Ben's Chicken Racing Tambo — Attraction in Tambo

One of the funniest nights of my life! Publican Ben sure knows how to entertain a crowd. Before the Chicken race began he recited the racing form of each chicken, and how the chooks were named and coloured. As there was no "scratchings"on this night in Chicken Snitzel Stadium lol, Ben proceeded to enlighten the guests on how the race would be conducted. Lots of banter about foul play and eventually what would happen to the chickens in the kitchen if they were ever disqualified hahha the rules of the race were relayed to all of us waiting to bid for a worthy chook. The proceeds of the auction were split evenly between the person whom had acquired the winning chook in auction and the other half goes to a charity. The night I was there it was for the kids in the bush doing it tough! The race itself as Ben explained was a lap of 4 times around a chicken run with the winner being the chook that crossed the line first. Now this is where Foul Play comes into the equation as you know chooks have a habit of running both back and forwards and if a chicken happened to be close to the winning line at the end of the race and just steps over the finish line, then that chook is declared the winner! How do you get chickens to run 4 times around a race, you may ask...well a bucket of chook food in tied to a remote car which proceeds around the track with chooks running happily after it! It is indeed hilarious to watch the action and the folks gleefully urge their chicken on to cross that line first. Such simple entertainment in the middle of nowhere and this event entertains visitors every night. Needless to say charities in the bush for Children and the Flying Doctors have indeed benefitted from very entertaining night! Well done Ben for developing this event, not sure I have heard of anything else out...

This place is a hoot. Located at The Royal Cangararra Hotel in Tambo Queensland. Ben's the publican and owner, buying it about 7 years ago. He was keen to promote the town and scratched his head for ideas. He came up with a plan to race chickens and to raise desperately needed money for local welfare organisations. 6 years later, the place is packed every night with travelling tourists as he hilariously comperes and runs the race. The crowd bids for the chickens spending lots of money to achieve the fame of their chicken winning. Highly recommend visiting this place whilst on you travel through the amazing Queensland...

Well done Ben The publican is the master entertainer at this event of racing chickens to raise money for charity he put time and effort into delighting his patrons with a truly unique experience auctioning off the ‘girls ‘ (chickens brightly coloured with food colouring chasing a remote controlled car carrying seed ) to patrons they then race following said car to the finish line …. it is all great fun We heard by word of mouth about this great pub and it’s charity raising chook event and had to stop and see for ourselves we weren’t disappointed Great entertainment good food and a friendly atmosphere well...