Australian Wooden Boat Festival
in Hobart, AustraliaCategory: Attraction
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The Australian Wooden Boat Festival (MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival) is a biennial event held in Hobart Tasmania celebrating wooden boats. AWBF is held concurrently with the Royal Hobart Regatta. The festival welcomes wooden boats of all sizes including wooden canoes, kayaks and dinghies as well as yachts and tall ships.This festival is a celebration of Australia's maritime heritage, though restricts participation by organizations with interests in modern maritime issues, such as preservation of maritime law and combating poachers in the Australian Whale Sanctuary. Tasmania's rich history of food and wines are also a focal point during this event. It has a major economic benefit to the island state of Tasmania, with accommodation fully booked during the event.
AWBF is only open to boats constructed from timber*, and is widely regarded as the largest event of its type in the southern hemisphere. Indeed, it may be the world's largest boat festival only open to wooden boats.
The First Australian Wooden Boat Festival was held in 1994 (180 boats).
2005 - 40,000 visitors (450 boats)
2011 - 160,000 visitors (550 boats)
2013 - 200,000 visitors (550 boats)
2015 - 200,000+ visitors (550 boats)
2017 - 200,000+ visitors (550 boats)
* An exception is tall ships, as some large tall ships that visit during the festival have steel or iron hulls.
