Wheelbarrow Jamboree 2009

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Tukurua - Sunday 25 January 2009

The Wheelbarrow Jamboree is an energenic occasion that celebrates the wheelbarrow and the beach, two things near and dear to all. This year fifteen decorated wheelbarrows were entered into a dozen races that included men's and women's inladen and laden, along with children's events. Prizes were awarded to winners in all sections.

 

 

Facts and Footnotes

Wheelbarrows ....

The wheelbarrow was first invented in ancient Greece. Two building material inventories for 408/407 and 407/406 B.C. from the temple of Eleusis list, among other machines and tools, "1 body for a one-wheeler (hyperteria monokyklou)".

 


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