Australian National Travel Association Photo. WHEELBARROW WAGER.—The contestants in the £20 wheelbarrow-pushing wager leaving Beechworth, Victoria, for the chalet at Mount Buffalo National Park, 50 miles distant, one of Australia’s most attractive holiday resorts. The “pusher” (Mr. T. Parkinson) bet the “sitter” (Mr. S. Evans) he could wheel him in a barrow to Mount Buffalo in eight days. The “pusher” won, with only 40 minutes to spare, arriving to his destination at 12.3 p.m. on Sunday.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 June 1935, Page 11
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76Australian National Travel Association Photo. WHEELBARROW WAGER.—The contestants in the £20 wheelbarrow-pushing wager leaving Beechworth, Victoria, for the chalet at Mount Buffalo National Park, 50 miles distant, one of Australia’s most attractive holiday resorts. The “pusher” (Mr. T. Parkinson) bet the “sitter” (Mr. S. Evans) he could wheel him in a barrow to Mount Buffalo in eight days. The “pusher” won, with only 40 minutes to spare, arriving to his destination at 12.3 p.m. on Sunday. Taranaki Daily News, 28 June 1935, Page 11
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