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Preparations have hit top gear with the spectacular start to the inaugural Rare Spare Rockynats just fewer than 24 hours away.
Thousands of spectators and entrants are descending on Rockhampton for Queensland’s biggest car festival, which starts at 11.30am Friday with an 800-car street parade through the city’s CBD.
The jam-packed program, which runs across the Easter weekend, also includes street drags, burnouts, drifting and a show ‘n’ shine in which hundreds of custom and classic street machines will be parked along the historic Quay Street.
Advance Rockhampton manager of tourism, marketing and events, Annette Pearce, said it was exciting to see Rockynats coming to fruition, almost a year after the event was postponed in 2020 due to COVID.