Saturday 18 October 2014

esCarpade 2014 Day 0 - Broken Hill - Scrutineering and Welcome Dinner

Waking up in Broken Hill, it was time for Damian to go and find some coffee for him and Angus...  Past some magnificent old buildings...


Then back to the hotel for an aerial view of Booger Mobile!!


Day 0 is scrutineering day, but before that, it was time for fuel...


Then arriving at scrutineering...


Lined up waiting...


ARB Broken Hill kindly supplied the workshop for scrutineering...


After passing with flying colours, it was back to the hotel for an afternoon of quiet reflection, a few quiet drinks and some strumming...  And then this magnificently turned out HR ute appeared!!  Damian thought it was a cracker, and also that they would be sad after the first few days on the dirt!!


Some of the other vehicles lined up...


Time for the official welcome dinner...  Damian and Angus all geared up to go!!


Angus and Annie from Ladybirds (new entrants for 2014) decided that they need a rest on the way to dinner...


The Broken Hill Civic Centre...  venue for the evening...


Some of the teams before briefing began...


Welcome to esCarpade 2014!!


Hats arrived... woohoo!!  (They weren't available when the boys took Booger Mobile to scrutineering.)


Damian tests the metal of his 5 year esCarpade badge...  Yep, it's real!!  (Looks like he caught a bit of sun today, or was just chomping so hard on the metal his face went red...)


After the earliest finish ever, it was back to the hotel for Damian to do a blog post...  An early start awaits for the first day of driving...

Stay tuned - the real fun is about to begin!!

1 comment:

  1. Congratulations on the five year medal Damian.

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