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Decided not to start today
Due to cloudy weather several hours East of Perth we decided not to start today and to set off tomorrow. Instead further training and repeated checking of the car was conducted.Media Day
We set off early to Channel 9 in Perth to tape Bronwyn with NRMA Sunswift II (and the team holding up the banner in the background) for tomorrow's Today show. At 11am the team gathered at the workshop and drove from there to the edge of the Swan River to film Emily being Random Breath Tested...More testing
Testing and modifications continued at the workshop.Brian and Randy
Early this morning we were to have dropped our two American guests (Brian and Randy) off at the airport for their 7 am flight home. It turned out that Brian had mistaken the flight, the flight was really was at 11.55pm! Shane Stone arrived on the Indian Pacific this morning.Mark Hewitt and Scott Ridell
Mark Hewitt and Scott Ridell arrived late tonight. Testing of various components and improvements to the car were started.Christmas Day!
Rest day for the entire team. The Chris Cringle presents were handed out after lunch and some were well thought out (Fabio soap, Dot's beer opener...)University of Western Australia
Everyone was woken up early (4.30) by Shane and we set off early for Perth. Many people stopped at some of the larger towns to pick up their Cris Cringle presents (which of course they had left until the last minute...). Arrived at Kingswood College on The University of Western Australia in the...Testing
Practice Race Start today, so we were up bright and early. Today's testing, with Dot Sikorska driving, included changing from the wheel motor to the T-Flux motor on the side of the road and an unscheduled stop to repair a broken wire in the motor controller control cable (which was easily fixed)....West Australian border
After warming ourselves up after the cold night, we checked over the car's systems this morning decided to begin testing. We drove to the West Australian border and unloaded the car. Peta Tracey hopped in first and on one of the downhill runs set a cracking pace of 80 kms/hour. Both Emily Harper...[ 26 results ]
