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June 13, 2008
Finke Desert Race 2008
So this is the third time that the Finke Desert Race has been on while I've been in the NT. The first time I had just started working at Bo's and was fairly new to town (maybe 2-3 weeks in at most). I spent the Finke that year working and met a lot of the competitors on the monday night after the race; they were very thirsty. The second time around Nat and I had moved up to Darwin but of course got caught working in Daly Waters for a few months. We ran into a few of the teams heading back north or back to WA. Again, they were quite thirsty.
This year, I made it out to the race. It rained the day and night before Finke which was a mixed blessing. The wet kept the dust down but also made for some interesting track conditions...not to mention the state of the Old South Rd.
There's not much to say about Finke, except that the whole town of Alice pretty much shuts down for the weekend and everybody is camped out besides the track. It'd be a good sight to see from any flight coming from the southern cities - half the town spread out around campfires for the 200km+ stretch to the community of Finke. I've got some more info on Finke but you'll have to read about it later, although it occurred at an earlier date....confusing, eh? That's what happens when I write up posts but don't get the time to computerize'em.
In the meantime here's some race photos.
The whole set can be found here
Posted by Dr.Unk at June 13, 2008 4:59 AM
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