Moomba Festival
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Search complete. 20 mentions across 9 episodes found for "Moomba Festival".
Oct 20, 2026
Shannon GillGUEST
So Victoria is going to host it again in 1987.
Shannon GillGUEST
The idea is it's going to start on Moomba weekend.
Shannon GillGUEST
So it's going to be pushed back to March.
Shannon GillGUEST
It's going to be run in conjunction with Moomba.
Shannon GillGUEST
Um, we had someone text about the Birdman rally, all this sort of stuff that, that would have been a great Melbourne celebration.
Shannon GillGUEST
As we go on again, they still can't find any sponsors.
Jase HawkinsHOST
Fun stuff.
CharlesAUDIENCE
Well, I mean, I, I participated in the Birdman Rally at Moomba.
CharlesAUDIENCE
[laughs]
Jase HawkinsHOST
[laughs]
Gina LianoGUEST
Yes, Melbourne's great.
Gina LianoGUEST
Moomba, you and I, let's talk.
Joel CreaseyHOST
Let's do
Gina LianoGUEST
it.
Gina LianoGUEST
No, can I tell you, my daughter-in-law – wants you and I to be king and queen of Moomba.
Gina LianoGUEST
She keeps saying, she said, who do I ring? Who can I start? And I said, well, queen and queen.
Gina LianoGUEST
I'll be king and you can be queen.
Joel CreaseyHOST
I'm down.
Gina LianoGUEST
Melbourne's great.
Gina LianoGUEST
Moomba, you and I, let's talk.
Joel CreaseyHOST
Let's do it.
Gina LianoGUEST
[laughs] No, can I tell you, my daughter-in-law-
Joel CreaseyHOST
Mm
Gina LianoGUEST
... wants you and I to be king and queen of Moomba.
Joel CreaseyHOST
Oh my God.
Gina LianoGUEST
She keeps saying, she said-
Tony MoclairHOST
133693.
Tony MoclairHOST
Before I go to a break, uh, Text to 185 says, "They should have placed the wheel behind Fed Square where Moomba is, and it would've stimulated a lot more revenue during that period.
Tony MoclairHOST
Easier to commute in and out, too." Well, again, we don't know, uh, can you imagine having to jump through the regulatory, uh, hoops to get something like this erected in the CBD? I can't imagine it was easy and, uh, would be more difficult still, I would, uh, I would posit, um, if you were gonna put it in a place like Birrarung Marr.
Tony MoclairHOST
133693.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
We had to flag down another player travelling.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
No. Moomba out here.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
They had to grab the balls.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
We had to hold up traffic.
Greg LynchCORRESPONDENT
Which was a very important bank.
Greg LynchCORRESPONDENT
Nevertheless, they were very solvent, uh, uh, during this tour, and, uh, um, they had a float at Melbourne's Moomba Parade, the State Savings Bank we're talking about.
Greg LynchCORRESPONDENT
And of course, this is during the tour of the Mouseketeers, and the Mouseketeers, um, along, um, with Dave Somerville and The Diamonds playing at Festival Hall.
MargaretHOST
Yes.
Greg LynchCORRESPONDENT
Well, the State Banks had a, a Mickey Mouse one, and with ears.
MargaretHOST
Yes.
Greg LynchCORRESPONDENT
Uh, and they were escorted down the street at, in the Moomba Parade by lo- well, 70 local s- schoolchildren.
Greg LynchCORRESPONDENT
In Melbourne on GTV9, the show was hosted locally by Uncle Doug, Uncle Doug Elliot.
FrankAUDIENCE
was like
TerryAUDIENCE
Moomba in town.
TerryAUDIENCE
Really? They were floats.
Heidi MurphyHOST
Was it that big in the city of Melbourne? Floats?
Denis WalterHOST
Chinese, not museum, but Chinese monument or something there with Russell Jack was the man, yeah.
MerleAUDIENCE
And don't forget Moomba.
MerleAUDIENCE
Moomba was a big... you know, in this city, and Barry used to drive the...
MerleAUDIENCE
The canoes.
MerleAUDIENCE
Oh, yes.
Denis WalterHOST
Dragon boats.
Denis WalterHOST
Merle, I can't remember.
Denis WalterHOST
I think most people have got great memories, great Moomba memories.