World's Greatest pink
Pub Crawl
Sunday
7 June 2009 ...
Maryborough
smashed New York's world record for the greatest pub crawl on June
7, 2009, when 4657 people had their cards stamped while partying
at the town's pubs.
The
pub crawl might be a quintessential Aussie tradition, but the Queensland
city of Maryborough has set the bar for the good old fashioned hotel
hop at staggering heights.
Dressed in outrageous
costumes, crawlers set off to the bang of an historic time cannon,
and walk or ride a free shuttle bus around Maryborough's historic
old hotels - all in the name of claiming the Guinness World Record
for the world's largest pub crawl.
The 2009 World's
Greatest Pub Crawl on Sunday 7 June was Maryborough's fifth
assault on the title. Thanks
to funding from Queensland Events, the iconic culture of the event
this year included:
- Tales
and Ales
- gourmet food and beer tasting appreciation evening at the Brolga
Theatre on Friday 5 June with master brewer, Dr. Charles
(Chuck) Hahn, founder of Hahn Brewery; and
- A free
outdoor Concert in Queens Park with popular Queensland bands
Bobkatz and Screw Loose on Saturday June 6 from 5 - 8pm.
This year, pub crawlers were also urged to "paint the town
pink" with proceeds from the "crawl" around Maryborough's
historical hotels going to the McGrath Foundation - which provides
funding for breast care nurses in regional areas.
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