Sorry, to explain to the North Americans, it's Australia Day weekend and it's traditional to have competitions to see how far you can throw a thong! 
Funding cuts have hit the Australian Institute of Sport, so managers have directed all their training into events that we can be globally competitive.
To appease the LG weed gods and usher in a classic speed season, it's the official throwing of the 40 degree weed fin.
Australians are a resourceful lot. Thong throwing competitions are a practical way to use all the left handed thongs that wash up onto our beaches.
And here I was thinking that Guy Fawkes day in England was weird.
the lass with straw hat far right is interesting
the organisers freaked out when they saw the entrants for the wet t-shirt competition and hurriedly changed it to a 'throw a thong' competition.
It turned out that most of the entrants had thought it was a throw-on-a-thong competition, so they just held their beers while Stevo won it uncontested.
hernias are a dangerous part of world-class competitive thong throwing. You can see here that all the top class entrants have built up extremely strong abdominal muscles to protect against the dangers of the sport.
With a new footy season fast approaching, the pre-season headshot training clinic was well attended by the local elite athletes.
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And in the boomerang plugger division, Trev lands one nicely straight back on the right foot......textbook all the way.
Some people trusted the "Windsurfers Physique" thread about as far as they could throw it. And here they are throwing it, not very far.
Clearly the whole thread is just a veiled critique of Carantoc's spritely form.
Everyone was too tanked to notice that Bazza's record throw was actually wind assisted- in contravention of rule 24.1 of the Thong Throwing Regulations.
Well done Carantoc, you are a winner. Suggesting this is how the Australian cricket bowlers were selected. Over to you.
