Master craftsman dominates list of Pakenham’s best
By DAVID NAGEL
ROB Webster says there is no magic wand that Pakenham’s best-ever horse trainer, his father Ray ‘Darby’ Webster, used to wave over...
Family farm makes way
By DAVID NAGEL
The Knights from Tynong and the Sweeney family from Nar Nar Goon. They’re the former next door neighbours, who lived in different...
No hurdles left in race for a new track
By DAVID NAGEL
RUMOURS were out, around the turn of the 21st century, that the Pakenham Racing Club was on the lookout for farming land...
Drafted to draught
A one-day project is due to transform a old rusty shipping container into a tribute to the real workhorses of World War I.
But instead...
Bigger and brighter show
THE 104th Parklea Pakenham and District Agricultural and Horticultural Show will be held at the P. B. Ronald Reserve on Saturday 21 March.
The show,...
Multiculture on Show
LIVING and Learning Skills and Wellbeing Centres are proud to be partnering with the Parklea Pakenham and District Agricultural and Horticultural Show again to...
Anzac-inspired show art
WITH the Anzac centenary in mind, the Parklea Pakenham and District Agricultural and Horticultural Show invites all primary schools and kindergartens in the Cardinia...
Up-close with creepy ones
REPLTILES Encounters will be a major feature again at this year’s Parklea Pakenham and District Agricultural and Horticultural Show, thanks to Pakenham Central Marketplace...
Top rural ambassadors
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
THIS year’s Parklea Pakenham and District Agricultural and Horticultural Show's Rural Ambassador Awards went to two very passionate and experienced young women.
Laboratory...
Show’s core status quo
PAVILION chief Wendy Andrews notes that this year marks the 104th year of the Parklea Pakenham and District Agricultural and Horticultural Show in Pakenham....
Events schedule
9am - ANZAC painting project. A one-day project is due to transform a old rusty shipping container into a tribute to the real workhorses...
Pakenham Show Program
Celebrating Harmony Stage
10am: Show begins
10.30-10.45am: Vicky Deng/Chinese
10.50AM-11.15am: Melb Tukkers dance Dutch
11.20am-11.40am: Ignite Bollywood
11.50am-12.05pm: Violeta Parra-KIDS
12.10pm-12.25pm: Fiesta Kreol
12.30pm-12.50pm: Andrew Mellado
1.00pm-1.15pm: Joseph/ TAMA-MATU
1.20pm-1.35pm: Kapa-hakka
2.00pm-2.20pm: American Tribal belly Dancing
2.50pm-3.00pm: Ukranian Dance...
2025 In Review – Great Goon overcome Gulls
The pressure release valve is working overtime at Nar Nar Goon after the champion team of 2025 capitalised on an undefeated season with a...
