TOODYAY WHEELBARROW RACE
1981 - 1984A coloured photo of the west end of Stirling Tce, taken during a wheelbarrow race.
Central to the photo is a wheelbarrow with a young lad sitting in it and another lad is pushing. A young man is running alongside. Two other wheelbarrows with occupants and attendants are in the distance.
Either side of the Terrace are parked cars and spectators.
In the back ground is the Caltex Service Station and Butterly Cottage with trees surrounding both.
Probably the Wowser James wheelbarrow race re-creation.
In 1935 Toodyay blacksmith Ernest Wesley 'Wowser' James rose to the challenge that he couldn't push local barber Frank Costello in a wheelbarrow around an unsealed 6.4km course. The course started and ended at the Victoria Hotel in Stirling Terrace, Toodyay. The contest drew in other competitors. The craze took off and was a feature event at the Toodyay Agricultural Show later that year.
In the early 1980s teams of three raced around a shorter (4.4km) route to raise funds for local organisations and the events proved popular with locals.
(ref: Toodyay Herald article by Ieva Tomsons, September 2017, p.15
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