Mark Coulton (Parkes, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

Last weekend in the far west of New South Wales, in my electorate, there was a three-day music festival, the Mundi Mundi Bash. There were 14,500 people, and 5,000 caravans rolled into town. Broken Hill and Silverton were absolutely chock-a-block with people.

While they were there, they undertook the Mundi Undi run in their underpants. They raised $68,000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. They also set a new world record, with 7,200 people dressed in blue making a map of Australia. The drone footage looks amazing; it's worth checking that out. They also raised $115,888 for Beyond Blue.

This is now becoming an institution packed to capacity. Mundi Mundi Plains is one of the most sensational places in my electorate. From the lookout, looking towards South Australia, you can see the curvature of the earth looking towards Mundi Mundi. It's beautiful. These people not only experienced the beauty of Silverton, Broken Hill and the far west. They also stopped, on their way to and from, at Menindee, Wilcannia and some of the other magnificent communities that are in the Parkes electorate.

This has become an institution. People look forward to it, and it's really good that the visitors to the far west are not only contributing to the economy but are also understanding how wonderful it is.

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