So what do the people then do? After looking through the menu for Brisbane we settled for cockroach races at the Story Bridge Hotel. A real scorcher from what we heard.
The race arena turned out to be a small built up village with food stalls, games, entertainment from a scene including a really great cover band and of course lots of beer.
For 5 dollars you could by a roach and join the races that were divided into 14 heats, each with three price winners.
I think you could actually also bring you own well trained roach...
The race idea is to empty a jar of marked up cockroaches in the middle of a circle. The one first outside the circle is the winner. It's still unclear what's in it for the roaches...
And if you don't like cockroaches you could of course do the more traditional Aussie Day celebration stuff like a garden barbie with the family or a day at the beach...
By the way, referring to last blog post about aussie beer. On this event I became a victim of advertising and bought a can of Pure Blonde. Marketed as 80% lower carb. Probably the worst bre the world has seen. Don't try that at home!
Cheers
Happy Aussie Day!
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