Biggenden excited for its 15 minutes of fame

AT 5.30pm on Saturday, Biggenden will be a ghost town.

Its residents will be glued to their television sets, tuned in to Channel 7, as they eagerly await the town's debut on lifestyle program Queensland Weekender, whose crew visited earlier this month.

Moira Thompson, whose company Experience Altitude takes bush-walking groups up Mt Walsh, believes the program will create a "real buzz” for Biggenden.

"People were really showing their good side,” Mrs Thompson said.

When the crew was filming a segment at Coffee Pozzee Flowers and Gifts, Mrs Thompson said, nearly "every person in town” found an excuse to be at the cafe, dressed to the nines in the hope of making the program.

When the crew members wanted Mrs Thompson to take them up Mt Walsh, she said they first had to stock up on food and water as she explained that it was a more difficult hike than its 703m peak would suggest.

She said the program emphasised mountain safety and the challenging but rewarding nature of the hike.

In a statement, the Queensland Weekender team members said they were "blown away” by their visit to Biggenden and believed Mt Walsh was the state's "best kept bush-walking secret”.

Coffee Pozzee owner Amanda Hall said she had invited a handful of people to come to the cafe the morning of shooting because she didn't want it to look empty, and then the "whole town came”.

"I don't even know if they'll be able to use any footage, it was so chaotic, we were run off our feet,” she said.

"It'll be interesting to see what they got.

"It's an awesome thing for Biggenden.

"Everyone keeps asking me when the show will be on.”

She said she was both "excited and nervous” to have a film crew in her little shop.

Biggenden Chamber of Commerce secretary Stephanie Whitaker said she had high hopes for the exposure the area would receive from the program.

"If people can discover our little part of the world and how pretty it is, it will open us up to investment and people coming to live here,” Mrs Whitaker said.

"They could bring with them employment.

"So many people can work from home these days, they could bring families and contribute to the economy and to community life.”