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'Betoota's got no talent': festival revives ghost town

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The population of Betoota is set to go from zero to 500 when the tiny outpost hosts its first music festival at its storied outback watering hole.

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The Queenslander

‘Betoota’s got no talent’: festival revives ghost town

Betoota Hotel publican Robert “Robbo” Haken once went 15 weeks without seeing a single soul. The 63-year-old soon learnt there isn’t much point opening the pub, which sits smack-bang in the middle of a gibber plain in outback Queensland, during the oppressive summer months. There’s rarely a big queue for drinks at the 140-year old watering hole, a legendary fuel stop for grey nomads and intrepid travellers. The tin-roofed hotel is the only build…

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