Henty Machinery Field Days [Sept 18, 19 & 20 2018]

Posted by Aaron Sarmiento on 11 September, 2018

Australia's Premiere Mixed Farming Field Day

The Nation’s Agribusiness Supermarket

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Located in the heart of the nation’s food bowl in southern NSW, Henty Machinery Field Days is an agribusiness supermarket attracting more than 60,000 visitors each year. Henty Machinery Field Days is now regarded as southern Australia’s single biggest agricultural event, showcasing the latest in machinery and farm equipment, outdoors and camping products, farm produce, agronomy, country lifestyle, government and health services, agribusiness and finance services. The not-for-profit event is farmer-driven and run by a board of agriculturalists from southern NSW, supported by 80-plus members of the field days co-operative. Henty Machinery Field Days celebrated 50 years in 2013 after being founded as a one-day header school at the Henty showground in 1963. The 2018 Henty Machinery Field Days on September 18-20 will feature more than 1200 sites and over 800 exhibitors on the permanent 105 ha site.

 

Exhibitors

Henty1Exhibitor sites tailored to your needs

Exhibitors have access to more than 60,000 visitors who come to the Henty Machinery Field Days from a 500km radius to buy, learn, research future purchases, make contacts and socialise.

There is a range of site sizes and specifications available, including many segregated areas designated to particular industries, such as Country Lifestyle, Farm Gate Produce Market, livestock, grain marketing, solar & education.

Local community groups provide food, car parking, garbage collection and amenities, and this returns valuable funds back into local sporting groups, schools and service clubs.

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Visitors

Henty Machinery Field Day’s setting on the Buckingingah Creek offers a location with a great atmosphere and an easily navigated layout.

EFTPOS is available at the general admission gates.  ATM’s will be on site in locations to be advised. The onsite bank is located at site 547 on Main Road.

Major regional air services, with connections to all capital cities, and rental vehicles are located at Albury-Wodonga and Wagga Wagga.

Private aircraft can be landed at the Holbrook Airpark. Landing sites are also available at Wagga Wagga and Albury-Wodonga airports.  There is a courtesy bus transporting visitor to and from the airpark at 8:00am, 9:15am, 10:30am and 2:15pm, 3:30pm and 4:50pm. 

Wagga Air Centre will be operating helicopter joy flights from the old field days airstrip throughout the three days of the field days.

free shuttle bus operates around the field day site stopping at eight designated points.  You may also stop the bus as it passes.

Parcel Pick-up Service is provided by Henty Park Tennis Club and St Joseph’s Primary School, Culcairn from the Booking Office (located on the corner of Main Road and 7th Farm Ave) for collection at the western and eastern public car parks.

Takeaway food is available from the nine community outlets throughout the site. The funds raised from these sites provide valuable assistance for rural community groups in the Henty, Culcairn, Walbundrie, Pleasant Hills and Holbrook regions.

Sit-down meals are served at the Dog and Whistle Bistro located opposite the Exelpet/Pedigree® Sheepdog & Working Dog Trial Site. There are other commercial outlets throughout the site.

Mobility scooters are available for hire.

 

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What to see at the field days:

  • Plan your day well.  The official publication for the field days, produced by The Border Mail, will be available prior to the event and at the gate on the days of the event.  Use the information included in this publication to plan how to maximize your day.
  • Some things to see and do during the event include:
  • Henty Machinery Field Days Machine of the Year
  • Farm Gate Produce Market area with cooking demonstrations and tastings
  • Taylor Wood Pavilion housing the Country Lifestyle exhibitors and also features guest speakers and fashion parades
  • Henty Natural Fibre Fashion Awards
  • Pedigree/Nature’s Table Yard and Working Sheepdog Trials
  • Baker Seed Co agronomy plots
  • Agri-Innovators Award
  • Greater Hume Shire Australian Machine of the Year
  • HMFD-Dreamfields music festival
  • Working vintage machinery
  • Helicopter joy flights
  • ATV and 4WD demonstrations
  • NSW Local Land Services demonstration area

Conditions of Entry: Click Here

Gates are open from 8am-5pm on Tuesday September 19, Wednesday September 20 and Thursday September 21.

Location: Cookardinia Road, Henty NSW 2658
8km east of Henty

Henty is located midway between Albury and Wagga Wagga on the Olympic Way

Future dates:

2019 – September 17-19

2020 – September 22-24

Tickets at the Gate:

  • Adults – $22
  • Children aged 12-16 – $5
  • Children under 12 free when accompanied by an adult.

Contacts:

Ph: (02) 6929 3305
Fax: (02) 6929 3180
Mobile: 0411 036 666

Email: admin@hmfd.com.au
Website: http://hmfd.com.au/

 

Buy tickets here!

Event Map: Download here

 

**all information mentioned above came from the events website at  http://hmfd.com.au

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