Police say the woman in her 20s was on her boyfriend’s shoulders when she executed an acrobatic manoeuvre and landed on a star picket before receiving medical help.

The Burning Seed festival began on September 27 and will run over the long weekend and already it has proven a bonanza for police even before the weekend began.

“We’ve had 40 drug detections with a total of 70 exhibits seized,” said Acting Inspector, Sergeant Maggie Deall.

“A lot of those drug detections involved multiple drug possession matters.

“We have actually come across 36 different types of drugs; ranging from the party drugs that are fairly standard at these events.

“Like ecstasy, MDMA, cocaine, all the way through to magic mushrooms, cannabis, and prescribed restricted substances like buprenorphine.”

As of Friday morning a total of 17 people were charged, with some facing multiple offences.

Those charged range in age from being in their 60s to teenagers, and hail from residences across Australia including Sydney, Melbourne and the Northern Territory, and further afield such as Germany.

At least 10 of those charged are due to appear in Wagga Local Court on November 8, with others to appear in the next two weeks.

Police say the drug culture at the festival is of concern.

“People are so laissez-faire about their drug use given that they’re so far from medical help, I think it’s a fairly risky behaviour to undertake,” Sergeant Deall said. 

What it indicates to us is people are coming, bringing large amounts (of drugs) with them, and planning on drug binges.

“You may have taken 100 different pills, 100 different times and nothing has happened.

“You never know what’s in them. The next one could be the pill that kills you.”

Police attention of the Burning Seed festival has raised concerns of resources being diverted away from the Wagga community.

However, police say their first priority to protect the local community has not been compromised, due to extra police being sent down from Sydney.

“We’ve got police transport command come down, a couple of Sydney dog squads, and of course we have some extra resources here with our outstations,” Sergeant Deall said.

Police will be monitoring the Burning Seed festival through to its conclusion on the Monday with fire crews also on alert for the festival’s effigy burning event climax on Sunday night.