Unique record smashed as blue crew gathers at Big Red Bash
Australia has a new world record claim after thousands of revellers squeezed together at Queensland’s Big Red Bash to create something truly special.
Thousands of revellers have squeezed together at Queensland’s Big Red Bash to smash a rather unique world record.
Five thousand, four hundred and sixty-seven campers, all with blue wigs or hair and wearing blue outfits, gathered on Tuesday morning to make an image of Australia, officially creating the world’s largest ever human image of a country.
The previous record was set in 2018, when 4807 people gathered to create a map of Romania in Alba Iulia, Romania.
Set against a blue sky, with singing legend John Williamson belting out his classic tune True Blue, the blue crew rolled into the concert area to raise funds for Type 1 Diabetes, with $74,897 in donations going to JDRF Australia to support research into the auto-immune disease.
Spirits were high despite the chilly weather, with people dressed in outfits ranging from Avatar characters to even the Bananas in Pyjamas.
An early “war” between a group from Tasmania and those from the mainland dissipated quickly when chants of “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi” recaptured the crowd’s attention.
Towards the end of the record attempt groups started to sing Happy Birthday followed by a singalong with John Williamson to his big hit.
Despite the rain and cold weather, revellers were enjoying Australia’s most remote music festival, with more than 10,000 people flocking to the event.
Tuesday, the official day one of the festival, started with possibly the most quintessentially Aussie thing: I Still Call Australia Home played on bagpipes at sunrise.
On Monday night early pass holders danced and cheered as Furnace and the Fundamentals drove the crowd wild as rain poured down.
A touching speech from founder Greg Donovan said the Big Red Bash, now in its 10th year, was never part of any sort of “grand plan”.
“It’s something that has evolved over the years,” he said.
“We followed through on this crazy idea, persisted and believed. To see the joy it brings everyone is really humbling.”
The Hoodoo Gurus were set to play Tuesday night, followed by a second performance from crowd favourite Furnace and the Fundamentals.
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