Fieldays opened its farm-gates for business yesterday – the biggest vehicle and equipment sales opportunity of the year.
TV host and comedian Te Radar opened the event, saying “the event has been around for longer than I have,” and that Fieldays “still creates a sense of childlike glee.”
Fieldays chief executive Jon Calder says some of the Fieldays Operations team were in overnight “literally battening down the hatches. But despite the weather we opened to clear skies and sunshine.”
There was no significant damage done overnight, although some smaller marquees received slight wind damage.
Gate visitor numbers on opening day were 21,353, a decrease from last year’s 26,648. The severe weather, which now appears to have blown through, most likely delaying a number of visitors arrivals to later in the week.
