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Australian Wooden Boat Festival
Regular event in Tasmania, Australia
The Australian Wooden Boat Festival (AWBF) 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.[2]
About
[edit]The festival is a celebration of Australia's maritime heritage and also showcases Tasmania's rich history of food and wines.
It has a major economic benefit to the island state of Tasmania, with accommodation fully booked during the event.
Australian wooden boat festival 2025AWBF is open only 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 open to wooden boats only.[3]
History
[edit]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+ visi
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