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On April 12th, 1975, the Gympie Rotary Club organised another successful function at Thornside called the Webb Brothers Big Country Hoe-Down. The information sheet for the function promoted events such as manned kite flying, a bucking mule, donkey rides, buggy rides, bullock teams, a challenge race (man, quarter horse, motor bike) and horse events. Other events included:

Senior events	Junior events
Thread the needle	Thread the needle
Musical chairs	Musical chairs
Obstacle race	Obstacle race
Rescue race	Figure of eight
Melon race	Potato race
Country relay race	Barrel race
Tug of war	Tug of war

Prizes for senior events were 1st - $12, 2nd - $5, 3rd $2 and for junior events were 1st - $6, 2nd - $3, 3rd - $1. For the tug of war there was a $12 prize for seniors and $6 for juniors. There were also a licensed booth, food stalls and a barbeque.

The evening entertainment, that started at 6.15pm featured the Webb Brothers, Maria Dallas and John McSweeney. Admission for the day was $2 for adults and 50c for children under 15.