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.
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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;Countryman
Jacob Butler painted in his beloved daughters Sadie, 4, and Sienna, 6, into his mural landscape. Credit: Bob Garnant/Countryman
Geoffrey Moore of Perth and Charm Vagg of Perth. Credit: Georgia Campion;Countryman
Storm Cugley of Newdegate, 10, Darcy Hams of Newdegate, 9, Blake Lloyd of Newdegate, 9, and Stella Harris of Nyabing, 12. Credit: Georgia Campion;Countryman
Gairdner-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;Countryman
Nyabing-based Wiringa Park stud principal Allan Hobley with Hollands Rock woolgrowers Ian and Katelyn King. Credit: Bob Garnant/Countryman
Buniche retired farmers Judy and Meighan Stewart. Credit: Bob Garnant/Countryman
Gandy Angus stud breeders Lex and Kim Gandy, of Manjimup. Credit: Bob Garnant/Countryman
Frankie Hill, 5, and Hallie Harding, 3, of Newdegate. Credit: Cally Dupe/Countryman
Tim and Claire Walter, of Newdegate. Credit: Cally Dupe/Countryman
Sisters Carol Lloyd, of Perth, Lynn Ellard, of Newdegate, and Susan Hall, of Newdegate. Credit: Cally Dupe/Countryman
Sonia 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/Countryman
Danielle Bond and Xavier Herbert, 7 months, of Esperance. Credit: Cally Dupe/Countryman
Kelly Barr, of Newdegate, and Amanda Shalders, of Newdegate. Credit: Cally Dupe/Countryman
Charlie Newman, of Newdegate, and Holly McDonald, of Newdegate. Credit: Cally Dupe/Countryman
Greta Butcher, of Newdegate, and Ebony Harris, of Pingrup. Credit: Cally Dupe/Countryman
Stilt walkers at the Newdegate Machinery Field Days. Credit: Cally Dupe/Countryman
Shire of Lake Grace president Len Armstrong, WA Governor Chris Dawson and Newdegate Machinery Field Days president Ashley McDonald. Credit: Cally Dupe/Countryman
Holly 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/Countryman
Sheree McDonald, of Piesseville, and Monica Newman, of Quinninup. Credit: Cally Dupe/Countryman
Phoebe Reidy and Robbie Carruthers, 2, of Lake Grace. Credit: Cally Dupe/Countryman
Storm Cugley of Newdegate, 10, Darcy Hams of Newdegate, 9, Blake Lloyd of Newdegate, 9, and Stella Harris of Nyabing, 12. Credit: Georgia Campion;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;Countryman
