James Kemp is the owner of Carnival Land Amusements and his team will be bringing an array of rides to the showgrounds this week.

They’re set to arrive in town today and Mr Kemp said they’ll be plenty to keep all ages entertained.

“We are bringing some fantastic rides again this year. They include the Hurricane, Dodgem Cars, Sizzler, Giant Slide, Jumping Castles, Cup and Saucer, Rock Wall, Chair-o-Plane, Laughing Clowns and fairy floss.

“We are also bringing a V8 simulator which is an actual racing car which has been converted into a simulator. This is the first time we have brought it out to this show,” Mr Kemp said.

If you needed any extra incentive Mr Kemp said they are offering up a $2000 holiday voucher for the person who records the fastest lap on the simulator.

Tenterfield is Carnival Land Amusements first show stop of the year and Mr Kemp is excited to get 2016 underway.

“Tenterfield is our first ‘local show’ for the year. We don’t do many as we are more of a school fundraising business through school fetes in Brisbane, Toowoomba and the Gold Coast.

“We conduct approximately 350 events a year, some are small and some are enormous,” he said.

He’s used to the hard slog though, having been involved with the company for a decade.

“I was actually born in Texas, Queensland, on a sheep and cattle station.

“After I finished my Bachelor of Business degree in the late 80’s, I made the decision not to come back onto the family place as we were predominately wool producers and the industry was really struggling back then.

“Long story short, I ended up creating a business teaching children about farm animals and based in Brisbane. My clients were schools, events and birthday parties and so on.

“When I had grown the business to about as big as it could be there, I looked to branch out, and that is when I bought a carnival business."