World Championship Cockroach Racing Media

Hi, I'm Rebecca, a traveller teenager from Australia. I'm going to show you one of our best festivals in Oz.
Only in Australia would we celebrate our national holiday by racing cockroaches. On a day when most countries would be flag raising, parading the streets and celebrating their nationality, Australians head to the pub for some serious cockroach action.
Since 1989, at the Storey Bridge Hotel in Brisbane we've been racing the insects every hot summer January 26. It all started in 1982 when two barflies began arguing that the cockroaches from his part of the town were the fastest in Brisbane. They tested their convictions in a parking lot, the bar crowd enjoyed it and the, the races started.
For Australian people, cockroaches are an integral part of their society, and every house has got them.
On this special day, people gather in crowds with cockroaches in plastic cups. The stewards position themselves around the ring. The head steward removes the lid of the box and turns it upside down on the ground. The cockroaches mill over each other, still trapped inside.
When the head steward finally releases the cockroaches, it's the climax. The cockroaches scramble and scuttle in every direction. The stewards dive all over the mats locate the first three.
The winners are announced and their human representatives come out to cheers or booing from the crowd.
The prize: some beer

If you're interested in this fantastic festival, look for the journey to Australia in this webpage:
http://www.umfulana.com/, and ask for the itinerary along the Great Barrier Reef- from Cairns to Brisbane.