Camel Racing

We get caught up in an old-fashioned camel race in the town of Boulia, Queensland. Why you ask? Well, we want to race for the Town Mayer’s hat of course!

We've found a Camel Racing track in Boulia, Queensland.
We meet Garry, who owns the camels.
Garry takes us to his camels
Hmmm, Camel Racing.
How on earth will we race those things?
Garry describes how to race a camel
Camels can be quite unpredictable as we remember from our Learn India trip when Hamish was thrown off one!
Is there enough padding in that saddle?
The camels look more unsure of us than we do of them!
Some fresh camels, ready to race!
Practicing how to race a camel with each other
Uh oh!
Hopefully this won't happen on the real camel
Andy pads his butt with some t-shirts
Rick, the Town Mayor will be riding against us in the race. We shall race for each other's hat!
Let's do this!
"Professional" Camel Racers
The other riders in the race are Ronnie and Deni, along with Rick the Mayor of course.
Ronnie and Deni shall be racing for the pride of Boulia. And Andy's hat.
Saddle up!
He's on
Hamish dosen't look like he fits the camel
Andy saddles up
Nearly falls off
Again, it looks like a strange riding position, but it's quite normal for Camel Racing.
Ok, let's do this thing!
Danni enters the race track
We enter the race track, Andy with maybe a little too much confidence.
We're taken to the start line
Starting grid
Pre-race nerves
Get ready...
Go!
Rick is out in front...
Rick is firing away!
Here comes Deni, with us not far behind.
Come on Hamish!
That is a peculiar looking sight
Go Andy!
Deni overtakes Rick and wins the race!
That wasn't a very comfortable ride
The race is over
Good sportsmen
Hamish knows Andy is going to have to part with his hat
Fun race
The hat ceremony
Rick wins Andy's hat
A very pleased Town Mayer
Team photo

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