Getting on breakfast television AND the evening news in Australia on the same day is peak fame for us simpletons 🤣

Ahh bloody hell, I got into uncontrollable belly laughter when you said that Moomba really meant: I had to pause it to watch the rest. Well done again Julian.

I’ve just been bingeing your videos and I ran into myself! Jumping into the Yarra for Birdman with Girl Guides was absolutely a bucket list item checked off, even if our flying Kayak only flew approx 3m! Thanks for sharing the breakfast TV stage with me haha

How does this not have a million views? Fun content and great production!

The guy-wires needed to be below the wings rather than above to prevent the wings from folding the way it did. But I doubt if it would’ve made much difference - to an already brilliant effort! Love all your videos… always a happy and soothing vibe in the way you speak. Uplifting and much needed in these trying times. 👍🏻

OF COURSE Moomba means "up ya bum" that's the MOST Melbourne thing I have ever heard...

Some time in the 80's I spotted some college mates at the birdman rally, hadn't seen these old faces in a while so went over to greet 'em, and see what they had going on. One of 'em had brought a hanglider but wasn't willing to try it. They seemed kind of squirrely about something, like maybe 'sure' meant 'no way'. But I was encouraged to try, if this was a mixed signals thing (the owner was a friend of a friend), he confirmed his okay after inquiries was made, word came the judge mighta gave the attempt an okay, and I was okay with trying since the homies were no-takers balking at the altar: so I had a go at hang gliding. I was a natural btw. Then they produced a project thing that looked like maybe a tub or something with wings. I rly only remember it dropped like a stone... into the heavy rope netting about 15 feet down or something, mighta been a sprain ..again I dunno. There was a cash prize for reaching X distance, I actually came pretty close, the decision went up to the judge. But a toe had skimmed the water, a short way along the total distance I actually travelled, before my feet got in the hammock cradle thing. I recovered out of a nosedive, and only got a level glide plane going just above the water. Levelled out, the thing just kept gliding along which surprised everyone. Me included. Up till the verdict came back, I honestly thought I might have won something - recalling the toe skim I realised this rebuff was alright. The crowd had really wanted me to win too. My effort was the furthest anyone had got that day, maybe in years. First time in a hang glider, the only time too. Fun though.

I miss the days when this was actually televised live on the day.

Dennis was awesome! Great plane but can't see Qantas calling you for technical support 😉😊

When I was a kid in the early 80s, TV ads for Moomba played, including the Birdman Rally, and walking on water. These usually played on weekend morning TV during Hey Hey It's Saturday. Where did the time go?

Great cause! One of the best. Not only are you an interesting human that communicates well you’re always a compassionate one.

Participating in the culture you explore gives some unique insight. Love it!

And you supported my absolute favourite charity in Melbourne. I have immense respect for Kon and the team at the ASRC. Well chosen. And ( apart from Covid) I haven't missed a single Bird Man Rally. Love watching nutters jump gamely into our upside down river

There was a rival for odd competitions in filthy waterways and that was the The Milk Carton Regatta which used to be held on the Patawalonga “River” at Glenelg. I only have vague memories of it, but there were some unique contraptions entered. Good times! Nice vid 👌🏻

When did you do this? The wings going straight up as you jumped seems vaguely familiar to me, but I haven’t watched tv in years.

You didn’t embarrass yourself. The bird man rally is (by far) the best part of Moomba because of participants like you. I’d have to say though, the “Up” house was my favourite 😂

This is fabulous! Love your channel, Julian! Made my morning, can’t wait to see more content. So good.

I remember watching at Brighton Jetty and Glenelg Jetty as a kid, I now live in a little country town in Vic

I flew in the 1985 Birdman Rally in Canberra. I skinned my wings with polystyrene sheets. They absolutely exploded on impact.

Hi Julian love the channel, awesome work keep it up

There’s a handful of places and events named similar to Moomba. Lake Wendouree literally means go away and even Yarra itself isn’t the traditional name and was basically used to warn the man who named it.

Melbourne is so good at pinching ideas from Adelaide but none of them have the balls to do it into the Southern Ocean like we used too lol

Those good old days? 🤣 Love the contents in the channel.

You're a legend.

All that hard work and effort by Aussie's own Lawrence Hargrave and we let the Japanese technos take over. There needs to be an inquiry into this..

Good on ya, Julian!

In the the PC period (Pre Covid) I used to do the ‘slomo’ footage of the contestants flight for the big screen at ‘upyabum’ for years. I must have started watching Julian before I knew who he was!

