It's been a year in the making, South Australia's world-famous Barossa Valley today playing host to the AFL for the first-ever time. As part of Gather Round footy festival, thousands of locals and tourists converged on the regional town of Lyndoch to watch North Melbourne and Gold Coast battle it out at the history-making match.
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00:00Thousands of footy fans descend on the Barossa, the centre of Aussie rules, for just a weekend.
00:08It's a fabulous uplift for us, you know, in times where now it's a real struggle for everybody.
00:14It's nice to have this influx of people coming to town.
00:18How many? Three? Three or so.
00:20Locals excited about the chance to show off one of South Australia's most iconic regions.
00:25I think it's really exciting to have it in the Barossa today, especially Lindock.
00:28We're a little town and it's good to have some excitement.
00:31And for the chance to make a bit of extra cash.
00:33I was definitely excited for the money part of it, since working so long, but yeah, it's pretty exciting.
00:39Here in Lindock's Main Street, thousands have enjoyed the festivities, with the region embracing the AFL's major events.
00:45Tourists also getting a glimpse into what else the Barossa has to offer.
00:50A lot of people, a lot of people.
00:52You've only got to look around, it's a positive and the local businesses have collected also.
00:58Some say it was a seamless trip to the ground, while others were scrambling for a park.
01:03Yeah, look, they could have done with more car parking, I think people that had to drive.
01:06But yeah, no, there was certainly a lot of public transport and things from Adelaide. It's all free.
01:11The Suns and Kangaroos got the chance to do battle today.
01:14But tomorrow, it'll be the Tigers and Dockers taking to Barossa Park, with thousands more expected along the Main Street.
01:22This is so beautiful.
01:24Let's go to be with the Tigers in.
01:26I went to the Tigers in.
01:28And we were pretty sure that this is the station in.
01:31Primоворate in Hanson, the way that's of course me just a couple of them.
01:35It's pretty Bros.
01:38I amm torа.
01:40I think that's what I party dates on in.
01:43We want to get to the middle of my mat.
01:47When I set down again, I get to the beginning of my mat.