Not only are Moree's Whibley family top whipcrackers, but it turns out they also know how to boil a billy, with young Georgia Whibley being named the best junior billy boiler in the world.
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The 12-year-old can claim the title after taking out the Junior World Billy Boiling Championship at the Scenic Rim Clydesdale Spectacular, held in Boonah, Queensland on Saturday, June 15.
And she didn't just claim the title, but she also set a new world record for the fastest time after managing to boil her billy in five minutes and 14 seconds.
"I felt happy and good," she said of her achievement.
"[Georgia] just smashed it; she was on fire," mum Lisa Whibley added.
The win was even sweeter considering Georgia was competing against her older sister Paris and family friend Henry Pitman, both aged 16, who ended up coming second and third, respectively. Younger brother Ed, aged seven, also competed in the event and came fourth.
Paris also placed third in the women's competition, ahead of her mum Lisa who came fourth, while dad Kerry placed seventh in the men's event.
The competition is pretty straight forward - the person who boils their billy in the quickest time, wins. Competitors are given chopped wood, one box of matches and a cardboard box to fan the fire and with that need to build a fire, put the billy can on top and get it to boil.
Mrs Whibley said the competition is a mixture of luck and technique.
"It's a lot of luck but you've got to know what you're doing," she said.
"Sometimes you can get it to go and it goes."
Georgia said her secret to success on Saturday was listening to men's world champion Steve Wicks from Gunnedah, who gave the juniors a few tips before they started.
"He told us that when you light your matches, light three at once and put them at the bottom and then chuck a few more on without lighting them, and that helps light the fire," she said.
"Another trick is to pile the wood up around the billy. When the fire gets going it burns from all sides to make it hotter."
This is the third time the Whibleys have competed in the World Billy Boiling Championships, which they got into while at the Scenic Rim Clydesdale Spectacular for the Queensland whipcracking titles.
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The family also had success in the whipcracking titles on the weekend, with Ed winning the Pee Wee (eight years and under) title, while Georgia came second in the juvenile (eight to 12 years) section, Paris placed third in the junior (under 16s) division, Lisa was second in the women's over 45s competition and Kerry came about fifth in the men's equivalent.
Lisa said they'll most likely be back to compete in the billy boiling and whipcracking next year "to defend our titles".
