Tag Archives: Australia

Longest line of floating air-beds (lilos)

The longest line of floating air-beds consisted of 2088 people on air beds who formed a continuous line for over 30 seconds in an event organized by Havaianas and Aqeuo (both Australia) in Cottesloe, Australia on 26 January 2012. The record was set to celebrate Australia Day. Havaianas and Aqeuo also were the previous record holders.

Longest marathon outdoor bowls

The longest outdoor bowls marathon is 170 hr 3 min and was set by six members of Goulburn Railway Bowling Club (Australia) in Goulburn, NSW, Australia on 19-26 January 2009. The six bowlers were Warren Guyer, Jeremy Barnes, Michael Hogan, Tony Grovenor, Kyle Hogan and David Almond.

Longest marathon playing indoor bowls

The longest marathon playing indoor bowls is 40 hours and was achieved by Peter Harry, Rob Atkinson, Lyn Atkinson, Lorraine Missingham, Laurie Munro and Liz Munro (all Australia), at the Bridgewater Lake Estate Community Centre in Roxburgh Park, Victoria, Australia, between 17-19 April 2013. This was the team’s second attempt at breaking the record, having fallen short in an attempt the year before.

Longest marathon playing marbles

The record for the longest marbles playing marathon is 26 hours, achieved by Michael Gray and Jenna Gray (both Australia), who continuously played the street game at First Fleet Park, The Rocks, Sydney, Australia, from 11-12 February 2006.

Longest marathon playing touch/mini/tag rugby

The longest marathon playing touch/mini/tag rugby football was 27 hr and organized by the Emerald Touch Association (Australia) in Emerald, Queensland, Australia, on 10-11 September 2010. Two teams played for the duration with team BMA defeating team Rio Tinto, 302-288. What is referred to in the claim as “Australian touch football” is identical to touch rugby, with rules available at www.austouch.com.au

Longest marathon skiing

The longest time spent skiing non-stop is 202 hr 1 min by Nick Willey (Australia) at Thredbo, New South Wales, Australia on 2-10 September 2005. He skiied down the slopes 916 times travelling over 1150km in the process.

Longest marble run

The longest marble run measures 1,286.61 m (4,221.16 ft) and was achieved students of Swinburne University of Technology (Australia), in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, on 4 August 2013. Nine students spent a month building the huge marble run in the highest building on campus, starting at the top and ending on the bottom floor. The marble took 10 minutes to complete the run.