A spokesman later told Brisbane Times about 100,000 showgoers walked through the gates for the first weekend of the Ekka.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi usomlomo utshele iBrisbane Times ukuthi babalelwa kuma-100 000 abantu abebezokhombisa ukuthi bazongena emasangweni ngempelasonto yokuqala ye-Ekka.