Photo: A full house; Saturday crowd numbers outdid 2024. Image: Anthony McKee
"You wouldn't have been able to jack-hammer another person in there," said one spectator of the crowd packed into the northern viewing area of this year's Long Weekend Rodeo.
Celebrating 70 years in 2025, the Coonamble Rodeo and Campdraft was "the biggest it's ever been," according to Rodeo Committee Secretary Steve Butler.
Although competitors and visitors had been arriving throughout the week, the massive weekend kicked off on Friday 6 with the campdraft . . .
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