Moomba Birdman Rally: Samuel Johnson wins prize, promises to share it

Actor Samuel Johnson takes out the prize at this year’s Birdman Rally in Melbourne, despite casting aside an apparatus made of bras and diving head first into the Yarra.

Crowds gathered as competitors leapt from a platform to try to fly across the river as part of the annual Moomba Festival event.

Fifteen competitors donned costumes and flying apparatus to try to make it across the Yarra, before inevitably plunging into its muddy depths.

Entrants were judged on how many metres they flew, but could boost their scores based on how much money they raised for a chosen charity ahead of the event.

Source: Moomba Birdman Rally: Samuel Johnson wins prize, promises to share it – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)