Boasting more than 70 stalls that catered for a wide variety of tastes, the festival attracted more than 4500 people by 11am.

Locals had competition for prime positions in the queues from a range of visitors from Tully, Ingham, Mossman and the Tableland region.

Whether you wanted to discuss organic and exotic fruit production with the Organic Producers Association, see extremely rare models of vintage cars or simply have your face painted, this was the place to be.

Food was high on the agenda for many with a variety of dishes and stalls available that represented the areas diverse cultural background.

A few sugar cane boys from Ingham however more interested in sampling the wines from the Tableland’s Wild Mountain Cellars.

If anyone had their doubts about the support for the local banana growers, a casual glance at their stall at anytime throughout the day would have put paid to them very quickly.

The stall was swamped with people signing the open letter to Prime Minister Rudd protesting the decision to import Philippines Bananas.

“We are really happy with the crowds, our stall holders are busy and very happy with how it’s gone,” Jodie Kennedy, event manager, said.

“There have been a couple of showers but Innisfailites are used to them and will show up despite the rain.”

With a show case like this, it’s hard to imagine living anywhere but the Far North.

*More photos in this week’s North Queensland Register, out Thursday.