Perth Royal Show punters were outraged after a major EFTPOS outage blamed on Telstra impacted the festival’s biggest day.

Organisers said large crowds added to the disruption, with long queues at many of the ATMs working across the venue, which Perth Live reported first on Monday.

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Royal Agricultural Society CEO Robyn Sermon said the outage was a Telstra issue and she was seeking clarity if it will be fixed for show goers today.

“Many of the ATMs did get back online last night … it was a particularly large day yesterday too,” she told 6PR Breakfast hosts Oly Peterson and Jenna Clarke.

As revealed on @6PR: major outage at #Perth Royal Show.
EFTPOS systems down, no credit cards, cash only, huge queues, not many ATMs, lots of disappointed families.
More than 4 hours later, we have a response from Show organisers: pic.twitter.com/iaJnWTfqSy

— Mark Gibson (@markgibbo) September 26, 2022