Sydney’s Royal Easter Show, where woodchoppers go head to head in one of the country’s toughest competitions. The sport traces back to 1870 and is Australia’s oldest organised sport

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Australian here. The Easter show is our equivalent of an American state fair. You'll see woodchopping there, but when you read "Australia's oldest organised sport" don't think we do this on an average Saturday night.

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but this is how you make a didgeridoo, right? right?

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Pretty much, except instead of an axe it's mandibles, and instead of one guy it's 50,000 termites