They do these in wellington (nz) every now and again. usually rained off

LOL. The only time I've ever been on the news was thanks to the TurtleWatch program. The one time it was early enough in the day for a news crew to be there on our north Queensland beaches to see a nest emerge. I remember the Birdman Rally being shown on Nine's Wide World Of Sports (Anyone old enough to remember that?) 30 years ago.

I really want to see the TIE Fighter.

Love to See my Principle fall flat on his face when he did it, he's an absolute legend.

we used to have them to here in the Netherlands even two versions. called [first in Dutch and than a translation] ''Ter land, ter zee en in de lucht'' or By land, by sea or in the air. and the simpler version named ''ter land en ter zee'' (by land and sea) with the aim to get a amphibian contraption that could continue long enough to get you across the ramp and then the water until you could ring a bell. most contraptions would have had luck if they could pass the ramp part even.

i love moomba

Well done for competing.

I knew you looked familiar, I saw this on TV!

Next year.. A flying Unicorn. Lol

Ironically the Yarra River itself is also a mistaken aboriginal name, and it actually means River, so it's the, uh, 'River River''.

How high do the winds get there? I've got an idea for a proto-extreme sport related to non-motorized human flight, but it uses wind as the primary lift factor rather than just gliding.

brilliant stuff

If you had your arms along the wings and design them to flap and some kinda shoot between your legs and scuba flippers to catch the air and even the air flow I bet this would work and fly consistently.

The bunny's cape was the best. Considering how safety-conscious the Australians are, I'm surprised... that water would be my biggest hesitation. Yuck

I've been filming these for my channel for ten years now (except last year of course). My question is why did you bury this video at Christmas?

Hahaha great video they do it in Canberra my hometown as well into the fake lake they got there 🤣

Hi Julian maybe you'd like to cover the unique trash collectors on the Yarra keeping rubbish out of the bay?

Hi Julian, will you be at Birdman Rally this year too? If you are come by our food truck and say hello. My kids and I love your content so would be awesome to meet you in person 😊

Wish we had this in Canada :’(

How have I lived in Melbourne all my life and never heard of this before? But then, I guess that's the point of these videos.

Had the thing upside down Might have worked

Legit if you turned it upside down I think you could’ve got some decent distance on it

Why did you use your device upside down?

One day a Japanese man will land in the Yarra river having set a new record of 8000kms.

So it turns out we live in the same building (assuming that was the parking garage where you live).

You should be getting a kick back from Bunnings!

But when will there be a Bird Person Rally?

I'm making a list of things Melbourne "borrowed" from Adelaide.

I should build one to escape Gulag 7 NSW

omg poor bunny

Melbourne record of 20 meters Japan casually " hold my soju" 60kms ! and they manage to hold the Olympics'

5he best is this 10 minute fortress

Damn those Japanese take this seriously lol.

Poor Dennis!

Great

Holy shit, 60km?!?

Champion

no it means 'a bum up' or ' a bums up' my english great nan born in 1908 used to say it all the time.

3:30 fuck insurance companies, people need to stop kissing their asses

At one time a company offered some like $50.000 who can fly more than 50 metres I think for a while no one could then one someone broke the 50 metre mark the company paid up and pulled out killing the rally for few years Moomba brought it back with no prize

The only good part of moomba is the Birdman rally

The scariest thing is people willingly du k themselves into the Yarra 😝

Japan? 60kms? Yep. That'll be right.

putting those 2 bits of pvc either side of your neck was particularly dumb tbh

Just silly enough for me.

you look like jimmy neutron

Yeah, well, let's see how the Japanese do in the Henley on Todd, yeah?

I hope you didn’t drink any of that water. Worse than Fosters! Great contraption I have to say.

“let’s get together and have fun” is not necessarily incompatible with “up your bum” …

another Adelaide event stolen by Melbourne 😜

I can tell you're from the generation that seems to inexplicably care about the tv media... All of us younger than you have denounced it, it's time you did also.

Another thing stolen from Adelaide !!

stop perpetuating negative stereotypes about gloves... Don't even get me started on balaclavas... and what is it with Melbograd's WeIrD suburb names. Balaclava, BATMAN, Xmenville

Embarrassed yourself? What? You only embarrassed yourself when you thought having fun whilst helping charity was embarrassing. Keep on going to these events as they're silly and fun but the cause is great. Maybe next time make a flying paper-mache pink bunny and see if it can fly.

What a waste of a charity choice you made.