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Saturday, July 14, 2012

New Zealand's 'World's Steepest Street' Has It's Own Unique Fun Race...

Pamplona may have the Running of The Bulls but New Zealand's Dunedin has the Running of The Balls.
Around ten thousand people lined Baldwin St, the world's steepest street that has a gradient of 1/19 to watch this years annual Cadbury Jaffa Race yesterday.
Fifty thousand individually numbered Jaffas are set off in two races from the top of this little street with the winning Jaffa taking about thirty seconds to complete the 350 metre course.
Each year since the inaugural race in 2002, the fun event has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for local charities.
Jaffas are an iconic New Zealand confectionery that have been around forever and the sound of them rolling down the aisles of local movie houses will bring back fond memories for many...




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