It's Raining Kites All over at Glenelg Beach

“Kites kites Flying High , They seem to reach the sky” the well known  kindergarten rhyme could be  sung  for this apt occasion. Many Australians in Sydney got   together   to  fly kites thus giving way to their  inner childish enthusiasm for flying kites. Kites are a fantasy for many and especially for children. On Makara   Sankaranti   day   we see many children in North India flying kites along with their elders in tow. Scouts in South Australia have taken the old expression of "go fly a kite" to new heights by setting a world record for the number of kites in the air at one time. The   Aussie Scouts also had their share of kite flying excitement   in Sydney and proved that they are not far behind their Indian counterparts.

More than 1100 kites were flown over  Glenelg  Beach in Adelaide .It was just the perfect day for kite flying as the nature also bowed down to the ambitious kite fliers. There was a slight sea breeze and clear blue skies   just the apt  conditions  needed to fly kites high in the sky. The beach was turned into a sea of colour as the kites were put into the air. The kites were on Three meter strings to avoid collisions and  kites tangling. The scouts manager  described the event  making the beach  divided in to coloured  kite zones.Once the participants were with the kites  the marshalls handed over the  kite rods to them .Then  a count was taken of the rods given to the participants and each marshall was responsible to count the number of kites  in the  air within  their zone. The record attempt was overseen by a senior police official and Justice of the Peace. Fireworks were set off from the Glenelg Jetty to signal the start of the world record attempt.

The previous record was set in April by Rotary and UK Scouts with 927 kites in the sky at once over Bournemouth  and this was well surpassed with the current record.

The  most kite flying counted to 1100 kites set by Aussie Scouts at Glenelg Beach, Adelaide ,Australia on August 19,2007.