The beauty of the camellias at Charles Sturt University (CSU) at Wagga Wagga will be on display for all during the 2009 Camellia Show. Organised by Friends of the Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens, the event will be held on Saturday 5 September and Sunday 6 September. One of the major exhibitors at the annual show has been CSU. The success of the University’s blooms at the event has been due to the work of Mr Bill Mitchell, who retired from the University’s Division of Facilities Management in 2008. For more than 10 years he collected the camellias from near the library at CSU at Wagga Wagga and prepared them for exhibition. Mr Mitchell will continue to exhibit on behalf of CSU this year. “The camellias were planted in abundance in the library precinct and despite the drought, they have done well to produce beautiful blooms each year,” said Mr Mitchell.