Winton is a town celebrating a rejuvenation twice over.
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A town still suffering from the 2015 fire that destroyed its Waltzing Matilda centre and then tragically lost its force of nature mayor Butch Lenton to cancer, bounced back in 2018 with the first Winton Way Out Festival.
The three day festival brought thousands to town to enjoy the music and watch the new Waltzing Matilda centre rise from the ashes in an opening that would have done Butch proud.
Way Out West was so successful it was back for more in 2019 this time celebrating the outback with the music.
Top Aussie artists like Missy Higgins, Amy Shark, John Williamson and John Schumann graced the main stage ably supported by some the cream of the North American country and western crop such as Brett Eldredge, Jon Pardi and Canadian rockers the Road Hammers.
And in this year celebrating Queensland outback tourism, the crowds responded, with the town which normally has a population of less than a thousand, expanding to six times its usual size.
Tent cities sprung up next to the concert venue and at the showgrounds to host the masses and every room in town was long since booked out.
They came from everywhere and they were in party mood, with the pubs full and no-one put off by the flies or the restoration work in the town centre after the recent floods.
The floods themselves were remembered by former members of Task Force 646 which thronged the town on Anzac Day which kicked off the four day festival.
The town centre was closed off to traffic with food and market stalls set up, and camel rides to be had.
Meanwhile the four pubs - the North Gregory, the Tattersalls, the Winton, and the Australian were all buzzing with live music all weekend as were the Winton Club and the Town Hall.
The festival needed an army of staff and volunteers to keep the show on the road.
Sarah from Emerald, jumped at the opportunity to volunteer at Way Out West Fest and came with a fellow bunch of amateur musicians.
"We love a chance to hear the music, but really wanted to get out and meet people as well as doing something helpful," Sarah said.