Olympic Torch Sculpture - Manjimup, Western Australia
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blingg
S 34° 14.489 E 116° 08.796
50H E 421412 N 6210739
A chainsaw carving of two hands clutching the Olympic torch.
Waymark Code: WMV422
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 02/20/2017
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On July 3rd 2000 the olympic torch passed through the town of Manjimup where an evening celebration was held. The Olympic Torch Relay (the longest in Olympic history) began with the lighting of the torch in Greece on the 10th of May 2000. The relay around Australia began at Uluru and then travelled for 100 days and 27,000kms, ending in Sydney where Cathy Freedman lit the cauldron.
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