Care to hypothesise why numbers are up?
Could be a Doctor Blake mystery!
Overall participation in Australia is increasing by about 5% year-on-year, although I wouldn't have expected that to flow through into national carnival numbers yet. The venue probably helps - it's closer to Melbourne than the last two Victorian-based Australian Championships have been.
WA last year also did significantly better for numbers than previous national carnivals in WA.
My presence at the carnival inspired others to enter.
yes we came back from OS just to be there