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Stephanie Gardiner

Jam and scones and rock 'n' roll are all the bush needs

The OK Motels musical festival in Rochester is a celebration of life outside the big cities. (HANDOUT/OK Motels)

It was country motels with their pink bathrooms, lace curtains, wood-panelled walls, chenille bedspreads and little packets of biccies that started a movement.

Kate Berry was documenting these charming quirks on Instagram, when she came across an empty function room at the Charlton Motel, in western Victoria, that called out to be filled.

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