Yabby Racing Inward Western Australia

Before living inwards Commonwealth of Australia I had no stance what a yabby was. I intend Home together with Away characters refer to a house called ‘Yabby Creek’ periodically, just beyond that reference I had never had occasion to give the creatures a minute thought. So, when I learned at that topographic point was a local effect devoted to the crustaceans, I was corking to cheque it out.

Towns inwards regional Commonwealth of Australia regularly concord ‘fun days’ to convey the community together, oft to enhance coin for local community groups or charities. That is just what Grass Patch’s ‘Yabby Classic’ is all about.  

What is a yabby?

Yabbies are freshwater crustaceans constitute inwards waterways around Australia. They come upwards inwards diverse sizes together with shapes, depending on the environs they alive in. Smaller ones are oft used equally bait when fishing, just the Yabby Classic actually focuses on the larger blueish yabbies constitute locally. They await similar mini lobsters or real large prawns amongst claws. They are non the most personable of creatures just looked similar they mightiness brand skilful eating.

Yabby activities

Yabby races provided gamblers amongst a betting chance every one-half hour. After beingness released from an upturned bucket, the get-go yabby to reach, together with autumn off, the border of the plateau was the winner. Each had a dissimilar coloured balloon attached for relaxation of identification. As the crowd watched from the stands some yabbies boldly strode to the edge, land others froze bewildered inwards the centre. 

Yabby racing, Western Australia

A garlicky waft attracted our attending to a nutrient stall where pickled together with barbecued yabbies were available to snack on. The barbecued diversity were served amongst lashings of garlic together with tasted similar large meaty garlicky prawns. The pickled ones must gustation fifty-fifty amend equally they had already sold out.

Garlic barbecued yabbies, Western Australia

There was too a yabby-shelling contest together with the chance to pose for yabby photos (see ours above) together with for immature children to wearing clothing upwards inwards a yabby costume. Children were otherwise kept busy amongst activities similar bouncy castles, zorb balls together with slides. Beyond yabbies, at that topographic point was a cheesecake competition, marketplace position stalls selling local crafts together with produce, a bar, alive band, together with the chance to campsite together with remain for breakfast.

The ‘Yabby Classic’ is an effect held on alternate years inwards mid March, inwards a farming community called Grass Patch, almost lxxx kilometres N of Esperance inwards southern Western Australia. The classic is an entertaining celebration of all things 'Yabby', unless perchance you lot are a yabby!

Have you lot e'er been to an effect celebrating a animate beingness you lot had never heard of before? Did you lot bask it?

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