Rock Buns

More than 200 volunteers lend their time and energy to stage the impressive two-day show at Gawler every spring. Among them is Kath Palamountain, who has been convenor of the cookery section since 1982, having first served her apprenticeship as a steward and competitor.

Kath baked her first cakes for competition in 1964. ‘I ended up winning a prize . . . I think it was a boiled fruit cake and that got me started,’ she says. Originally from Mallala, she was a farmer’