News and Eventshttp://redearth-hotel.com.au/Fri, 25 May 2012 12:00:37 GMThttp://backend.userland.com/rssRSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The outback mining town of Mount Isa celebrated Australia Day in true Australian custom, on the beach!</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Being 900km from the nearest beach the prospect of a day at the beach is something that Mount Isa residents are just not accustomed to, however, this year they were given the rare opportunity to spend the day on the sand with 50 tonne dropped in the centre of town in the car park of the Isa Hotel.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The outback community came to life with current and new Australian citizens able to walk across the road from the citizenship ceremony at the Civic Centre to the Isa where a spectacle of true Aussie traditions were at hand with a Beach Volleyball competition, live music, BBQ, beach balls, zinc cream and more.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Hakfoort group and sponsors put up $1000 in prize money for the winner of the Beach Volleyball Competition. 21 local teams of 4, competed by knockout with the eventual winner of the day being Kaiwai Team: Lagi Seruratu, Ben Ratuvuki, Villiame Temo and Temalesi Volivakarua.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The competition and day was such a success thanks to sponsors Diageo and XXXX, the Hakfoort group are now looking at making this an annual event.</span></p> http://redearth-hotel.com.au/RSSRetrieve.aspx?ID=4882&A=Link&ObjectID=78769&ObjectType=56&O=http%253a%252f%252fredearth-hotel.com.au%252f_blog%252fNews_and_Events%252fpost%252fTaking_the_Beach_to_the_Outback%252fhttp://redearth-hotel.com.au/_blog/News_and_Events/post/Taking_the_Beach_to_the_Outback/Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:07:00 GMT