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    RURAL SHOW REIGNS SUPREME

    Jul 07, 2019 4 minutes

    MELBOURNE’S ATTEMPTS to stage transport industry truck events may have been unrewarding in the past, but venture a little further outside the city to Victoria’s regional areas and it’s a different scenario.

    The regional city of Castlemaine plays host to a successful truck show each November, while a little over two hours east towards the entrance to the snowfields, the town of Alexandra holds the big annual Truck, Ute & Rod Show each June.

    In fact, through the ingenuity of its townsfolk, Alexandra is a hive of activity at various times of the year.

    Local businessmen Andrew Embling and Gordon

    Simpson are the two remaining members of the original committee which that the 2019 event, held as usual over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend, was one of the biggest to date.

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