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DEMOS AND DISPLAYS : Wimmera Machinery Field Days 2013
Presenter rekindles links to Wimmera
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opular television news presenter Jane Bunn will again be among special guests at the Wimmera Machinery Field Days on Tuesday.
The WIN News weather expert, a qualified meteorologist, is no stranger to the Wimmera, having led various forums as well as being part of last year’s Field Days. Bunn is renowned for her ability to provide insight into weather based on a rural perspective and said she was looking forward to again mingling with the farming community which is so dependent on and vulnerable to weather. “It’s great to be back in the Wimmera supporting the Field Days again and I am looking forward to meeting everyone and talking about the weather,” she said. “I really enjoy the opportunities to be able to give people an insight into finding out more about the weather because it can affect what we do on a daily basis, especially for farm-
ers. So it is always better to have a good understanding of what is coming our way.” In a first for the Wimmera Machinery Field Days, WIN News will present the weather for regional Victoria from the Field Days site. Field Days manager Murray Wilson said the opportunity to have a television presentation across western Victoria was ‘too good to pass up.’ “Along with having Jane here as our special guest and meeting all our Field Days patrons we will also be seen across regional Victoria and parts of NSW and SA on the evening television news. This is just sensational and a great boost for the Field Days and promotional opportunity for the Wimmera,” he said. Bunn’s topic for her presentations at the Field Days will be ‘understanding the weather’.
March 5, 6 & 7
Help fight cancer with close shave
Field Days visitors wanting to change their look or just looking to help a good cause can achieve both ambitions. Global company Bayer will support the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave while promoting fungicidal seed treatment EverGol Prime at the Wimmera Machinery Field Days. Bayer wants visitors to its site to be brave and shave and raise money to fight blood cancer. The World’s Greatest Shave raises about half the money the
Leukaemia Foundation needs to fund its work. Bayer, which has a site in the Alan Heard Pavilion, will also have a celebrity shave each day in the Field Days Auditorium. The shave will involve key supporters and regional personalities. Bayer’s EverGol Prime aims to set the new standard in fungicidal protection in wheat and barley and as well as controlling smut and bunt diseases, it fights the root disease Rhizoctonia solani.
COME RAIN OR SHINE: Meteorologist and television weather presenter Jane Bunn will lead weather presentations at this year’s Field Days.
Elders and Emmett’s are hosting the presentations which will explore how rain develops from moisture and meteorological instability. Bunn will look at where each of these come from and how we know when they are coming. Other topics she will discuss include how to understand weather forecasts and what to
look for and what resources are available for the best weather information in the region. Bunn will also briefly meet and greet the public at an ANZ marquee after lunch. Jane Bunn schedule: 10am, Elders marquee, site K 1-5; 11.30am, Emmett’s marquee, site A 23-45; 1pm ANZ marquee, site O 1-2.
PLENTY FOR KIDS: Children and families are an integral part of the Wimmera Machinery Field Days and this year organisers have gone all out to provide attractions and activities. The Field Days Square will hum with activity as children get close to nature at an animal farm, hop on the popular Field Days miniature train or explore the air-conditioned Casuarina Kindergarten Parents Tent for pre-schoolers. The picture shows children enjoying train rides at last year’s event.
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