The challenge was to turn junk into funk for the Harvest Home at Totara Estate.
Sixty six people responded and such was the enthusiasm for the creativity displayed it was decided the steamjunk exhibits deserved a wider audience.
The display opens at the Oamaru Opera House today.
The inspiration for the steamjunk competition came from the success of the steampunk exhibition at the Forrestor Gallery last year.
Apropos of that, the League of Victorian Imagineers is planning a Steampunk Gala Ball & Fashion Show on June 5th.