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Australians throw 300,000 tonnes of tomatoes at each other

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Melbourne has lived up to its reputation of being the Europe of Australia, with a replica of La Tomatina, the world famous Spanish tomato-throwing festival, taking place on Saturday.


More than 5,000 insane people headed to Flemington Racecourse for a food fight with 300,000 tonnes of roma tomatoes. The punters smothered themselves in the red slime, pelted tomatoes at one another and splashed around in the juices



The event, called the Tomato Battle, hopes to be a cross between the famous La Tomatina festival and the German beer festival, Oktoberfest — with participants downing beverages and moshing to bands in the smashed-up tomato sauce mess. While smooshing around in the soup, festival goers were required to wear goggles and bathing suits Read more...


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