IT MIGHT be a town best known for having one of the world's biggest grain storage facilities, but Merredin broke a more unusual record on Saturday.
And to do so, it proved that the strength of a small community can outdo one of the world’s biggest and best-known cities.
At the Merredin and Districts Agricultural Show on Saturday, Merredin broke the world record for the longest line of human mattress dominoes.
In order to break the record, 374 people stood in a line, each holding single inner-spring mattresses, smashing the previous world record of 344 set by Dubai just weeks ago.
Federal MP for Kalgoorlie Barry Haase and City of Canning mayor Bruce Mason were honorary guests at the event and acted as the official judges.
GWN’s Doopa Dog started the domino effect by pushing the first person backwards onto the person behind and the rest toppled one after another.
The first person in the line was a representative from Collgar Wind Farm, which was a major sponsor of the event.
Organisers drove around in buggies to film the successful domino tumble and the video will be submitted to the Guinness World Records, with their official approval of the record expected to be confirmed within a week.
The record has been the subject of almost feverish activity in recent months.When Merredin Show organisers first floated the idea in September, the record was 122. But it reached almost stratospheric levels in February when a mattress company in Dubai got in on the act with 344 of its employees and mattresses setting the new record.
Luckily for Merredin and thanks to mattress suppliers from as far afield as Esperance and Perth, there were more than enough inner-springs to beat Dubai.China Southern Airlines, Merredin Residential College and various mattress retailers also donated mattresses to help achieve the amazing feat.One of the show’s organisers Martin Morris said he was very happy with the achievement.“The good part was it wasn’t just one organisation doing it,” he said.