Timorese abattoir workers perform for hundreds at Port Fairy Folk Festival after answering call for musicians

Three years into a four-year working visa at an abattoir in south-west Victoria, Jose Da Costa was missing his wife and three children back in Timor-Leste. Lian Husi Timor at the Port Fairy Folk Festival performing with Warrnambool's Find Your Voice All Abilities Choir. Twelve months later, standing on stage at this year's Port Fairy Folk Festival, Barker told the audience how things had "snowballed". "I was talking to the festival director, Justin Rudge, about the Timor-Leste connection I'd made, and about how so many of David's friends living here are so musical as well," Barker said. Billy Barker and David Darba perform together at this year's Port Fairy Folk Festival.