Leah van der Meulen and Rachel Sioulas of Enchanted Stiltwalking with second, third, and fourth-grade students from Newdegate Primary School at the Newdegate Machinery Field Days, 2025. Credit: Georgia Campion;Countryman
Crowds soaked up the warm and sunny weather as they flocked in droves from around WA for the 2025 Newdegate Machinery Field Days.
Over 300 exhibitors were featured at the Field Days and included a range of displays of seeders, artisanal food products, harvesters, solar panels, clothing and accessories, highland cows, sheep, Kelpie puppies, and food vans.
The Field Days were a celebration of the Newdegate and Shire of Lake Grace community, celebrating not just farmers and their families but also electricians, boilermakers, plumbers, accountants, bankers, teachers, grocers, and more.
Adults and children battled it out at the Farmers Challenge and Young Farmers Challenge obstacle course, which was held in the south-east corner of the Field Days for the first time.
Other strutted the catwalk at the Family Interest Display Pavilion showing off their carefully-cultivated mullets in a fierce battle that ended with dual winners in the lambs category.
Working dogs similarly battled it out at the dog jump competition, with a jumping wall that was adjusted higher and higher with each round — eventually reaching a height of 2.34 metres which was cleared by winning dogs Bolt, a Red Border Collie, and Khaos, a Dutch Shepherd.
Nigel de Graaf of Perth and Nathan Perry of Perth from Heritage Livestock Australia, with Highland cows Thomas and Violet. Credit: Georgia Campion;CountrymanJacob Butler painted in his beloved daughters Sadie, 4, and Sienna, 6, into his mural landscape. Credit: Bob Garnant/CountrymanGeoffrey Moore of Perth and Charm Vagg of Perth. Credit: Georgia Campion;CountrymanStorm Cugley of Newdegate, 10, Darcy Hams of Newdegate, 9, Blake Lloyd of Newdegate, 9, and Stella Harris of Nyabing, 12. Credit: Georgia Campion;CountrymanGairdner-based Coromandel stud principal Michael Campbell with the fleece shorn from the ewe featured in Countryman's Science of Merino. Credit: Bob Garnant/Countryman
Craig Wiech of Lake King, 16, Isla Newman of Newdegate, 15, Lexie Kershaw of Ravensthorpe, 15, and Poppy Forde of Cranbrook, 14. Credit: Georgia Campion;CountrymanNyabing-based Wiringa Park stud principal Allan Hobley with Hollands Rock woolgrowers Ian and Katelyn King. Credit: Bob Garnant/CountrymanBuniche retired farmers Judy and Meighan Stewart. Credit: Bob Garnant/CountrymanGandy Angus stud breeders Lex and Kim Gandy, of Manjimup. Credit: Bob Garnant/CountrymanFrankie Hill, 5, and Hallie Harding, 3, of Newdegate. Credit: Cally Dupe/CountrymanTim and Claire Walter, of Newdegate. Credit: Cally Dupe/CountrymanSisters Carol Lloyd, of Perth, Lynn Ellard, of Newdegate, and Susan Hall, of Newdegate. Credit: Cally Dupe/CountrymanSonia Harding, of Newdegate, and Naomi Briggs, of Newdegate. Credit: Cally Dupe/Countryman
Julie Butcher, of Newdegate, and her grandson Seth Buther, 9, of Newdegate. Credit: Cally Dupe/CountrymanDanielle Bond and Xavier Herbert, 7 months, of Esperance. Credit: Cally Dupe/CountrymanKelly Barr, of Newdegate, and Amanda Shalders, of Newdegate. Credit: Cally Dupe/CountrymanCharlie Newman, of Newdegate, and Holly McDonald, of Newdegate. Credit: Cally Dupe/CountrymanGreta Butcher, of Newdegate, and Ebony Harris, of Pingrup. Credit: Cally Dupe/CountrymanStilt walkers at the Newdegate Machinery Field Days. Credit: Cally Dupe/CountrymanShire of Lake Grace president Len Armstrong, WA Governor Chris Dawson and Newdegate Machinery Field Days president Ashley McDonald. Credit: Cally Dupe/CountrymanHolly Ludeman addresses sponsors at a luncheon at the Newdegate Machinery Field Days. Credit: Cally Dupe/Countryman
Newdegate Machinery Field Days outgoing president Ashley McDonald and incoming president Stephanie Clarke Lloyd. Credit: Cally Dupe/CountrymanWagin Woolorama representatives Howie Ward, Fiona Dawson and Lynn Hatherly. Credit: Cally Dupe/CountrymanSheree McDonald, of Piesseville, and Monica Newman, of Quinninup. Credit: Cally Dupe/CountrymanPhoebe Reidy and Robbie Carruthers, 2, of Lake Grace. Credit: Cally Dupe/CountrymanStorm Cugley of Newdegate, 10, Darcy Hams of Newdegate, 9, Blake Lloyd of Newdegate, 9, and Stella Harris of Nyabing, 12. Credit: Georgia Campion;CountrymanCraig Wiech of Lake King, 16, Isla Newman of Newdegate, 15, Lexie Kershaw of Ravensthorpe, 15, and Poppy Forde of Cranbrook, 14. Credit: Georgia Campion;Countryman
