South Australians flocked to the Royal Adelaide Show in droves this year, but it wasn’t the Ferris wheel or fairy floss that caused the biggest stir. It was the scones. A record-breaking 16,765 of them to be exact. Hand-baked, jam-laced and cream-topped, they flew out of the SACWA’s Country Café faster than you could say “pass the jam”.

“It was just fantastic,” said SACWA State President Rebecca Maund.

“We broke our own record by about a hundred. We were amazed. It obviously means a huge amount to us because everything we sell goes back into the SACWA coffers so we can support our branches and help them with their community work.”

That work includes initiatives like the Emergency Aid Fund, which supports people in crisis across South Australia.

“It could be someone who’s missed a renta

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