TUNARAMA FESTIVAL

Hello .. today I want to ask you all, do you believe about the events that weird? today I want to tell you about some strange events in the world. In 1979, a couple of locals from the Tunarama Committee decided the festival needed something unique that identified with Port Lincoln’s already famous Tuna Fishing industry, in a way that could be enjoyed as a spectacle by anyone, entered by anyone fit enough to consider doing so, and that was a bit of fun. MANY willing participants came out to the Port Lincoln Foreshore for the heats of both the Westminster School King Fish Toss and the BankSA Tuna Toss.The top ten throws in each of the male and female categories earned a place in the final.

In Port Lincoln in the south of Australia .. a husband and wife have been successful in the coveted tuna toss finals at the annual Tunarama Festival. ... Here is a little information about them.

Matt Staunton and wife Shanell took out the 2015 event, returning the title to Australia after a Japanese visitor won the toss last year.Mr Staunton threw his tuna 24 metres to win the men's title while Ms Staunton won the women's title with an 11m toss.But this was not the first win for Mr Staunton, who has taken out the title on a number of occasions."I'm happy to have won it again this year," he said."[I'm] more happy that my wife managed to surprise the crowd and have a win as well."Ms Staunton said she was surprised and proud to have taken out the title.The Tunarama Festival is an annual event held in Port Lincoln over the Australia Day long weekend.It has been running since 1962 and celebrates the town's tuna fishing industry.The tuna toss is one of the main highlights of the weekend with heats taking place on the Saturday and finals completed on the Sunday.An 8 kilogram tuna from the southern ocean was used in this year's toss. A total of 10 men and 10 women battled it out in the final.Competitors from Canada, Paris, Prague, Japan and Solomon Islands took part in the event.