Thursday, 24 January 2019

Bathurst 12 Hour 2019

Left home this morning quite early to escape the heat as temps were forecast to hover 40 and above .... We arrived in Wangaratta at about midday to this.





$42 for a barren drive thru site in Wangaratta .. only saving grace was that it was under a tree providing relief from the 40 plus temp.


The only way to keep cool. 


Temp at the caravan park at 6.10pm and it didn't drop below 29.1 all night ... today it reached 42 
Tomorrow a manageable 32 


F111 at Wagga RAAF base ... retired from service in 2010


Mirage fighter (right) and Macchi jet trainer (left)








Poor Magpie trying to escape the 42 degree heat








Our campsite at Wagga Big 4 ... great park




The restored railway station at Wagga 


Driving around Wagga .. checkout the outside temp


Installing a computer fan on the fridge vent ... the poor fridge did not like the extreme temp's it really struggled.


Murrumbidgee River behind the caravan park






Huge site


Medium size Koala near the the Dog on the Tuckerbox


Star Hotel in Gundagai


Criterion Hotel in Gundagai


Having a Great Northern at the Criterion Hotel


Shorty with the dog on the tuckerbox.





Dad Dave Mum and Mabel


Gundagai railway Station




The old trestle road bridge in Gundagai ... needs repair


The old rail and road bridges in Gundagai












No Shorty that won't fix it




The new bridge ... Hume Hwy


Sunset at the park




Graphics on the cars are pretty amazing


Our campsite at Bathurst








The Bentley crew




The smiling assassin.


One of the Pommie commentators.


Shorty with the Bentley crew


Porsche


Bentley


Ferrari




Even the police are driving BMW's


Shorty with Chaz


Pub on one corner


And a pub on the other corner






Shorty with her car






Well setup fridge, BBQ and satellite TV




This tree on the top of the Mountain has seen a few races


ABW Racing ... Anyone But Whingecup


Having a drink at the Yenda Bar


Mustang


Nissan GTR


Aston Martin


Lambo


The fastest car on Friday Benz AMG


Bentley Continental .. the best looking car




BMW M6


Ferrari 488






The T888 crew ... not happy ... 19th on the grid


The drivers from the 19 car ... Christina Nielsen the only woman in the race


Garth Tander ... Driving for Audi


Todd Hazelwood signing a poster for Shorty


Warren Luff with Shorty


The Brabham BT62 ... cool looking vehicle


Steven Johnson, Mark Beretta with Shorty


The Pole winning car Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 with a lap time of 2.02.494s


The sister car to the pole winning Aston Martin V12 Vantage being repaired after hitting the wall.


Fans getting ready for the start


Warm up lap ...5:45am




The brakes sure do get a hiding
















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