Background

Tara Showgrounds are located on Showgrounds Road neighbouring the beautiful Tara Lagoon Camping Area.

The Showgrounds are home to the Annual Show every March, the Tara Festival of Culture and Camel races every two years in August, Polocross, Tara Races, Campdraft, Senior Cricket and Easter Sheepdog Trials.

There are opportunities to bring new and exciting events to Tara to support the local economy and community and ensure long term success through site infrastructure needs and upgrades.

Where are we now?

Community and User Group consultation on the development of the showgrounds, included neighbour input and drop-in sessions, were held at the Tara Foodworks and Tara Showgrounds in March.

To shape the future of the Tara showgrounds, opportunity to give feedback through the survey is now available. Peruse the images and document below then provide your feedback through the survey.

Consultation with key stakeholders, including regular user groups and hirers, were held through an online survey and in person meetings in April 2024.

Our consultants have presented Master Plan options to Council, and site investigations such as hydraulic studies are now being conducted. The outcomes of this work will help to determine any further studies and planning necessary for progressing the master planning process.

The draft concept Master Plan was presented for User Groups and community engagement at presentations on 18 and 19 March. These sessions saw community and representatives from various User Groups provide suggestions and feedback on the outlined draft concept masterplan. These sessions were valuable for Council to understand the sentiments from User Groups and the community thus far.

Feedback was well received with a good turn out to the sessions, helping strengthen the project as a whole.