NEW - Harvest to Home: A Grain Story Grain some insider knowledge on the humble grains’ journey from farm to table with four interactive activities to help answer the question: ‘where does the bread in my sandwich come from?’ This experience aims to teach kids about the journey of grains from farm to table through four interactive and hands on activities, with a professional bread maker onsite to demonstrate various bread making techniques. Grain Milling: Children learn about the process of grinding grains into flour. Sifting Flour: Kids get to sift flour, understanding the importance of removing impurities. Kneading Dough: A hands-on activity where children knead dough, learning about the texture and consistency required for baking. Molding Bread or Cutting Cookies: Children can shape and mold dough into bread or use cookie cutters, allowing them to be creative and learn about baking. Sessions will run 10 times a day, every hour from 9.30am to 6.30pm, with each session accommodating up to 36 participants to ensure each child gets a hands-on experience. NEW - G.O.A.T. – Greatest of All Time Goat-ting around this year’s Ekka will be 19 fibreglass, life-sized goats displaying student artworks. Students have tapped into their inner 'Vincent Van Goat' with their designs adorning the goats to showcase the school’s region. Their design and supporting artist direction statement speak to why they consider it the Greatest Of All Time (G.O.A.T.). In addition, there is $1000 in prize money for the top three winning schools, as well as supporting teacher resources thanks to MLA (Meat and Livestock Australia). The 19 finalists were selected from more than 150 entries, with students transferring their winning design from paper to goat, as part of a curriculum-aligned program educating students on Australia’s goat industry. The 19 goat finalists will be representative of the 19 goats that arrived in Australia on the first fleet back in 1788. The brightly coloured goats featuring G.O.A.T. designs will be displayed in the Ag Education Hall over the nine days of Ekka. NEW - Fish Competition Dinosaur Display In the Royal Queensland Show’s Fish Competition a diverse variety of breeds are judged including common goldfish, fighting fish, exotic tropical and freshwater fish as well as crustaceans, amphibians and even aquatic plants. This year an exciting addition to the fish display includes a Dinosaur Fish (lung fish) activation where you can see a real life dinosaur. The Australian lungfish is a prehistoric species that first appeared in Australia 380 million years ago, well before dinosaurs. It's the world's oldest known living vertebrate, remaining unchanged from its current form for over 100 million years Scarecrow display Waltzing Matilda’s Jolly Swagman is the theme for this year’s scarecrow creating students, which will be on display in the upsized Ag Education Hall. Every year students are encouraged to create Scarecrows designed to align with the year’s theme, with the 2024 theme celebrating 160 years since the birth of the poem’s author, Andrew Barton “Banjo” Patterson. Theme celebrates Patterson’s birth in Orange, NSW in 1864 and recognising his significant contributions to Australian literature. Paterson’s
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