DARK SKIES threatened to open up at the Gulgong Show but show-goers were not deterred.
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Almost 2000 people attended the show across the two days.
Gulgong Showgirl 2014 Jacqui Kerr said the biggest event on the town's social calendar was well attended by both locals and competitors from further afield.
"Even when it was pelting rain, horse people were still arriving. That's a credit to the Gulgong Show."
Although the drought affected entry numbers in the sheep pavilion, judges praised the standard of the entries.
The dairy goat section defied the seasonal trend with chief steward Robyn Slade reporting the highest number of entries in the past three years.
"We have good local support from Central West exhibitors and we are also lucky that we are one of the few small shows where all six major dairy goat breeds are represented."
The Gulgong Show Society distributed The Land's Glove Box Guide to Mental Health to patrons as they arrived this year and had run out well and truly before the end of the show.
Ms Kerr had arranged to hand out the guide after attending the publication's launch last year.
Having recently completed her studies in nursing and paramedics, Ms Kerr said it was important to provide information about services available in times of need.