The most couples to participate in a dating event in 12 hours is 342 couples (684 people) and was organized by CitySwoon at the Sydney Opera House, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on 21 February 2014.

The longest ironing marathon lasted 80 hours and was achieved by Janette Hastings (Australia) in Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia, between 1-4 April 2012. Janette ironed a whopping 1,157 items during this attempt, including jeans, shirts and shorts.

The fastest 100km on a treadmill by a team is 5 hours 24 minutes 10 seconds and was achieved by Steve Moneghetti, Craig Alexander, Andrew Reid, Ariel Young, Lisa Corrigan, Michael Prince, John Mergler, Alister Ross, Stephen Madden, Clint Kimmins, Dave Matthews and Trent Wood at Shift 60 gym in Bondi, NSW, Australia on Friday, February 3 2012

The largest dim sum (yum cha) meal consists of 750 people and was achieved by Chan’s Yum Cha at Home (Australia), in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on 3 March 2013. Six different types of dim sum items were available at the meal and tea was served with the food as per the yum cha tradition. The dim sum meal took place at Chan’s Dumpling Festival which was held as part of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival.

4 x 100 m 41.37 East Germany Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger , Ingrid Auerswald , Marlies Gohr Canberra, Australia 6 October 1985

The most water skiers towed behind a single boat is 145 by the Horsehead Water Ski Club (Australia) in Strahan, Tasmania, Australia, on 27 January 2012.

The fastest 20 metres carrying 300 kg on shoulders is 6.88 seconds and was achieved by Derek Boyer (Australia) at the Gold Coast Show on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, on 2 September 2011. Two people timed the event and rather than averaging out the times we instead went with the longest time, The ground was a sloped so Derek ran slightly uphill. Event was organised by a company called Neo NetWise and all funds raised (from donations etc) went to a charity for Continue reading →

The farthest distance travelled on a 50 cc scooter in 24 hours is 928 km (576.6 miles) by Mark ‘Brownie’ Brown (Australia) on a 2stroke Yamaha Aerox at the Grand Prix Training Centre, South Morang, Victoria, Australia on from 23 – 24 August 2005.

1038.851 km (645.51 miles) Yiannis Kouros (Greece) Colac, Australia 20-26 November 2005 Yiannis holds various ultra distance records.

The most push ups in one minute with a 60 lb pack was 50 achieved by Neil Bryant (Australia) at Cadbury’s Gym in Claremont, Tasmania, Australia on 10 October 2011. 60 lbs is equal to approx. 27 kg.