The OK Motels musical festival in Rochester is a celebration of life outside the big cities. Photo: 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.

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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.

"It was this huge space that was so dusty and looked like it needed a good time," Ms Berry, a photographer, designer and former m

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