Deniliquin Ute Muster
Born from a 1990s drought, this Riverina plains gathering is a Guinness-record-chasing celebration of the Australian ute, blue singlets and bush culture, annually mustering over 20,000 devotees for circle work, bumper-sticker culture and live country music.
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