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October 2007 Results and judge's report on the Scarecrow competition.
JUDGE'S REPORT FOR 2007 FROM JENNY GERSEKOWSKI | Category | Entrant | Location | Caption | Prize | | Highfields | Friends of Peacehaven | 56 Kuhls Road, Highfields | Pinic at Peacehaven | 2nd | | Susan & Neil Austin | 34 Merrol St, Highfields | Hug a Gum Tree | | | Keith & Anna Smith | 30 Sunray Drive, Highfields | "Future Gardener" - sit and watch the grass grow | 1st | | Highfields Pioneer Village | Wirraglen Road, Highfields | Captain Scarecrow - Pioneer Village from the past into the future | | | The Silk Family | 5 Schulz St, Highfields | The Veggie Guardian | | | Kynoch to Crows Nest | Hampton VIC | 8623 New England Hwy | The Hampton Highwayman | 2nd | | Colours of San Cris | New England Hwy, Cabarlah | Carlos de Cabarlah | | | Dennis Nissen Motors | Lot 15, Industrial Road, Crows Nest | Mowing the lawn in 2020 | 1st | | Primary school age | Crow's Nest Scout Group | Baileys Family Hardware, William St, Crows Nest | Valdemort the scary scarecrow | | | Crow's Nest Childrens Centre | Lalor St, Crows Nest | One more step for a child, one giant step into the future | | | Year 3 Highfields State School | 10459 New England Hwy, Highfields | Alfred 3A/3B Alien | 2nd | | Crow's Nest Prep | Littleton's Leather, Curnow St, Crows Nest | Our future - what will we do when we grow up? | 1st | | Highfields Koala Guides | Cnr New England Hwy & Borghardt Rd, Highfields | Year of the Outdoors | | | Highfields & District Kindergarten | 1 Bloodwood St, Highfields | Jack and the Beanstalk | | | Town of Crows Nest | Crow's Nest Care Services | 8 Grace St, Crows Nest | The future is "Australian" | Special | | R & L Blanck | 100 Perseverance Dam Rd, Crows Nest | Completely "stuffed" dairyfarmer | | | Pat Flaherty | 10 Church St, Crows Nest | Aerial Mate | | | Crosato/Rogers Family | 44 Emu Creek Road, Crows Nest | The Phoenix | Special | | QCWA | 7 Thallon St, Crows Nest | Future Farming | | | Tonya Sanderson | 10 Park Road,, Crows Nest | Farmers loking into the future for rain | 2nd tie | | Salts Antiques | 1 Thallon St, Crows Nest | Recyclebot & Cyberdog | | | Jessica Asher | 3 Lee Court, Crows Nest | Preschool scarecrow | | | Madison & Charlie Ruwoldt | 2 Park Road,, Crows Nest | Bender scarecrow of the future | | | Crow's Nest Historical Society | Thallon St,, Crows Nest | Carbethon | | | Jackie Elward | 190 Back Creek Road, Crows Nest | Into the future, back to basics | 2nd tie | | Crow's Nest Show Juniors | 3/4 Charlotte St, Crows Nest | It's Show Time | | | Crow's Nest Advertiser | 2 Charlotte St, Crows Nest | Dead Eye Dick | | | Susan Phillips | 7 James St, Crows Nest | This little scarecrow is heading into the future | 1st | This year’s scarecrow competition theme “Into The Future” inspired many people in the Crows Nest Shire to think about what this theme really meant to them. Concepts of the theme ranged from aliens and astronauts to the more political aspect “the future is Australian” and the rather emotional “The Phoenix” which reflected on the bushfires 3 years ago.
Dennis Nissen Motors of Crows Nest produced a rather unusual scarecrow promoting a robot mowing the lawn in 2020. This family project was constructed totally of objects from their business that would normally be thrown away including aluminium cans, water cooler bottles, flower pots etc. It was awarded first prize in the Kynoch to Crows Nest Motel i.e. along the New England Highway category.
To the children of Crows Nest Prep ‘Into The future’ was all about what they wanted to be when they grew up. Their display in the window at Littleton’s Leather proved a first prize winner in the Primary school age group category with little scarecrows made by each student promoting their possible future careers including policemen, doctors, firemen, hairdressers, cowboys, hockey players and the rather unusual helicopter builder.
Susan Phillip’s winning entry in The Town of Crows Nest category “This Little Scarecrow is heading into the Future” reflected on what lies ahead for one little astronaut’s future space travel. The simple elements in this well composed entry worked creatively to tell his story.
The winning Highfields entry “Future Gardener- sit and watch the grass grow” was a rather cheeky traditional scarecrow compiled largely of straw.
The two Most Outstanding Scarecrows of the competition awarded Special Prizes
were the beautifully constructed Crows Nest Care Services entry “The Future is Australian” which reminded us to consider that “our future is all things Australian” and the poignant entry “The Phoenix”, a combined effort by the Crosato/Rogers family who lost all their possessions in the bushfires three years ago. This entry was their way of thanking the community for their support and looking into the future with promise.
The scarecrows will be displayed for the duration of the Crows Nest Week festival. |
