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About Miles

Learn about Miles's history and why our amazing town is still the beating heart of the Western Downs Region.

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How to get Here

Fly, drive, coach or train,the choice is yours.  All you need to know to get you here safe and sound.

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Where to stay

Hotels to motels, bush retreats to bush camps, the Western Downs Region has it all.

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About the Festival

Since the 1950s, the Western Downs Regional community of Miles and the smaller towns that surround it come together biannually in September to celebrate everything we value about living in the bush. The festival spans four days with an eclectic mix of authentic and interactive bush experiences.

It is a perfect opportunity for visitors to experience vastly different aspects of life in the bush from 4WD, fishing and farm tours, to galleries, gala balls, tractor pulls, beard appreciation, tough bugger obstacle courses, and live entertainment. You can even visit the homes and backyards of some of our local residents to view their unique collections of vintage and often quirky memorabilia.

From events that reflect our past and our present way of life, to experiencing the natural wonders of our District that enable you to breathe, truly breathe surrounded by our big, big skies and wide open spaces. We have so much to be grateful for, and we're keen to share it with you.

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Miles Back to the Bush Festival

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Miles Back to the Bush Festival
David's bearded entry in our online Beard Competition has been hard fought for ✊... he tells us he was "attacked by work 2 years ago with a no excessive facial hair policy... I fought... I won".He joins the fun of our competition from Victoria, Australia. Enter your own hard-fought-for beard or join us in choosing the winning beard entries here ↩www.backtothebushfestival.com.au/beardcompetition/(competition closes midnight 31 January) ... See MoreSee Less

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Miles Back to the Bush Festival

1 week ago

Miles Back to the Bush Festival
The Covid-Iso 'lock-down' 😷🧔🏽beard entries in our online beards competition are some of our favourites!...Welcome to the tribe of the handsome bearded Sean Bell, of Victoria... a first time beard grower. He tells us "I started growing my beard in April this year, when we all got locked down. I call it my ISO beard."Give Sean a bit of encouragement for in his hairy new look by throwing him a vote. You can vote once for any or all beard entrants. Voting closes 31 January (and we're of course still open to new beards entries!). VOTES AND ENTRIES HERE: www.backtothebushfestival.com.au/beardcompetition/ ... See MoreSee Less

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Miles Back to the Bush Festival

1 week ago

Miles Back to the Bush Festival
⚠️Warning Awesome Beards Ahead!!!Miles local Joseph Swalling was going to shave his 🧔🏽 beard after our September 2020 Festival (& Beard Appreciation Event)... BUT Covid-19 meant we didn’t go ahead with our festival... so the beard lives on!!! Lucky, because Joseph is now one of the awesome beard entrants in our online Beards Competition!!! Vote for Joseph’s beard if you’d like him to be crowned our beard ‘pin-up’ boy 😉😀. ➡️ View all the entrants and VOTE HERE:woobox.com/mpxniz ... See MoreSee Less

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