Perth Royal Show: Claremont Showground counting down to opening extravaganza

With just three sleeps to go, Claremont Showground is already buzzing with excitement ahead of Perth Royal Show’s opening extravaganza.

As the countdown continues, stallholders are spending their final days polishing their rides and perfecting their recipes as they turn up the heat for the hottest fiesta in the State.

Goldenway Amusements’ Bianca Townsend said her family had been working at the show for six generations, and said the highlight was seeing the joy on the children’s faces.

“The atmosphere at this show is one of the best,” she said.

“We do shows 52 weeks a year, and the Perth Royal Show is always one of our favourites.”

Ms Townsend said she and her husband, who met through the show, were in charge of about 20 activations including carnival rides, arcade games and food stalls.

And in an Australian-first, she said brave festivalgoers could experience the Lunarix — a dizzying pendulum ride, soaring 40m into the sky.

“It’s scary, I went on it and I wouldn’t do it again,” Ms Townsend said.

“It holds eight people at each end and the seats rotate . . . the pendulum actually rotates and the ride rotates at the same time.”

Ms Townsend said she employed nearly 100 staff to assist with the mammoth show.

“We fly 15 to 20 people over every year to help set up and help pack . . . there’s over 70 people we employ just for catering and food,” she said.

“But our most favourite thing is obviously pleasing the people that come to the show.”

The Perth Royal Show opens on Saturday and will run until October 4.