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PCA KINGAROY PEANUT FESTIVAL:
 September 20, 2006 Despite clashing with the Queensland State Election, the 2006 PCA Peanut Festival held in Kingaroy, (right), was another great success. The Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce estimated the crowd to be at least equal to last year with strong support from the local community. The day began with the DPI&F Farmers' Breakfast which was held in O'Neill Square from 8am. Farmers and their families were invited to attend to help celebrate the 90th anniversary of the DPI&F in Kingaroy. More than 60 people were served a free hot breakfast and were brought up-to-date on the latest peanut industry news. PCA, in conjunction with  The Peanut Van, also unveiled a new peanut product Lyte and Crunchy. The Peanut Festival itself featured the Street Parade, the Kingaroy Gold Bike Race, street stalls and amusement rides plus a special aerobatic performance by one of the RAAF Roulettes.   The Mary Ann steam locomotive, (left), was hauled down from Maryborough especially for the Peanut Festival weekend. This unique steam train took visitors up and down a short track and proved very popular. The annual Peanut Thresher Pull was again well-supported by the crowd and attracted five teams. The South Burnett North farmers' team successfully defended their Australian title from 2005. The Peanut Festival was officially launched on Friday night with a Mayoral Function at the South Burnett Visitor Information Centre which included the inaugural auction of entries in the "World Cushion Competition". Patrons bid on cushions with all proceeds going to the charity "Goods for the West". The auction raised $1980! RIGHT: PCA Marketing Manager Juli Robertson and PCA Managing Director Bob Hansen at the Mayoral Function Peanut Festival Street Parade The Peanut Festival Street Parade attracted a record number of entrants. Winner in the commercial section was Realway Real Estate from Kingaroy who created the Realway Express float. The Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries float won the not-for-profit category and Kingaroy Kindergarten took out the schools category.  |  | Darlene Bishop was part of the
winning Kingaroy Kindergarten
entry | Percy the Peanut (apprentice
electrician Alec Sannum) starred
on the Ergon Energy float |  |  | Crowds lined Kingaroy Street to
watch the entries | The combined Kingaroy and
Caboolture Salvation Army band |  |  | This Amadas thresher was a popular
part of the parade. It was entered
by Skeets Contracting | Elizabeth Grocoe, from St John's
Lutheran School, gave the Street
Parade a big thumbs up! |
Kingaroy Gold Bike Race More Festival Photos  |  | Lucy Scherger, of Kingaroy,
and Ryan Jimenez enjoy
the animal nursery | Corey Ashby, 9, of Kingaroy,
took in the Peanut Festival
from the back of a camel |  |  | Peanut Festival organisers Lis
Buzzo and Rikki Goatham, from
the Chamber of Commerce,
were run off their feet! | A solo Roulette aircraft from
the RAAF Roulettes put on
another amazing aerial display
above O'Neill Square |  |  | Kingaroy State High School band
put on another professional
performance for the crowd
in O'Neill Square | Beth Warwick from the South
Burnett Filipino-Australian Caring
Group Dancers performs the
Salakot (farmer's hat) dance |
Other Prize Winners  | Speedway "Hot Laps" prizes were awarded to the winners of the People's
Choice awards in the car and bike display. Lucky winners were Tom "Ricko"
Reick (1965 Triumph Bonneville) and David Blinkhorn (1989 Mazda MX-5),
pictured with South Burnett Speedway Club secretary Tanya Barron |  |  | David Turner (Best & Less) with the
trophy winners from the Peanut
Olympics | Peter Sorensen with the trophies
awarded for the Car Audio
Sound-Off |
  Earlier in the week, Australian Natural Body-Building Champion Allison Jackson (pictured at left with Kingaroy State High School students Laurelle Dukes, Luke Maynard and Yannick Trisko and Chris Patch from The Peanut Van) spoke to students at two Kingaroy schools about the benefits of adding high-protein peanuts to a healthy diet. South Brisbane-based Hands-On-Art, sponsored by the local RADF committee and Kingaroy Shire Council, worked with primary students to prepare murals ( below) depicting aspects of the peanut industry. RIGHT: Tina Euler, 9, Hands-On Art artist Bronte Morris, James Whitehouse, 10, Michael Wills, 10, and Tayla Jorgensen, 9.Thank You to the Peanut Festival Sponsors! Major sponsors: Peanut Company of Australia, Queensland Events Regional Development Program, Premier Acreage Estate, Mission Australia, South Burnett Times, The Peanut Van, Kingaroy Shire Council, Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce & IndustryMinor sponsors: AM Publishing, Anderson's Produce, Ashcroft & Shanahan, Bean Growers Australia, Best & Less, Betta Electrical, Burnett War Museum, Coppards Menswear, CROW-FM, Department of Defence, Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries, Dorothy Pratt (Member for Nanango), Ergon Energy, Foodworks Kingaroy, Ford On Food Entertainment (Jason Ford), Jack Hams Engineering and Crane Hire, Jet Electrical, King Gee, Kingaroy Joinery, Kingaroy Shoppingworld, Lonsdale's Soul Pattinson Chemist, McDonalds Family Restaurant, Mitre 10, MJ Huston and Sons, Peerless Holdings, Porters Transport, Pura Milk, Radio K-FM, Salvation Army, SB Food Distributors, Skeets Contracting, South Burnett Lawyers, South Burnett Online, South Burnett Speedway Club, Struddys Sports, Tarong Energy, The Artists Cottage, The Wood Bloke, Zig Zag Advertising[Some photos on this page courtesy of Kelly Douglass, KJD Digital]
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