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Victoria and South Australia pit their respective joker muscles against each other in Heckle and Jeckle. Victoria would live (but only just) to regret it. |
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"This programme is based on the European production of 'Jeux Sans Frontiers'". Had to put that one in for our Euro fans. |
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'Ding Dong', one of the few 'turntable' events, attracted on this occasion the playing of THREE jokers (including that of Frankston, which was sacrificed in the heat). The rotating turntable can be seen at the bottom of the screen, on which two female team members of each of the two competing teams walked around wearing flippers. These people obtained water bombs from a kiddie pool in the centre of the turntable and tried to hurl them into a measuring cylinder suspended in the air. The cylinder was attached via ropes and pulleys to a suspended male team member, who was dressed in an IAK space suit. The first team to cause the spaceman to rise up to ring the bell won. Needless to say, it was one of the more bizarre events. |
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Frankston on the way to obtaining some rare points. In this case they earned three points for finishing equal first by retrieving three eggs from the Kookaburra's Nest. Competitors had to climb the 'tree', walk along the thin 'branch' (while opposition 'kookaburra' was swung at them), steal an large 'egg' from the 'nest' and get back to put the egg in a basketball net. |
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In Pass the Hoops, a Big Pool event, competitors climbed out over the pool on suspended rope handles with a hula-hoop held around their ankles. They then attempted to effect a transfer of the hoop to a team member who had climbed over from the other side of the pool. The competitors could only get a certain distance from each other, meaning a body-swinging technique was required. The team with the most transfers in the time limit won. Often played in the rain, this event was a sure recipe for hypothermia. |
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'Tightrope Suction', as previewed prior to an ad break. |
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'Tightrope Suction' involved walking over a rope that was suspended a small distance over the Small Pool. Suction cups on rods were used to keep the competitors upright. The suction cups had to be progressively placed on each of ten discs that were suspended above the competitors' heads as they traversed the pool. Most of the time the suction cups would either 1. stick too hard or 2. not stick at all. |
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Dense showering mists didn't help, nor did the lack of rope tension for the heavier competitors who found themselves walking ankle-deep in water. |