Roughie,

Your best bet is to purchase a book called "Showing Good Roses" By Robert B. Martin. You can reach him at Petrose@aol.com.

Good Luck,
Ronald Schwerdt

There is also a book that you can get from the ars and it is a book that is guidlines to judgeing and it has helped me out alot i really injoy it gives you alot of information what judes are looking for and tells you what the form of a rose should look like also go to www.ars.com

BUT you are in Tasmania and from talking with David Rushton at the rose show part of the WFRS meeting in Houston, I learned there are differences in what judges want and look for in your part of the world. Especially in how the rose petals open.
Ask a local exhibitor to mentor you.