Facilities
AELEC boasts state of the art facilities, available to our event organisers, competitors and spectators. For an interactive tour of our facility, you can Take a Tour of our venue. In the meantime, our venue features:
Main arena
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Indoor 80m x 40m sand arena with tiered seating for 3360
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Concourse area with space for exhibition and trade sites
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Mezzanine area for various uses including trade sites, temporary seating or corporate area
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Mezzanine VIP area above the bar, kiosk and event offices
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Cafe
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Ticket box office
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Event organiser office
- Sound and lighting systems
- Broadcasting and judges box overhanging the arena
- Control room overlooking the adjoining Sales Arena
- Stadium undercroft holds up to 200 head of stock
- Lift access between VIP, concourse and ground levels
Sales arena
- Indoor sales arena with tiered seating for 562 with standing room for another 200
- Doubles as a warm-up arena for the Main Arena
Indoor arenas
Two undercover 66m x 25m arenas
- with large screen televisions to stream competition from the main arena
- doubles as stable blocks for events requiring extra stabling
Ebb & Flow arenas
100m x 100m Ebb & Flow timber post and rail arena and a 70m x 30m warm-up arena
- All weather surface
- Floodlit for night competition
Campdraft arena
- Undercover cattle yards for up to 400 head
- Floodlit for night competition
- Grassed hill for spectating
Other arenas
- Warm-up 4 is a 80m x 40m sand warm-up arena with a mechanical cow
- Goonoo Goonoo arena on the northern side of the Main Arena is multipurpose for external trade sites and competition
Stables
- Six stable blocks (A - F) with 478 stables
- Each stable measures 3.6m x 3.6m
- Each stable block has wash bay facilities at the camping end
- Stable blocks B and E have warm wash bay facilities, laundry, shower and toilet facilities
Multipurpose building
The multipurpose building sits between the Ebb & Flow arena and the campdraft arena with amenities and general purpose room for event organisers and food and bar options.
Education/training building
The education/training building features a lecture and demonstration theatre with tiered seating for 44, a veterinary room, shower and toilet facilities.
Outdoor facilities
- 187 powered sites
- Truck wash
- Unpowered paddock sites