Henley On Todd, 16 September 2006
The Henley On Todd is a collection of odd sorts of boat races in the dry Todd river bed. The images without my copyright were taken by my husband.
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The Henley On Todd always draws a large crowd. This is early on, the number of spectators grows as the day wears on
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I love that Australians are so NOT PC. The name of the judge's "boat" is the Pistill Dawn.
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Bathtub race. As the next photo shows, when they get to the "buoy" they have to fill the tub with water (well,actually only a bucket's worth) before continuing
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Can't remember the name of this race, but the person on the sled has to remain there for the whole race...
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... but these didn't - that's their passenger almost off screen to the right.
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Sand Skiing. They're all on the same set of skis, they have to work in sync to successfully complete the race.
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Harder than it looks, both teams lose it at the same time
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Another contest is to fill a 55-gallon drum with river sand faster than your competitors. Sand is HEAVY.
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The remaining pictures are of the Grand Sea Battle, between the Nauteus (tall ship), the HMAS Defender (battleship) and the Vikings.
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It's traditional, by the way, the Vikings always win.
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