Thousands of city and country folk come together for the first weekend of Brisbane's Ekka Royal Queensland Show.

And for those like me who can never remember the public holiday dates, here’s the OFFICIAL GENUINE Government list of the regions and holiday periods:

https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/travel/holidays/show#dates2023

tl;dr Logan/Toowoomba/Moreton Bay - 14/08/2023 Brisbane City - 16/08/2023

Wonder why no one gets the 15th off?