The
2005 PCA Peanut Festival was the best ever ... with more entertainment, more rides, more street stalls, a bigger street parade ... and a bigger crowd!
Estimates of crowd attendance ranged between 8000-10,000.
The festival was organised by the Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce and Industry with assistance from many other community groups.
Major sponsors were PCA, the Queensland Events Regional Development Program, Telstra Countrywide and Kingaroy Shire Council.
A major highlight of the Festival was the Street Parade which attracted community groups, car clubs and local businesses. There was also an exciting aerobatics display by an RAAF Roulette aircraft as well as some "nutty" sporting competitions including the traditional "nummy" (nut + dummy) spit.
Competition Results
Best & Less Peanut Olympics:Peanut toss: Corey Woodall
M&M Smash: Cody Robinson
Peanut Pod Race: Cody Robinson
Nummy Spit: Christian Langford
Overall winners:Over 15: Andrew Batterham
Under 15: Cody Robinson
Telstra Countrywide Street Parade:
Best Community Float: Wooroolin Band
Best Business Float: RealWay Property Consultants
People's Choice Award (car display): Red 1964 EH Holden sedan
More Photographs From 2005 Peanut Festival
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PCA's silos dominate over
the Peanut Festival site | There was plenty of peanuts -
and peanut souvenirs - for sale |
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Stage entertainment included
singers, dancing and bands | Street performers were a
popular part of the parade |
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Singer Juan Garcia entertained
the crowd from stage | The festival coincided with the opening of the new Visitor Information Centre |
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There was a large display of vintage
bikes as well as cars and street machines | Also popular was an aerial display
by one of the RAAF's Roulettes |
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The  Thresher Pull competition attracted strong media interest and was featured on a number of TV news programs | Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce Project Officer Lynnelle Richardson took the opportunity to get to know Roulettes Aaron Perran and Peter Thompson |
