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When I was a kid, my favorite
was January 26: Australia Day. In my town, we had a local festival. It
was called the Gumi Festival. A gumi is a kind of
boat. People made them out of rubber inner tubes, old cans, bicycle parts—almost
anything.
The day would start with a street
. People would show o their gumi boats. The parade would go
own to the river.
Once we got to the river, there was a boat race. But since these gumi
boats were
homemade, it was hard to control them. Some moved
but others
didn’t. Some didn’t move at all. They just sank in the _
. The race was fun and funny to watch.
Because it was a festival, there was a big barbecue. We Aussies love
to barbecue. There was live music and
. Some of the
gumi teams won prizes. Of course, the
boat won the
race. But there were also prizes for the
design and the
worst crash. There was even a Gumi King and Gumi Queen. It was like
a big party—and everyone in town was
.
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