IT was show time again on Saturday, with the Merredin Show committee and the people of Merredin hosting another fantastic community show.
The Show opened with a street parade and there was a good variety of stalls to see, including farm machinery, farm displays, crafts, jewellery, candles, collector's wares and wine stalls.
There were a number of sights to see from schools and craft exhibitions along with some very talented acts throughout the day, ranging from old favourites like the simply awesome 'Bad Piper', to Rachel Wells who kept us watching in awe at her stilt walking from Big Sky Entertainments and the Moto X group who wowed us with their stunt riding.
Then there were new-to-town displays of the 'Junk Room Gypsies', who invited interested people to join them in some classes on Monday nights at the CRC in Merredin.
Sideshow alley and the food vans were also a big hit with the crowds.
All these amazing talented people did a top job on the weekend and I take nothing away from them when I say this year's show was prominent in 'causes' and I was proud of that.
James Kermode in the World's Greatest Shave had his head shaved by his nieces Anna and Hayley Collison, raising funds for The Leukaemia Foundation.
James' whole family was there to support them.
Lisa Arthur of the Merredin Youthcare Council made ANZAC biscuits to raise funds for Youthcare.
Western Reptile Rescue Inc, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the protection of Australia's beautiful native reptiles and amphibians, had a stall at the day.
Michelle Marks and Gary Davies of West Aussie Reptiles got together for a photo with an olive python.
No one could miss the bikers, who looked fantastic and their message was a big and strong one.
They call themselves B.A.C.A. which stands for 'Bikers Against Child Abuse' with a tag line 'Keepers of the Children'.
The Men's Shed were out in force with a wonderful float in the parade, as well as a marvelous display of their handy work for the community and making and painting poppies for the ANZAC centenary.
Another strong message was Storn Petterson's suicide prevention car.
Storn travels as much as possible with his rig raising awareness and smashing the stigma around depression.
The car is literally covered in the realization that 33 men commit suicide every week in Australia.
Collgar wind farm had a display of their own which was manned by Barry Sayers and Gemma O'Reilly.
I saw Collgar signs on various exhibitions throughout the show like the camera clubs photo competition as well as many other projects around town that Collgar supports.
Strong messages, new businesses, existing businesses, farming, hobbyists, sporting and lots of fun, all in one place on one day with good food and fireworks.
Just awesome and congratulations to everyone on a job well done.
Feel free to send us through any pictures that you might have to add to the gallery at courtney.madigan@fairfaxmedia.com.au.
