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Dookie Annual Show makes a big return

Treats inside: Archie Ludeman, 9, Lucas Hilbig, 10, Casey Laws, 10, and Jax Payne-Coston, 8, digging into the showbags at Dookie over the weekend. Photos: Rechelle Zammit. Photo by Rechelle Zammit

It’s been missing for a few years thanks to the pandemic, but the Dookie Annual Show was back in action on Friday and Saturday.

News photographer Rechelle Zammit popped down to catch the action and take some snaps of the day.

Go, gator, go: Jenna Smyth with four-year-old Eddie and three-year-old Olivia Smyth on the Go Gator roller coaster on Saturday. Photo by Rechelle Zammit
Fun and games: Joel Mackenzie, Bellamii Sutherland, 4, and Chloe Sutherland. Photo by Rechelle Zammit
Arms up: Harry Keat, 12, at the Dookie Annual Show. Photo by Rechelle Zammit
Up high: Two-year-old Otto Dahlenburg sitting on his dad Ben’s shoulders alongside mum Ellie at the Dookie Annual Show on Saturday. Photo: Rechelle Zammit Photo by Rechelle Zammit
Big grins: Jewels Lodewijk, Dookie Agricultural Show president Peter Shields and Federal Member for Nicholls Sam Birrell. Photo by Rechelle Zammit
Welcome to the funhouse: Lucy Ohlsen, 7, Oliver Ohlsen, 11, Riley Nicholson, 11, Tyler Nicholson, 8, and Cooper Ohlsen, 9, after finishing the Circus Funhouse ride. Photo by Rechelle Zammit
Dream team: Anastasia Pakunch, 14, and her Jack Russell bitzer Scamp, who won the prize in the high jump state final in the small dogs section. Photo by Rechelle Zammit
Hanging out: Billy Keat, 11, on a ride at the Dookie Annual Show. Photo by Rechelle Zammit
Reaching great heights: Jack Russell bitzer Scamp in action alongside owner Anastasia Pakunch in the high jump state final in the small dogs section on Saturday. Photo by Rechelle Zammit