Festival-goers were treated to a literal whirlwind experience at the Earthcore music and culture festival in Victoria on the weekend.

Several attendees captured footage of a dust-devil or willy-willy — which one referred to as a doofnado — rip through the camp site at Pyalong, about 100 kilometres north of Melbourne.

Footage uploaded to YouTube by Canadian man Olivier Bonenfant shows festival goers running towards and then dancing alongside the miniature whirlwind.

Dust devils like the one seen at Earthcore are a column of whirling dust that looks like a small tornado but occurs exclusively on fine, dry days and is usually harmless, but can sometimes cause minor structural damage to property, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

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