Alice Springs

That night we went to Todd Mall to see the display for the Finke Desert Race. They had freestyle motorbike riders who did amazing jumps in the air, while supermanning etc off the bike. There were 5 race trucks and buggies. 

Chatted to the no 3 guy for ages. It is an extremely rough ride on the roads. They go up to about 230km/h on the dirt. There is no windscreen, so rocks, dirt, cold etc goes straight onto your helmet. They have the rip away covers on them. An American and a bike rider explained about changing tyres. The nuts are glued to the spare wheel ready to go, then get snapped off with the rattle gun while being put on. The biggest race he's been in is the Baja California one, about 2500kms long. Saw the race doco after that. The cars look like they are on a carpet ride with their huge suspension, but inside the cabin, their arms and legs are constantly airborne then smacking the seat hard.

Ollie did his clay animation. Went to the telegraph repeater station, one of the first buildings in Alice. Also found out about the name. 

Anzac Hill has a nice view.

Saturday was at the Prolog. 7.50am and it's still 1 degree Celsius, shivers.

Prolog was kind of interesting watching them go around as fast as they can. They hit then stop, then hit the accelerator, seems weird not to have the power on constantly.

Left: the queue for the guys was longer than this even, while the ladies queue was zero.

Also went to the truck museum, which was kind of interesting to see the luxurious looking rigs.

The boys had a good time running around mainly.

Some of the stories were interesting! For example Joseph Irwin Miller was ahead of his time.

Some vintage cars that were really a sofa in a living room eg the Packard here.










There was a maker of cars and tractors in Auburn, Sydney.