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Tenterfield celebrates local show despite COVID forcing it to a one-day event
It has been a tough 12 months for the agricultural show movement across the country with COVID-19 forcing the cancellation of many events.
Key points:
- The Tenterfield Show was the community’s first major event in a year
- COVID-19 costs forced the event to run on a single day this year
- Show entries were up on last year in the majority of competitions
But Tenterfield in northern New South Wales can still boast its local show has not been cancelled in more than 100 years, when the showground served as a Spanish flu quarantine camp in 1919.
It was one of the last communities to host a show in 2020 and one of the first to stage a COVID-19 safe event on the weekend for its 144th.
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