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On Wednesday the 9th June at 5am dad and i set off on our holiday to Alice Springs for the Finke Desert Race. This was the 6th time i had been to Alice Springs for the race. We camped in our swags at Cadney Homested, a little camping ground and fuel station after the first day of driving. The next morning we woke up at 7 to complete the 1600kms and finally arrive in Alice Springs. It was 1pm and dad and i set our tent up in the caravan park. On the 3rd day we headed out to Stanley Casim and Palm Valley. The road out to palm valley was 4wd only and man was it rough, it had to of been the best 4wd'ing i have done so far! When we got back to the caravan park our mates had rolled in by then so we sat around and had some drinks. It was then 6pm and we had scrutineering to go to, this is where CAMS confirmes that the buggy/bike and their gear is up to standard and safe to race. This is got to be the best night of the whole trip, you can get up and close to the bikes and buggies and have a good look at the great detail and mechanics that go into them. The 4th day then arose and all 13 of up set out down the track to find our camp site, came across the 45km mark and found a good place so we pulled over and set up (approx 70 thousand spectators camp along the 236km track over the 3 days) Day 5 brought us the first day of racing!! woke up, had a coffee and walked to our hill where watched the race. The cars and bikes would race 236km down the track to a little aboriginal community called Finke where they would stay the night and do any repairs needed. Day 6 was the last of racing and once the buggies had finished we packed up and headed back towards Alice Springs for the first leg home. that night we stayed at a little outback town called Mala. The last day was the 1000km journey home, was a good day, stopped and took a few photos of this and that.
I could write so much more but i just couldnt be skrewed and it would probs just bore u guys haha, so thanks for reading guys and here are just some of the 800 photos we took!                                
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16-06-2010, 09:44 AM
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Thanks for the pics. Scenery looks great. I'll have to get out to the Alice one of these days and see it for myself, coinciding it with the Finke seems like the perfect plan.
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Great pics what hardware?
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My mate and his dad were entered in the fink in a suzuki vitara, it got the best of them they put a hole in there sump :(
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Thanks for the pics mate. Love the FINKE. Navigated back in 94 in an XG ute, 3rd in class with blown 3rd gear.
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Nice pics, guy i work with was in the race, Came in 27th i think, was riding a CRF450, not a bad effort.
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Great pics great event !
Got to give it to those guys on the quads...rough enough as it is but they really test the "cohanas".....
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Sweet pics mate, team mingay (Stuntsinc) lost a wheel at 120kph, heres some pics from matts FB
  Always wanted to do the finke! and its a awesome area! i spent 2 years at ayers rock a few years ago! really wanna go back sometime! |
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yea those blokes were sitting on the side of the track for 9 hours only a couple off kms from where i was camped
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Yep that was bill and his son jack.
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this is on again in 3 months everyone, anyone heading up this year ?
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I wish, will be keen to see some of it on telly though.
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