As visitor to Sunday’s Eulah Creek Machinery day Peter Sattler enthused, the day was a snapshot of living history.
Old tractors, once the workhorses of farms large and small half a century - and much more, ago - trundled up and down in demonstration ploughing and raking displays.
The tractors were busy and the vintage steam engines which once powered many farm applications from shearing sheds to water pumping, chugged away under the watchful eye of their owners and spectators.
Forerunners to the tractors, the original workhorses, big Clydesdale draft horses plodded their way past spectators, and visitors admired the collection of valuable vintage cars.
The Rotary Club and Narrabri West Scouts manned the barbecue, with a long queue of hungry customers waiting.
Stalls and displays of memorabilia entertained the visitors and the jumping castle was a hive of activity.
Inside the Beulah Park Hall, groups sat around to catch up and chat.
The Eulah Creek Machinery Day drew visitors and exhibitors from the shire and Manilla, Gunnedah, Moree and the New England area.
Peter Sattler, is a regular visitor to the Machinery Day with his classic farm plant.
“This is living history,” said Peter as he watched restored veteran tractors ploughing the Eulah Creek reserve paddock.
“It’s all still alive, the farm machinery and the way we used it when we were young.
“This is our history and we must preserve it.
“It’s great that kids come along and see days like this” added Peter.
The Eulah Creek Day embodied the idea of preserving the important past.
“This show is the best,” Peter says.
“I thoroughly enjoy coming to Eulah Creek and this is my third year here.
“The more I got involved with the veteran tractors, the more it all came back to me about my younger farming days.
“I just love this day and the demonstrations.
“I will definitely be back next year,” he said.
“I am happy to be a member here. It’s fantastic.”
The Machinery Day is a popular drawcard for owners of veteran, vintage and valuable farming and steam power equipment from the old days.
The event is a major community occasion, a mecca for machinery enthusiasts, and the Baan Baa based Nicholsons, Geoff and Bruce are making the annual show even more popular.
Mrs Karen Nicholson hosts visiting exhibitors for the Friday night before the Machinery Day, an opportunity for them to camp at the Nicholson’s property, which is the former Baan Baa Public School, to sit and chat, enjoy Baan Baa hospitality and plan the weekend activities.