ON Saturday, January 11, the Bright Lions Club held their annual Great Australian Duck Race in Morses Creek at Centenary Park in Bright.

Following a pleasant afternoon of music performed by 'Skunkworks', a not for profit youth brass band, and the traditional Lions Club sausage sizzle and snow cones, 1000 yellow ducks were released by the Bright SES and floated their way down to the finish line, watched by crowds of enthusiastic locals and tourists.

"It was a lot of fun on Saturday," Graham Badrock, president of the Bright Lions Club, said.

"We were ably helped by the Bright SES Unit, who helped us wrangle the ducks and assisted with the set up and pack up.

"We sold 1000 tickets for $5 each, first prize receives $1000, second place $500, third $250 and fourth $100.

"Andrea from Gippsland had the first duck over the line, with John, Marilyn and Joy from Bright with the second, third and fourth-placed ducks."

Winners were able to choose gift vouchers from either Woolworths, Coles or fuel vouchers, whichever they preferred, with the remainder of funds raised by the sale of duck race entry tickets utilised to support the local community.

"Three trumpeters from the Melbourne Youth Brass Band Orchestra, officially started the race," Mr Badrock said.

"It took the ducks about 15 minutes to get to the finish line, with about 25 real ducks in the river already.

"They were happy enough to bob down the river in the lead, until they got to the finish line where we were waiting and then they thought that was enough and they flew off.

"The Great Australian Duck Race has been going for over 30 years and we hope to have just as much fun next year, as this year."