Shot by drone, the footage on Tuesday had been viewed a staggering 14 million times and shared 361,000 times.

"We had a lot of views by Christmas, might have been about 5000 which we thought, 'Geez that's a lot', but around New Year it just took off," Mr Leeson said.

"We thought, 'oh we've been hacked, but it's all been checked out."

The council purchased the drone which shot the footage months earlier with the intention it be used to create videos to promote the town.

"I suggested we film the work because a lot of people don't have a perspective about how roads are bituminised... we thought it was be a good opportunity to show what we do," he said.