The Tunarama festival, held in Port Lincoln on the tip of Eyre
Peninsula, takes part during the Australia Day long weekend in January.
The highlight of the festival is the tuna tossing competition.
Ex-Olympic hammer thrower, Sean Carlin, holds the record for the longest
toss at 37.23 metres set in 1998. When the festival began in 1962, it
was intended to promote the emerging tuna fishing industry in Port
Lincoln, which nowadays is home to Australia's largest tuna cannery.
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each festival.
*OTHER POPULAR FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD*
January: *Chinese New Year* – Hong Kong, China
February: *Rio Carnival* – Rio de Janiero, Brazil
March: *St Patrick’s Day Parade* – Dublin, Ireland
May: *White Nights Festival *– St Petersburg, Russia
June: *Rathra Yathra Chariot Festival* – Puri, India
July: *Running with the Bulls - *Pamplona, Spain
August: *Edinburgh Military Tattoo* – Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
September: *Oktoberfest *- Munich, Germany
October: *Halloween* - Transylvania, Romania
December:*Hogmanay - *Edinburgh, Scotland
