We did a story last year about the Australian town of Maryborough in sunny Queensland staging a Guinness World Record attempt for the worlds largest pub crawl. Well they pulled it off, for the third time in four years and are trying to beat their record again in 2009. Now the amazing thing is, it took London with a population of about 12 million people to knock of Maryborough’s record in 2006- Maryborough only has a population of about 21500. The world’s largest pub crawl happens on the Queen’s Birtday weekend in June and a new record of over 3000 revelers is hoped with people needing to drink 1 drink alcoholic or non alcoholic at each of the towns 10 pubs. Now the event just isn’t a chance to enter the record books, drink a few beers and have fun, it also raises much needed funds for the McGrath Foundation’s breast cancer support and research. If you have been on a previous pub crawl record attempt anywhere- we would love to hear your comments.

http://worldsgreatestpubcrawl.com/

Maryborough in Queensland Australia now holds the Guinness Book of Records award for the world’s largest pubcrawl. Last month the town of 26000 residents hit the 10 pubs in town to smash the record which was held by London with 3156 registered participants. Pubs on the crawl included the Criterion, the Post Office, The Royal, The Granville, The Old Sydney, The Oxford, The Aussie, The Westside Tavern, The Carriers Arms, Tinana Riverview, The Lamington, The Sunrise and the Central. The Maryborough pub crawl is in it’s 4th year and the biggest yet. But the Queensland town better watch out London is not happy. London with a 7.5 million people population bet Maryborough by only about 40 drinkers in 2006.

http://www.worldsgreatestpubcrawl.com/