1/79All the colour from the Big Red Bash drag and fashions in the desert. Photo: Matt Williams
Gallery: Drags and desert fashions hit Big Red Bash
It was a spectacle of sparkle at the Big Red Bash at Birdsville on Wednesday as hundreds vied for ‘Queen of the desert’ title on the sun-kissed sands of the Simpson Desert.
2/79All the colour from the Big Red Bash drag and fashions in the desert. Photo: Matt Williams
3/79All the colour from the Big Red Bash drag and fashions in the desert. Photo: Matt Williams
4/79All the colour from the Big Red Bash drag and fashions in the desert. Photo: Matt Williams
5/79All the colour from the Big Red Bash drag and fashions in the desert. Photo: Matt Williams
6/79All the colour from the Big Red Bash drag and fashions in the desert. Photo: Matt Williams
7/79All the colour from the Big Red Bash drag and fashions in the desert. Photo: Matt Williams
8/79All the colour from the Big Red Bash drag and fashions in the desert. Photo: Matt Williams
9/79All the colour from the Big Red Bash drag and fashions in the desert. Photo: Matt Williams
10/79All the colour from the Big Red Bash drag and fashions in the desert. Photo: Matt Williams
11/79All the colour from the Big Red Bash drag and fashions in the desert. Photo: Matt Williams
12/79All the colour from the Big Red Bash drag and fashions in the desert. Photo: Matt Williams
13/79All the colour from the Big Red Bash drag and fashions in the desert. Photo: Matt Williams
14/79All the colour from the Big Red Bash drag and fashions in the desert. Photo: Matt Williams
15/79All the colour from the Big Red Bash drag and fashions in the desert. Photo: Matt Williams
16/79All the colour from the Big Red Bash drag and fashions in the desert. Photo: Matt Williams
17/79All the colour from the Big Red Bash drag and fashions in the desert. Photo: Matt Williams
18/79All the colour from the Big Red Bash drag and fashions in the desert. Photo: Matt Williams
19/79All the colour from the Big Red Bash drag and fashions in the desert. Photo: Matt Williams
20/79All the colour from the Big Red Bash drag and fashions in the desert. Photo: Matt Williams
21/79Big Red Bash day 2 pictures. Photo: Cloud x Media
22/79Big Red Bash day 2 pictures. Photo: Cloud x Media
23/79Big Red Bash day 2 pictures. Photo: Cloud x Media
24/79Big Red Bash day 2 pictures. Photo: Cloud x Media
25/79Big Red Bash day 2 pictures. Photo: Cloud x Media
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28/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Marcus Roberts with Diane Burge - Photo Supplied
29/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Alicia Blunden with Tanya Lumb - Photo Supplied
30/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Laura Callaway with Caroline du Perez - Photo Supplied
31/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Chris and Christine Barrett - Photo Supplied
32/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Adam and Cristy Bright - Photo Supplied
33/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Adrian with Alex Barrios - Photo Supplied
34/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Simon Wentworth and Cathy Wentworth - Photo Supplied
35/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Denis Moynihan with Melita Benn - Photo Supplied
36/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Graeme and Karen West - Photo Supplied
37/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Dianne and Mark Dee - Photo Supplied
38/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Ralph and Bec Faria, with Mark Rozanic and Ethan Rozanic - Photo Supplied
39/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Ty and Sharon Scarabello with Ruby - Photo Supplied
40/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Liz Moller, Anne and Darren English, Warren Rutherford, Joe Galea - Photo Supplied
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42/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Rob and Nat Hart - Photo Supplied
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44/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Jamahl Laybutt, Oliver, and Rebecca Otto - Photo Supplied
45/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Nicole Mcmahon with Kellee Ralph - Photo Supplied
46/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Jodie McLeod with Kurt Haller - Photo Supplied
47/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Samantha Marshall with Jaque Wells - Photo Supplied
48/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Barry and Rachael Rapp, Simon Todd - Photo Supplied
49/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Mick O'Connor with Yvonne Crossingham, Cara and Steve Leighton - Photo Supplied
50/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Julie and John Ward - Photo Supplied
51/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - David Berryman with Noeleen Vickers - Photo Supplied
52/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Darren Pulla-Mounter with Cam Mcintosh - Photo Supplied
53/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Toni Gleeson with Mick Gleeson - Photo Supplied
54/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Karen and Mark Newton with Geoff and Sue-Anne Newton - Photo Supplied
55/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Myles and Deb Bryan - Photo Supplied
56/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Zac with Kylie Liss - Photo Supplied
57/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Scott and Jane Wynter - Photo Supplied
58/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Les Balcombe and Kane Balcombe - Photo Supplied
59/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Yvonne Hemingway - Photo Supplied
60/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Merrilyn Rogers - Photo Supplied
61/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Matt Halliwell with Torie Newman - Photo Supplied
62/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Sue and Garry Wright - Photo Supplied
63/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Jordan with Heather Milburn - Photo Supplied
64/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Brett Parfitt with Dave Stephens - Photo Supplied
65/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Mick Jensen - Photo Supplied
66/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Tracy Sparks and Michelle Eustence - Photo Supplied
67/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Craig Findlay with Chris and Kelly O'Keefe - Photo Supplied
68/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Gabe Coris with Josie Farrell - Photo Supplied
69/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Sandra Raaymakers with Barry and Jacki Williams - Photo Supplied
70/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Mike and Helen Pavitt, Maggie Pavitt, Pieta Esplin, Oliver Lewis, Michael Lewis - Photo Supplied
71/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Paula Shady with Matthew Vitiritti - Photo Supplied
72/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Jesse Corish with Brock Paterson - Photo Supplied
73/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Julie Stephenson with Craig Einam - Photo Supplied
74/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Kristie and Ben James - Photo Supplied
75/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Amanda Kitzelmann, with Barrie and Anthea Vaughan - Photo Supplied
76/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Anna and David Rough with Bianca Halliday and Justin Brown - Photo Supplied
77/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Jenni Dennis with Zeena the dog - Photo Supplied
78/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Ralph Stratten - Photo Supplied
79/79Birdsville Big Red Bash 2023 - Wayne Middleton with David White - Photo Supplied
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