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‘A bit of joy’: Dagwood dog vendor fights to keep Brisbane’s Ekka spirit alive – The Guardian
Fifth-generation agricultural show vendor Jesse McDonald has run foul of Brisbane authorities with his driveway food truck
It even smells like the Ekka, a young girl calls to her mother as she races towards the red food truck.
Brisbanes annual agricultural show the Ekka was cancelled this year for just the third time in its 143-year history. It had been scheduled to begin on Friday.
But while gates to the Brisbane exhibition grounds remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, a few small pieces of the show have managed to go on in pockets of the city.
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