{"id":7905,"date":"2012-01-03T01:41:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T01:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/queenslands-top-5-australia-day-bashes-2\/"},"modified":"2012-01-03T01:41:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T01:41:00","slug":"queenslands-top-5-australia-day-bashes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2012\/01\/queenslands-top-5-australia-day-bashes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Queensland&#8217;s Top 5 Australia Day bashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tq.com.au\/fms\/tq_corporate\/enews-images\/newsonq\/WinnersDunnyRace2011_resize.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"234\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tq.com.au\/fms\/tq_corporate\/enews-images\/newsonq\/WinnersDunnyRace2011_resize.jpg\" width=\"320\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>1. Cockroach Races at the Story Bridge Hotel, Brisbane<br \/>Now in its 31st year, the iconic Cockroach Races are serious business with tiered seating, Miss Cocky competition, prizes for best dressed, live bands and 14 cocky races. BYO cockroach or buy one from the stable on the day.<\/p>\n<p>2. Dunny Races at Aussie World, Sunshine Coast<br \/>Fun and games at Aussie World and the Ettamogah Pub kick off with the famous Dunny Races, a Ute Show and over 30 rides and games inside Aussie World, including brand new water ride Plunge, thrill ride Redback and fun Giant Slide.<\/p>\n<p>3. Great Australia Day Beach Party, Yepoon<br \/>Get into the Aussie spirit with the bare-bottom boat regatta, ice-cream eating competition and egg-tossing championship, and be entertained by live performances, market stalls, street theatre and rides.<\/p>\n<p>4. Pig Races at The Paddo, Brisbane<br \/>Bid on a pig to race at the Paddo\u2019s annual pig races, with all proceeds going to the Australian Liver Foundation. There\u2019s six races culminating in The Cup with over $1000 in the prize pool.<\/p>\n<p>5. Great Aussie Meat Pie Challenge, Cairns<br \/>With $1000 up for grabs can you beat last year\u2019s champion? Tuck into the challenge at Cazalys from 12:30pm. There\u2019s plenty of fun for the kids with face painting and a jumping castle.<\/p>\n<p>  <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelbrochures.com.au\/af\/16\/napp\/show\/Bundle_list.htm?id=4\">Save hours on your travel research. Get brochures delivered to your door for free. Digital option too.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Cockroach Races at the Story Bridge Hotel, BrisbaneNow in its 31st year, the iconic Cockroach Races are serious business with tiered seating, Miss Cocky competition, prizes for best dressed, live bands and 14 cocky races. BYO cockroach or buy one from the stable on the day. 2. Dunny Races at Aussie World, Sunshine CoastFun [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}