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How the Birdman Rally became a cult Melbourne event

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The first Birdman event at Moomba proved so massively popular it became essential to MoombA festivals from then on. Crowds exceeded those attending an Abba concert by five to one. The competition became engulfed in a long-running controversy when judges refused to pay out a big prize to a Birdman who they said failed by 14 centimetres to soar a mighty 100 metres.

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How the Birdman Rally became a cult Melbourne event

The quirky Moomba event – in which amateur aviators fling themselves off a platform on the Yarra – boasts a venerable history of lunacy. But Melbourne wasn’t the first city to dive in.

2 months ago·Australia

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