURSERY 12 PLAZA CHANNEL SEVEN PAVILION (L1) KING STREET 13 KING STREET FEAST EKKA RYDGES HOTEL EMPORIUM AGRICULTURAL HALL KIDS 14 PRESENTED BY SEQWATER (GND) CARNIVAL KIDS BOWEN BRIDGE ROAD 1 WOOLWORTHS CARNIVAL FRESH FOOD 2 15 PAVILION COSTIN STREET KING STREET THE OLD 16 MUSEUM A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q CARRIAGE STREET 17 GREGORY TERRACE ST PAULS TERRACE 1A MACHINERY STREET information booths atm TRAIN STATION Beef Cattle horse flower & garden toilets lockers charter BUS DROP OFF/PICK UP Dairy Cattle lambs quilts female toilet first aid TAXI/ride share fleece breeds cats fine arts male toilet mobile phone charging Gates poultry, pigeon, birds & eggs dogs disabled toilet LF lost & Found Bike racks goats fish parents room KEEP KIDS SAFE PROGRAM water stations pigs WOODCHOP 2 Q R S T 1 O’CONNELL TERRACE 2 5 4 BROOKES STREET BOWEN BRIDGE ROAD STUD SALES 3 STOCK PAVILION RING BOWEN PARK NORCO SHED 4 ARRIVALS STOCKMAN’S REST ARROW ENERGY PAVILION 5 m p 1 HORSE PAVILION a 20 9 XXXX MACHINERY HILL STOCKMEN’S BAR & GRILL 6 Animals Entertainment showbags SIDESHOW ALLEY HORSE STALLS 7 Beef Cattle GND G-5 7 LIVE Studios L1 H-14 Triple M Showbag Pavilion D-8 Canine presented by Cooking School presented STAND GREGORY TERRACE Black Hawk N-11 by Spotlight K-15 Food & bars TRIPLE M JOHN MACDONALD SHOWBAG PAVILION EXHIBITION STREET 8 Cats presented by Brisbane Airport Atelier Brasserie M-14 Black Hawk Q-11 CREW Community Stage L-14 Beerhaus L-13 MAIN ARENA ONLY Cradle-a-Chick Corporate Suite N-8 MEMBER’S 3 EkkaNITES supported by presented by Australian Eggs GND G-6 El Camino Cantina N-15 6 STAND 9 RACQ LifeFlight Rescue L-8 Dairy Cattle L1 G-5 Heritage Bank Racing Pigs 0-5 Gourmet Plaza I-12 Dairy Goats L1 G-5 Multicultural Music Stage I-13 Iron Jack Cattleman’s Bar L-5 SIDESHOW ALLEY ERNEST EXPO PLACE BAYNES 10 Fish G-14 Furphy Plaza Bar H-11 STAND Natural Fibres Fashion Parade Horses L-8 presented by Channel Seven L1 G-14 Kuhl-Cher Coffee M-14 BLACKHAWK Poultry, Pigeons, Birds & Eggs G-5 Pinball Arcade P-7 Paddock Bar K-13 CANINE PAVILION DEPARTURES ALEXANDRIA LANE 11 RACQ Animal Nursery Q-12 RACQ Clubhouse K-12 Public Dining Room J-8 IRON JACK WOODCHOP JOHN REID RACQ ANIMAL Sheep, Angoras & Alpacas L2 H-6 Venomous Snake Show N-15 Queensland Country LF PAVILION ARENA & BAR GOURMET L NURSERY XP eSports Showcase L1 E-13 Women's Association I-8 PLAZA 12 Exhibits/Displays XXXX Country Music Stage O-6 Royal Queensland Steakhouse Cookery GND G-13 & Bar presented by CHANNEL SEVEN PAVILION (L1) KING STREET Creative Art and Craft GND F-14 Education AussieBeef.com.au L1 H-13 KING STREET FEAST 13 EKKA District & School Produce Education on Show D-16 Royal Queensland Tastes K-15 RYDGES HOTEL EMPORIUM AGRICULTURAL HALL KIDS Exhibits GND H-14 Experience: Beef GND H-6 Six Acres Restaurant K-14 PRESENTED BY SEQWATER (GND) CARNIVAL 14 Farriers & Blacksmiths* P-10 Grain Chain GND F-14 Welcome to Bowen Hills M-13 Fine Arts GND G-13 Woolworths Fresh KIDS Growing & Planting GND F-14 BOWEN BRIDGE ROAD 1 WOOLWORTHS CARNIVAL Fleece Display L1 H-12 Horse Breeds Expo L-4 Food Market I-15 FRESH FOOD 2 PAVILION 15 Floristry D-16 Innovation Hub GND F-14 Iron Jack Woodchop Bar C-11 Flower & Garden D-15 The Journey of an Egg GND F-6 XXXX Stockmen’s Bar & Grill O-6 COSTIN STREET KING STREET Green the Street E-17 Kids Get Cracking, Get Cooking THE OLD Heritage Bank Flower Crowns D-15 Retail MUSEUM 16 with Australian Eggs GND G-14 Q R S T Heritage Exhibition L1 F-13 Little Backyard Farmers D-15 Ekka Emporium N-13 CARRIAGE STREET Painting & Drawing GND F-14 Norco Milking Barn M-4 John Reid Pavilion M-12 GREGORY TERRACE 17 Photography GND G-13 RSPCA E-15 MG Meeting Tree C-15 ST PAULS TERRACE Queensland Sheep Shearing M-4 1A Government Precinct L1 H-12 GND = Ground Floor MACHINERY STREET Seqwater Water Zone GND G-14 Quilts Across Queensland D-16 L1= Level One School Garden & Scarecrow D-15 rides L2 = Level 2 Sculpture GND F-14, E-16 Kids Carnival Q-15, R-14 Sheep Shearing Competition * P-10 Sideshow Alley E-10, G-7 Woodchop & Sawing C-11 Please note: The information contained in the Ekka Media Kit is current at the time of printing and