Perhaps the most important achievements were announced in a speech by Bourke.
“You consumed 106,000 beers, six tons of beef, 3,000 sausage rolls, and ... one apple.”
Being a rugged sort of Australian, Bourke neglected to mention the 3,000 bottles of mostly vintage champagne, 12,000 boxes of strawberries, and a small volcano of in-season Tasmanian truffles that had also been consumed.
In other words, snack food for the humpbacks.