Arrived in Darwin

Pre-race: 13 October 2009

Arrived in Darwin! I'm the only team member from Solar Fern to make it this year unfortunately, but at least one of us were able to make it, even if our car could not.

So where to stay? Last race we stayed at the camp group up the road from the Hidden Valley race track, in tents! Well we didn’t get to use the tent much since we worked 24 hours anyway, but I’m not planning on doing that this time! With a bigger team (more than one) sharing a hotel/motel would be the way to go. The camp ground is not really close enough to make much difference, so it’s probably better to stay in town. This time around I’m at the YHA backpackers. The rooms have air conditioners, and there’s all the usual facilities.

So after settling in I took a stroll around Darwin centre. It was hot but the cloud kept it bearable. Darwin’s changed a bit, but a lot is still familiar from 2005 when I was an observer and stayed in the city centre. We didn’t have much time for sightseeing in 2007!