Community day on Wednesday began with a breakfast cooked up by the Men’s Shed. Market stalls were set up and sheep shearing and working dog trail demonstrations were held at various times during the day.

The event had taken close to 18 months to organise. The money and tourism value brought into Glen Innes couldn’t be more welcome. Visitors have flocked to the town and with an expected injection of around $50,000 in the form of fundraising and shoppers spending their dollars within the town the event has proven itself valuable on the local calendar.

The internet-based group has around 10,000 members Australia-wide and operates through various mediums including internet forums to support people buying campertrailers.

One of the management team Rob Sanderson said the week had attracted over 100 campertrailers and over 250 people.

“We held an auction night and raised $2,000 towards the showground tust,” Mr Sanderson said.

Showground Trust secretary Patric Miller said he is delighted with the event and the response.

“It’s a reflection on the attractiveness of our community that this event was held here,” Mr Miller said, adding that the raised funds will go towards ring lighting. “It’s been a community effort to bring and keep the group here, and we hope it’s a boost to tourism with return visits, and great to see our showground being put to good use,” he said.