People are invited to the Tottenham Race Course in the centre of NSW for the 2019 free Community Expo on March 30.
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The event, which began in the early 2000s as an Elder's Wool Day has attracted hundreds for what is described as the community's free show.
President of the Tottenham Welfare Council Geoff Chase said the day is not only an opportunity for communities to enjoy a family day out, but also helps support the local exhibitors and discover new farming technology and innovation.
"The Welfare Council decided with the current conditions we think that it would be good to give the town something they can go and get a bit of enjoyment out of," Mr Chase said.
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"We don't charge at the gate because we feel as though we would like the people to come in and support the exhibitors there, because they put a fair bit of money into sponsorship, and we like to have the children's entertainment to be free so that every child gets treated equally, and that gives mum and dad a bit of free time with the kids being occupied."
The day includes market stalls, rural displays, vintage vehicles, a pet show, free health checks, drought information and much more.
Children can be treated to Pooka the clown, and adults will have the opportunity to see some old fashioned broom handle weaving and butter making with the Australian Living History show.
"Now we have a pet show with two categories the best dressed decorated pet and best maintained, and last year we started up a young auctioneer challenge, guided by auctioneer from Narromine Jason Hartin, and he gave kids that wanted to go in a bit of tuition, and then we auctioned off a few things," Mr Chase said.
"We've got a Waratah fencing display and if you can't find something there that you like you can always buy some tickets in the raffle there's over $5000 worth of raffle prizes up for grabs.
"We also have a horse person, Jill Prince from Cobar with her horse Leroy who will show some people about horsemanship and how to handle your horse."
Mr Chase thanked major sponsors Australian Red Cross and Liberty Rural for their support.
"They've been really good, a lot of people were finding it hard to get sponsorship, but they've come to the party and we thank them very much," he said.