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With parts of regional Victoria struggling with dry condition, one remote community is taking matters into its own hands.

Tarrington, in the state's south-west, has set out to double its population and attempt a Guinness World Record for rain-dancing.

The current record is held by Maynooth, Ireland, which attracted 395 people in 2011.

Event organiser, Naomi Turner, said the event had evolved as a source of support for farmers across the state "doing it tough".

"It's the only event we want to be rained out of," she said with a laugh.

"I think we're going to have to start thinking of some serious choreography."

The town now faces a nervous wait to find out if its application has been accepted by Guinness World Records.

Ms Turner said the event would go ahead, regardless of the outcome.

"It's terribly exciting to start off an event with a world record attempt," she said.

"There are some people out there seriously obsessed with setting records I've discovered ... [so] we're going to have to keep tabs on it if we break it.

"Hopefully it sort of inspires someone in Australia to one-up us."

The rural township has already gained international attention for its eccentric displays of community art.

Ms Turner said adults were often left without an outlet to rekindle their youth.

"I think grown-ups just need to play, we don't have many opportunities as adults to do silly things," she said.

"A lot of people have really boring, private jobs and nobody ever knows what you do, and there's certainly no level of appreciation or enjoyment of it.

"So to be able to produce something visual that provides so much pleasure to people is a really special thing."