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Aussie legends Our quest to find OZ’S CRAZIEST COMP!

Coming across an article about a wacky competition called the Tuna Toss, my workmate Michael, who goes by his surname Hing, and I were intrigued.

Part of the Tunarama Festival in Port Lincoln, South Australia, competitors see who can throw a 10-kilo rubber tuna the farthest.

‘We should do this!’ I laughed to Hing.

As co-hosts on radio station Triple J, it was November 2021, and after two years of lockdowns due to COVID-19, we were keen to escape our glass recording booth.

At first we planned to enter as many

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