FREE Family and Kid's Activities What When Where Animal Nursery - Lots of farm animals to see and pat All Day L21,765 David Foster - Meet the World Champion Axeman All Day 105 Discovery Hunt - Explore the site, receive a reward (collect at gates or windmill) All Day Windmill Fashion Parades - "Royal" theme 11am, 2pm L4 Fears, Fangs & Fascinations - Reptile Awareness Displays every 30mins from 10am L2,59 Fire Trucks - See the NSW RFS Heritage display All Day 82 Get Hooked, it’s fun to fi sh - NSW DPI Fisheries 10am - 12pm, 1.30 - 3.30pm L6,Dam Haystack building fun - Hazelcombe Farm 2pm 546 Horses & Donkey * Pony Rides (Mudgee Horse Riding Centre) 10am to 4pm L12,541 * See daredevil riders & their horses performing stunts (High Velocity Trick Riding) 10.30am, 12.30pm, 2.30pm L11,540 * Meet Oliver the Donkey & Araluen the trick Pony All Day 762, Livestock Rd * Horse breeds large & small, Arena Activities (see other demo info) All Day L11,L12,L16 Kids Shed L1, Centre Ring * Girl Guides Beehive - make a bee hotel & learn about plants bees love 10am - 3pm * Get your face painted & become a wild animal or a clown 10am - 3pm * Mechanical Bull (for all ages) 10am - 3pm Livestock - Poultry, Sheep, Cattle, Goats, Alpacas and more All Day Livestock Road Milking Demonstration with Fleckvieh cows - Where does your milk come from? 10am 671 Music - Live & Local 11am - 2pm Centre Ring MY AG - Kids Farm Activities L20,756 * Get a photo with a baby lamb, Plant a seed to take home, Mill your own Grain All Day * Shop to Table & Animal husbandry activities All Day * Straw Bale Maze (weather permitting) All Day * Fun Chicken Run 11am, 1pm, 3pm NSW Police - Learn about police trail bikes. All Day 70 Paddy the Platypus - Meet the SES mascot All Day 88 Scarecrow Building - Have fun building your own scarecrow, every child receives a prize from 10.30am L5, near Dam Yard Dog Trials All Day L24,775 Helicopter Joy Flights - fee applies All Day Rd G Field Days Lecture Series Location: Straw Bale Building L8 Speakers organised by Watershed Landcare FRIDAY Time Topic Speaker 10am Regenerative Agriculture - Why and How Colin Seis – Local farmer & agricultural innovator 11:30am Healthy Soils = Healthy Plants Sarah Curry – Majors Mulch 1:30pm Art and the Changing Culture of Agriculture Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation 3pm Planning Your Property Using Permaculture Karren Lewis – Green Gully Creek Farm SATURDAY 10am Fascinating Fungi Uschi Rowlands – Gourmet Mushrooms of Mudgee 11:30am Healthy Soils = Healthy Plants Sarah Curry – Majors Mulch 1:30pm Regenerative Agriculture - Why and How Col Seis – Local farmer & agricultural innovator 3pm Birds and the bees Tamara Bowman Festival OF YesterYear step back in time tO see hOw things were dOne in Years gOne bY Organised by the Cudgegong Valley Antique Machinery Club • Tractor Pull Exhibition Fri 10am-12pm, 2-4pm • Tractor Pull including E27N Fordson Challenge & W6 International Challenge Sat 12.30pm • The Bruce Bonham & Bernard Stewart Memorial Trophies will be presented to the winning exhibit Sat 3pm • Starting & running of the 240HP Black Stone 5 cylinder engine Hourly from 10am • Displays in the CVAMC shed, including photos of Mudgee's history, a historic kitchen, garage workshop tools & a working vintage printing press • 1908 "Black" model 30 delivery van (the only one of its kind in the world) • Stationary engines & static displays • Traditional fencing display • Demonstration of early woodworking tools • Milking demonstration with Jenny & her cow Fran • Meet local camels Sahara 9 years old & Humphrey 2 years old • The ancient craft of whip making & leatherwork with Graham & Natalie Buckle • The art of blacksmithing with David Cookson • Cudgegong Valley Pioneer Vehicle Club - vintage & veteran cars on display • Cudgegong Cruisers - all brands and styles of vehicles on display • Australian Draught Horses demonstrating historic practices and equipment SITE L16, 840 Talk Tent Schedules Unless stated, free information and demonstrations will be held on both Friday 12th and Saturday 13th July Talk Tents are colour coded on the site map. Also see More Free Information & Demonstration pages. Time Free Information and Demonstration Topic Livestock Talk Tent - L23, 766 10.30-11am Raising prime lambs and worm control (Jess Bourke, LLS) 11-11.30am Drenching – Back to basics ( Will Andrew, LLS) 11.30am-12pm Poultry Housing & Care (Mudgee Poultry & Pigeon Club) 12.30-1pm Feeding livestock during a drought – Tools available to help you (Sue Street,LLS) 1-1.30pm What grows in your pastures? (Clare Edwards, LLS) 1.30-2pm Breeding & Rearing Chickens (Mudgee Poultry & Pigeon Club) 2-2:30pm Monitoring pest animals in your local area using Feral Scan (Peter West, DPI) Horticulture Talk Tent - L10, 531 * Meet at L10 talk tent 10-10.30am Growing Hazelnuts & mechanical nut harvesting (Australian Gourmet Hazelnuts) 10.30-11am Australian Natives – Cutflower selection & production (Anthony O'Halloran, Bilby Blooms) 11-11.30am Thermal weed control (Jeremy Winer, Weedtechnics) 11-11.30am* Plants for different soil types, use of hot houses & greenhouses (Susan Huggins) * 11.30am-12pm Practical pruning tool tips (Tony Matson, Cutabove Tools) 12-12.30pm Worm farming “Let's recycle" (Chris Quoyle & Tumbleweed by Reln) 12.30pm* Rose garden planting, establishment, pruning & care (David Mears) * 1-1.30pm Introduction to Permaculture (Christine Corner, Crave Natural) 1.30-2pm* Sat The best composting solutions for your family (Tamara Bowman, Living Earth Supplies) * 1.30-2pm Succulent Care & Propagation (Janelle Frappell, Janelle's Soaps & Succulents) 2-2.30pm Dry Tolerant Gardening – Plants for dry summers & freezing winters (Chris Cuddy, Perennialle Plants) 2.30-3pm Wicking beds – A self watering garden (Simon Holloway, Vegepod) Food Talk Tent - L3, 57 10.30-11am Kombucha – What is it & why is it good for you? (Christine Corner, Crave Natural) 11am-12pm Breaking down a forequarter of beef (Clint Ramien, S&S Meats) 12-12.30pm Rock Salt Cured Olives – Growing, storing & more (Richard Lawson, Figtree Food Company) 12.30-1pm Farm grown & home made Jams & Condiments (Sue Coleman, Lotamore Farm Harvest) 1-2pm Breaking down a hindquarter of beef (Clint Ramien, S&S Meats) 2-2.30pm Pairing Food with Wine (Mudgee Wine Association) 2.30-3pm Honey & Beeswax products – Understanding liquid gold & its produce (Mudgee Bee Group) Correct at time of printing Practical Demonstration Schedules Unless stated, free information and demonstrations will be held on both Friday 12th and Saturday 13th July Practical Demonstrations are colour coded on the site map. Also see More Free Information & Demonstration pages. Time Free Information and Demonstration Topic Practical Demostrations with Brett Littler (LLS) - L23, 566 Getting into beef – getting it right: A practical demonstration of cattle handling & common health procedures 9.30-10.30am (using Central West Limousins) 11am-12pm Cattle Breeds Forum – find out about the different breeds of cattle on display Sheep health – keeping a healthy flock: A practical demonstration of sheep handling & common health procedures 12-1pm (using Merton White Suffolks) 2.30-3pm Understanding the livestock market – How do you buy and sell livestock? Small Horse Arena - L12, 541 11.30am-12.30pm The basic principles of horse & rider personality psychology (Merja Sumiloff) 1.30-2.30pm 2.45-3.30pm Handling & harnessing heavy horses (Dean Rheinberger & Tullymore Clydesdale & Shire Horse Stud) Large Horse Arena - L11, 540 Stock Horse demonstrations – Including station horse & time trial demos 9.30-10.15am (Central Tablelands Branch of the Australian Stock Horse Society) Trick Riding Performance – Daredevil riders perform stunts over, under & on top of their horses. Action packed with some of 10.30am the country's best trick & roman riders (High Velocity Trick Riding) 11.30am-12pm Riding demonstration with imported Shire stallion Rosemoore Archie (Tullymore Stud) Trick Riding demonstrations – Explaining horse selection, training methods, specialised equipment, type of tricks performed & 12.30pm how it's done (HVTR) 1-1.45pm Stock Horse demonstrations 2.30pm Trick Riding Performance (HVTR) 3-3.45pm Stock Horse demonstrations Correct at time of printing More Free Information and Demonstrations Unless stated, free information and demonstrations will be held on both Friday 12th and Saturday 13th July L=Lecture/Demo/Info, these numbers are marked in yellow on the site map. Also see Practical Demonstrations and Talk Tents. Time Free Information and Demonstration Topic Map Location AGRICULTURE Available all day Agricultural education with Mudgee Youth in Agriculture L20,756 DPI - Biosecurity B29a Pavilion DPI - NSW Rural Assistance Authority B29b Pavilion DPI - Young Farmer Business & Rural Resilience Programs B29c Pavilion NSW Farmers Association A30 AGRONOMY, LAND MANAGEMENT & CONSERVATION 11am Filling your Winter Feed Gap (Pasture Genetics) L15,747 12pm Learn how to calibrate a boomspray (BA Group, Mudgee Machinery) 505 2pm The role of Forages, Brassicas and Herbs into todays pasture systems (Pasture Genetics) L15,747 Available all day Funding Opportunities for Conservation on your land (Biodiversity Conservation Trust) 455 Invasive species & Biosecurity (Mid Western Regional Council - Weeds Dept) 563 The importance of organic matter for soil health - funded by the NSW EPA (The Good Dirt) 560 Scything demonstration – Learn about scythes & other traditional tools (Hazelcombe Farm) 546 drumMuster and ChemClear will have information available