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Gallery | South Gippsland Dairy Expo day two

MaxCare’s Lesleigh Wright was giving away (toy) cows at the South Gippsland Dairy Expo. 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. Total attendance over the two days was 1000 people.

Attendance on the second day was affected by rain, but the annual Gumboot Gift was run, with strong fields of competitors.

Allan and Jill Furborough of Tynong and Maurice and Lynne Schwennesen of Strzelecki Lions Club at the South Gippsland Dairy Expo. They all met each other about 57 years ago, as members of a local young farmers group. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Johnno Spargo and Neil Cranston from Nar Nar Goon. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Saputo Dairy Australia field officers for Gippsland, Marion French and Jol Dutton. Photo by Jeanette Severs
At the DeLaval display were Trent Lawrence and Jim Hare. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Dom Smits with Elyse and Addie Fisher of Woolamai at the Reids Stockfeeds tent. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Warren Evans of Evans Petroleum in Gippsland, with Sam Vagg from Nutrien Leongatha. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Bauer’s Adrian Saville with Matt Colwill and Simon O’Neill from Korumburra, and the mechanical separator, which separates solids from liquid. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Cathy Cole from Genetics Australia with Chris and Don Peters from Korumburra. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Benjamin Vagg from Leongatha South, Deanne Kennedy from Loch, and Charlie McInnes from Leongatha South. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Graham Smith from Warragul and Robyn Long from Hernes Oak, with John Van Bergen from Jantec Systems (behind, centre). Photo by Jeanette Severs
At the Alltech display were Brayden McKay and Donal Blackwell, with Scott Bentley from Poowong, who was enquiring about dry lick cow biscuits. Photo by Jeanette Severs
In the Ridley tent, iced biscuits in the shape of cows were on offer from Tristan Francis and Caroline Brown, who shared them with Jack Anderson from Korumburra (centre). Photo by Jeanette Severs
Rachael, Fabian and Damo Apps, from Meeniyan, with Ken and Rose Heywood of Western Valley Dairy Systems, and Martin Wahl of Glencoe. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Mark and Taylen Stephens from Poowong North, and Scott Morrison from Berwick, were looking at quad bikes and side-by-sides on display by AgMoto of Pakenham. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Peter and Chloe Challis from Ruby. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Sander Nijskens of K2 Agri, with the Skelex exoskeleton, imported from Netherlands, and used in Europe to support a workers’ longevity in milking. Photo by Jeanette Severs
In his first year exhibiting at the South Gippsland Dairy Expo, Paul Fermanix, of Burra Concreting Services, Korumburra. Photo by Jeanette Severs
John Salce and Stuart McLaren of McLaren Agricultural Machinery, Warragul, with Daniel Wylie from Korumburra (centre), in front of a pasture renovator manufactured by Allstrong Engineering in Ireland. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Lachlan Moon from TTMI Leongatha and Trafalgar, and Tony Gasperini from Korumburra, with a Case IH Farmall 95Hp tractor. Photo by Jeanette Severs
John and Annette Oldham from Kilcunda, looked at machinery displayed by the TTMI team. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Vic Silos Maffra principal, Graham Watt, said he was “flat out” supplying silos this year, with a growth in demand from poultry and egg farms, and 14-16 tonne lick feeders, for farmers to feedlot their livestock during the drought. He also said the Benic calf trailers were popular, for collecting calves from the paddock. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Liam Talbot brought the AUSMIX mixer wagons from Wodonga to the South Gippsland Dairy Expo. Photo by Jeanette Severs
Simon Rea from Dairy Shelters Australia said he has seen a little bit of interest growing larger in Gippsland. Photo by Jeanette Severs