subject to change. information booths atm TRAIN STATION Beef Cattle horse flower & garden An online version of the kit is available at www.ekka.com.au and will be updated with any late changes. toilets lockers charter BUS DROP OFF/PICK UP Dairy Cattle lambs quilts *Sheep Shearing Competition only available Friday 16 and Saturday 17 August. Farriers & Blacksmiths only available Friday 16 – Sunday 18 August. female toilet first aid TAXI/ride share fleece breeds cats fine arts male toilet mobile phone charging Gates poultry, pigeon, birds & eggs dogs disabled toilet LF lost & Found Bike racks goats fish parents room KEEP KIDS SAFE PROGRAM water stations pigs WOODCHOP 3 contents Welcome Message 5 ekka Media 6 Essentials 7 Community spirit 9 ekka history 10 Tickets 12 What’s New 14 alexandria park 18 Animals 20 Our Competitions 27 Daytime Entertainment 34 Night time entertainment 42 Music 52 Education 56 The Old Museum 60 Rides & showbags 64 Food & beverages 66 Cooking School 72 COVER IMAGE: From left BACK PAGE IMAGE: Fiona Fashion 74 - Raffaelle, Addison and and Andrew Bassingthwaighte Fun Facts 76 Jack Bassingthwaighte. The - parents of Raffaelle, Addison Bassingthwaighte family are fourth and Jack. The Bassingthwaighte 100 Free Things To Do & See 78 generation beef cattle exhibitors, family run Santa Gertrudis studs at having shown at the Royal their Yarrawonga and Wallumbilla Daily Program 84 Queensland Show (Ekka) for more properties. They started the studs Sponsorship Partners 128 than 60 years. in 1954. 4 welcome The Royal Queensland Show (Ekka) presented competition facilities, ensuring the next year is ‘A Celebration of the Human Spirit,’ by RACQ is all about celebrating and generation of exhibitors and visitors can enjoy a recognising the remarkable resilience and championing agriculture and the critical role it better experience. determination of our primary producers. plays in our everyday lives. The new Alexandria Park, which is part A 70m high and 40m wide pyro love heart will Last year, more than 415,000 people attended of the $2.9 billion Brisbane Showgrounds erupt from the centre of the Main Arena, in a the Ekka, with many showing their support Regeneration Project, will be home to Ekka’s display of gratitude for our farmers who are the for our farmers who continue to battle the Championship Canine Competition presented heartbeat of our nation. devastating drought. by Black Hawk. Everything starts with agriculture from the food The RNA is committed to helping our farming The park features two acres of additional green we eat to the clothes we wear and the RNA is families, many of whom have exhibited at the and event space, allowing entrants to exhibit proud to run Queensland's largest event and Ekka for countless generations, since the first their dogs on real turf. agricultural show on behalf of the community show in 1876. It’s also the very first time all four storeys of the each year. To ensure Queenslanders can again show their Arrow Energy Pavilion will be used to house The Ekka Media Kit provides a snapshot of the support and appreciation for the people that animals at the Ekka. show including the highlights, new additions feed and clothe us each day, we have frozen Two floors were used last year housing beef and a full daily program. the price of every ticket for the first time in 11 and dairy cattle, dairy goats and poultry, but The RNA sincerely appreciates the tremendous years (the Little Ekka Pass for children four with all four now ready, sheep, angoras and coverage provided by the media and we hope years of age and under is free). alpacas will also use our world-class facility. you enjoy Ekka 2019. Our competitions are the heart and soul of For visitors, it means another two football fields the Ekka and with more than 21,000 entries of space where they can see animals at the received this year, we encourage visitors to show and meet our farmers. look at what our exhibitors are contributing to Our visitors will also see a tribute to our farmers Queensland - whether it’s beef or dairy cattle, during the world-class night show EkkaNITES David Thomas Brendan Christou fleece or even giant vegetables.