Flashback Friday: Festivities, frivolities and fun - we take a look back at Canberra's festival activities held annually in March.
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![Minister for the Capital Territory Michael Hodgman (right) pays homage to "The King" of Canberra, Fred Daly, at Horman House in 1981. Minister for the Capital Territory Michael Hodgman (right) pays homage to "The King" of Canberra, Fred Daly, at Horman House in 1981.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/fdcx/doc75xc9a1jzg41jr1d5hd4.jpg/r0_0_3233_4132_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Minister for the Capital Territory Michael Hodgman (right) pays homage to "The King" of Canberra, Fred Daly, at Horman House in 1981.
![Birdman rally winner George Reekie of Kelso at Commonwealth Park in 1993.
Birdman rally winner George Reekie of Kelso at Commonwealth Park in 1993.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/fdcx/doc75xc90l27v91fwis7hd4.jpg/r0_415_4710_3064_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Birdman rally winner George Reekie of Kelso at Commonwealth Park in 1993.
![Canberra Festival at Glebe Park. Hans Gunther of Page (left) and Jean and Geoffrey Calderwood of Curtin with a clown and his pet duck in 1992. Canberra Festival at Glebe Park. Hans Gunther of Page (left) and Jean and Geoffrey Calderwood of Curtin with a clown and his pet duck in 1992.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/fdcx/doc75xc936oss01iyq7ahd4.jpg/r0_529_4513_2980_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Canberra Festival at Glebe Park. Hans Gunther of Page (left) and Jean and Geoffrey Calderwood of Curtin with a clown and his pet duck in 1992.
![The official opening of the Canberra Festival water tunnel at the Nerang Pool, Commonwealth Gardens in 1983. The official opening of the Canberra Festival water tunnel at the Nerang Pool, Commonwealth Gardens in 1983.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/fdcx/doc75xc97oey80pdwtqhd4.jpg/r0_234_4403_3120_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
The official opening of the Canberra Festival water tunnel at the Nerang Pool, Commonwealth Gardens in 1983.
![The winners of the bed race at the Canberra Festival in 1982. The Tancred team (from left): Brent Carlisle, Rebecca Eardley, Matthew Eardley and Lea Goudie. The winners of the bed race at the Canberra Festival in 1982. The Tancred team (from left): Brent Carlisle, Rebecca Eardley, Matthew Eardley and Lea Goudie.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/fdcx/doc75xc8xy8nxh1e8obphd4.jpg/r0_241_3502_3031_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
The winners of the bed race at the Canberra Festival in 1982. The Tancred team (from left): Brent Carlisle, Rebecca Eardley, Matthew Eardley and Lea Goudie.
![The Canberra Festival's official clown Burley the Clown, performs a balloon routine in Commonwealth Park in 1985. The Canberra Festival's official clown Burley the Clown, performs a balloon routine in Commonwealth Park in 1985.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/fdcx/doc75xc958t21j18yncahd4.jpg/r0_0_3301_4578_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
The Canberra Festival's official clown Burley the Clown, performs a balloon routine in Commonwealth Park in 1985.