Video: Newcomers, seasoned veterans drawn to Southern 80
Sports journalist Zach Hubber caught up with some of the thousands of visitors in Echuca-Moama for the Southern 80 on the weekend.
They came, they saw and they left.
Thousands of people were drawn to the banks of the Murray River near Echuca-Moama for the 2013 Southern 80 this weekend.
Riverine Herald sports journalist Zach Hubber yesterday caught up with some of them — newcomers and seasoned veterans alike — to ask them what brought them to the event this year.
An aerial shot of the Southern 80 on Saturday morning.
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