WOMEN'S craft displays and children's racing car kits were some of the popular attractions at the 12th annual Wimmera Woodturners Guild Wood and Craft Expo at Horsham Town Hall last Sunday.
Guild secretary Bryan Loats said the expo featured 33 displays and attracted 550 woodwork enthusiasts from Victoria and interstate.
“We had four woodturners from the Mornington Peninsula, as well as people from Whyalla, Murray Bridge, Mt Gambier and Bendigo,” he said.
“Everybody I talked to said it was a really interesting show, especially for us woodworkers.”
Mr Loats said the display featured wood and craft supplies for sale, racing car kits for children, women's craft exhibitions, lunch and afternoon tea.
“The ladies' display was especially good. The CWA ladies had a lot of craftwork and things like cards and china paintings and lots of sewing work which was very popular,” he said.
“But the kids making racing cars was a stand out, too.
“There were 65 children at the exhibition and they would have made about 70 cars. The woodturners make up all the bits and the kids just put them together… they loved it.”
Mr Loats said a raffle on the day raised around $5000.
“We're not sure exactly how much was raised just yet but it was about $5000 which is usually around the same amount we raise every year,” he said.
“Mel Sleep won the main prize which was the rocking horse.
“The other prizes were a miner's couch, jewellery box and a garden wheelbarrow.”
He said Brooke O'Brien from Buninyong won the miner's couch, Jordan Jess of Laharum won the jewellery box and Tanya Aitken of Dimboola took home the garden wheelbarrow.
Mr Loats said Wimmera Woodturners' displays were a personal highlight for him.
“We also put on a display of our members' works. They all really stood out, the woodwork and woodturning were great,” he said.

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