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Archive: 23 June 2012
The Marreeba Wheelbarrow Race: Marreeba
Mareeba on the Atherton Tablelands provides the starting line for one of the region’s most colourful annual events – the Great Wheelbarrow Race. This fund-raising foot race incorporating wheelbarrows covers around 140 kilometres from Mareeba through to Chillagoe, following a tourist drive known as the Wheelbarrow Way.
The event and the route celebrate the pioneers who first pushed their wheelbarrows west in search of gold during the mid-1800’s. Mareeba’s main street hosts a parade of hundreds of race competitors, decked out in fancy costume, as they make their way to the official start line. The race is organised through the Tablelands Regional Council.
Contact:
Tablelands Regional Council
1300 362 242
www.trc.qld.gov.au
Wheelbarrow Way
www.cairnsoutback.com.au
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