Golden Gumboot
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| Golden Gumboot | |
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 The Golden Gumboot at Tully. The Golden Gumboot stands just outside of the town's main street. |
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| Location | Tully, Queensland |
| Country | Australia |
| Opened | 10 May 2003 |
| Status | Open |
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| Height | 7.9 metres (25.9 ft) |
| Materials | Fibreglass over steel frame |
The Golden Gumboot is a competition between the Far North Queensland towns of Tully, Innisfail, and Babinda in Australia for the wettest town of Australia. These towns exist in the Wet Tropics and on land that was previously covered by rainforest. These areas experience some of the highest level of rainfall in Australia through monsoonal rain and cyclones. The winner for the competition (since 1970) was awarded with a rubber boot.
Despite the fact that Babinda has had more rainfall than Tully in the last 40 years, The Golden Gumboot monument was erected in Tully by the Tully Lions and Rotary Clubs on 10 May 2003. The boot stands at 7.9 metres (25.9 ft) and represents the record rainfall for Tully in 1950. This is despite the fact that the floods that Tully experienced in 1967 and 1973 were greater than 8 metres. The boot is composed of fibreglass and has a spiral staircase to the top of the boot that allows a view of the town. Tully holds a Golden Gumboot Festival annually.
The Golden Gumboot was closed after Cyclone Yasi in 2011, but was reopened early in 2012 by Andrew Fraser, the Acting Premier of Queensland.[1] Restoration was funding through an insurance claim and a $20,000 donation.[2]
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- ^ "Queenslanders still rebuilding lives". ninemsn. 3 January 2012. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8397851/queenslanders-still-rebuilding-lives. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ "Golden Gumboot regains shine". The Cairns Post. 2 November 2011. http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2011/11/02/189101_local-news.html. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
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Coordinates: 17°56′01.72″S 145°55′41.02″E / 17.9338111°S 145.9280611°E
