Thousands of revellers at one of the world's most remote music festivals on the edge of the Simpson Desert are set to kick up dust in memory of legendary American singer Tina Turner.
Since 2016, the foot of a 40-metre-high sand dune in the Munga-Thirri Simpson Desert, in far western Queensland, has been the dancefloor for annual world record Nutbush City Limits attempts.
As tributes flow for the "Queen of Rock and Roll", who died this week aged 83, those attending the Birdsville Big Red Bash in July have taken on the challenge to break last year's record of 4,084 boot-scooters dancing to the Nutbush at the same time.
Festival founder Greg Donovan said they would be doing something special this year, and planned to have the biggest Australian tribute to Tina Turner.
"It's early days, and we'll work on something to really put up a great tribute to Tina Turner, but I think the main tribute is trying to get 5,000-plus people this year to break the record again," Mr Donovan said.
"I think that in itself will be a fitting tribute, but we'll look at a few special things to do to also acknowledge Tina's passing as part of that event this year."
Mr Donovan said Turner was aware of the Big Red Bash's Nutbush dancing tradition.
"She did see it and acknowledge that, which is fantastic, I mean 4,000 people dancing to your song is something quite special," he said.
The world record attempt, adjudicated by the Australian Book of Records, started as a way of bringing people together, and has raised over $500,000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
"When we saw that Nutbush City Limits had a world record for the maximum number of people dancing, it was really obvious that that's something that's going to get people going, everybody knows the Nutbush dance," Mr Donovan said.
"I mean, most people can dance it, some better than others.
"I'm sure she would have been proud that the Nutbush raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Royal Flying Doctors, and that this legacy will live on."
