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Gallery | South Gippsland Dairy Expo day one

Ian Wilson from Bena with Jes Sago of Worker Bee Drones at Wonthaggi. Photo by Jeanette Severs

The South Gippsland Dairy Expo is organised by the Strzelecki Lions Club, and the 26th event was on September 3 and 4.

The annual expo is recognised by the South Gippsland Shire Council as a key economic outcome for the region. About 1000 people attended the expo, with the largest attendance on the first day.

Nils Netzer, Gippsland Dairy Centre, with Lindsay Anderson from Athlone. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Peter, Sam and Pat Hanrahan from Stony Creek, with Jake Peters, Brandt in Leongatha, and the John Deere 6R185 tractor attached at the front and back to two John Deere 3.1 mower conditioners. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Jhon Roxas, John John Co, Jollibee Co, Abe Bartolome and Ivy Nahial all work on the Mt Lyall Dairies farms at Nyora, and are employed by the Lancey family. They are all from the Philippines, where they gained their first experience working on dairy farms. John John and Jollibee arrived in Australia after working in New Zealand on dairy farms. John John now manages one of the Lancey dairy farms. Jhon and Ivy worked on dairy farms in Japan before moving to Australia. All of them have been working on the Mt Lyall Dairies farms for four years, and are seeking Australian residency, sponsored by the Lancey family. Chris Lancey said they were valued workers, and he trusts them with the autonomy to recruit other workers who originate from the Philippines and have moved to Australia. Photo by Jeanette Severs
David Chandler, Easy Dairy, Shepparton, in front of the Easy draft gate, and alongside Ben Olsen and Kaylee Bransgrove, Neerim South. Photo by Jeanette Severs
David Shambrook, Leongatha, Del Delpitiya and Scott McDonald from Agriculture Victoria, and Allan Cameron, Gardiner Foundation. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Nick Fitzgerald from Gippsland Tree Trimmers, Drouin South, works from leaves to roots. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Matt Gleeson from Boolarra (centre), with Alister Cameron, Laura Hordern, Craig Hoober and Max Murray, all from Rabobank. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Caleb Berry from Glen Alvie with Kim Price from GippsDairy. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Jason McRae from Tarwin, and Grant Williams from Athlone. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Peter Fort from Burra Foods with Simon and Cheryl Coster from Cloverlea. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Steven and Bayley Denbrok, from Middle Tarwin, have a Tow and Fert wagon on their farm Photo by Jeanette Severs
At the Lely Center Gippsland display, Dale Serong and Andrea Meerwath from Lely, with Rob Mortlock from Foster (centre), and the new A5-Next, the next generation in automatic milking units. The A5-Next landed in Australia in August, and the expo was its first public exhibition. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Matthew, Lauren and Simon Finger from Yannathan Heights, Con and Michelle Glennen from White Star Jerseys at Noorat, and Michelle and Michael Axford from Korumburra South. They all represent a calf vitality research project, led by Michelle Axford, designed to deliver calf rearing breeding values. The values are the property of DataGene and are planned for general release in April 2026. The values were collated from records kept by commercial and stud breeders between 2020 and 2023, involving 20,000 cattle, from 53 farms spread across Queensland, NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. Photo by Jeanette Severs