The 'Pacific Toyota' Big Dig & Diddy Dig

The organisers would like to say a big thanks to all our supporters which help to make this attraction happen.

In 2011 we had the mazing new attraction, The Diddy Dig!  Sixteen teams of local primary school children with 4 in a team (2 boys & 2 girls) all shoveling woodchip against other teams into half cubic metre bins.  Each team represented a local school and the winners won a beautifully carved trophy, along with plenty of other goodies up for grabs. 

This was a whole heap of fun for both the kids and spectators, and in 2012 it is set to be just as entertaining!  You can see the Diddy Dig on Saturday 8th September.

Now in its 4th year The Pacific Toyota Big Dig is another fine attraction at Woodfest. This extreme wood chip shoveling competition is the only one of its kind in New Zealand if not the World.

In 2012 we are searching for the 1st ever Big Dig World Champions.

Eight teams will shovel it out for supremacy, with 3 team members attempting to shovel 3 cubic metres of locally produced wood chip into a giant ‘Foote’ bin and all before the other team.

The equation is simple – do it faster than your opponents and you will go through to the next knockout round!

The winners will cash in a massive $1000 for their efforts and the reigning champions ‘Riteway Rigging’ will certainly be the team to watch out for having won it both years so far.

You can see the Pacific Toyota Big Dig on Sunday 9^th September near the woodchoppers.

The Pacific Toyota Big Dig is simply a competition of real grit and determination and only the physically and mentally fit will overcome the challenge of shovelling 3 cubic metres of locally produced woodchip into the giant Footebins.