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The Melbourne Royal Beef Cattle Competition offers breeders a platform to showcase and evaluate their livestock in one of Australia’s largest and most prestigious cattle events. The event culminated in the hotly contested Beef Cattle Interbreed Competition.

The Garryowen Equestrienne Turnout is the most prestigious equestrian event in Australia, and there are few with stronger ties to the competition than Shae Russo. Not only is the rider a three-time winner of the competition recognised in the Garryowen Hall of Fame, but she is also the great-great niece of Violet Murrell, the woman honoured by the annual event.

The ASA (Agricultural Shows Australia) Young Judges Championships host nine categories for judging and parading each year under the ASA national competition program: beef cattle, dairy cattle, alpaca, poultry, Merino sheep, meat breed sheep, and Merino fleece judging, as well as parading competitions in beef and dairy cattle.

The Arts, Crafts and Cookery exhibition at the Melbourne Royal Show is always full on interesting, quirky, and inspiring creations from apple pie making, fruit cake judging, fashion creations, photography exhibits and more. One class that never fails to amaze is the Best in Show Decorated Cakes competition and this year, Penny Bunz and her incredible Emu and Possum creation took home blue-ribbon glory in the feature event. The stunning native creation was such a hit with fans, it also picked up the Most Popular Choice Award.

Melbourne Royal is incredibly grateful for the thousands of competitors who competed to win a coveted Melbourne Royal Blue ribbon and the hundreds of volunteers who generously provided their valuable time to assist us in presenting the 2024 Melbourne Royal Show.