00:02Line dancers wasted no time getting into the groove.
00:08Hitting the dance floor early, same with the refreshments.
00:12It's five o'clock somewhere.
00:14Thousands make the annual pilgrimage to Gympie about two hours north of Brisbane.
00:19I have come from Catherine, Northern Territory, so it's about 3200 kilometres.
00:23Every time you leave here, that was me last year, but we somehow seem to keep coming back.
00:27You're walking around and everyone's happy.
00:31Although there was sadness over the loss of country music queen Dolly Parton.
00:35There wouldn't be anyone that isn't touched by the loss of her and the songs and the impact they had.
00:40She'll be on the set lists along with a swag of classics.
00:47The festival providing a springboard for young artists.
00:50But inside you're breaking me.
00:54And a wedding venue for this couple tying the knot on Saturday with an ever expanding guest list.
01:00People in the toilets are talking about it. I don't even know who they are.
01:04At this event, half the entertainment is outside the gates in the camping grounds.
01:09And in the competition for Best Sight, they're not afraid to up the ante.
01:13With bars among the gum trees, quite a few bras too, drop bears and scares.
01:19You don't know people from a bar of soap.
01:21Next minute you're having a beer with them and you're absolutely just partying on.
01:27You're not afraid to get a beer with them.
01:31Next minute you're watching playing an interview.
01:32What is the event of an event that you don't want to have the dough?
01:33You don't want to have the rain.
01:34You don't want to have a beer with them.
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