One of the first to arrive at breakfast...
A good time for a stylish self portrait!!
Other cars started rolling in...
The Team BSL Kombi Van had been wrapped in plastic overnight, but who did it???
Breakfast time...
Followed by driver briefing...
Damian looks through the briefing notes...
Second cab off the rank - a record for Booger Mobile!!
But, 69 took a wrong turn at the first instruction and Booger Mobile ended up in the lead - a position it would hold for the first 18 instructions!!
Damian and Jo - number one!!
Bitumen driving...
Oh look, a corner!!
Dirt driving...
Past a nice old pub...
Across a river, with a nice old bridge in the background...
More tarmac driving...
If you are ever looking for Mywee, this is where you'll find it!!
Turning the corner - Booger Mobile had politely pulled over earlier to let a line of cars through...
Very dusty along this road!!
Even dustier behind!!
Stop and check for trains!!
Past the excavator being loaded onto a truck...
And arriving at the morning tea location - 10 minutes early!! Another first for Booger Mobile!!
Looking the goods!!
The sweets put on at morning tea were divine!!
Peta and Alice rev up the crowd for a puppet show!!
Deano (Peta) and Kylie (Alice) doing their thing!!
The esCarpadians sing their special song...
Jo getting into the esCarpade spirit!!
After morning tea, car 445 had it's bonnet up - earning them a guest appearance on the Booger Mobile blog!!
Following OV7 (Puppet-mobile) to the next school for a school visit...
Numurkah... nice little town...
Turning into the school road...
Fred smoking it up for the crowd...
The hungry hordes descend!!
esCarpade cars lined up...
Snot Rocket living up to it's name!!
The kids headed in for a puppet show...
Getting settled in...
But the esCarpadians were told to hit the road!!
Snot Rocket coming past some roadworks...
Back onto dirt - this happened a fair bit again today - on the dirt, off the dirt, on the dirt, off the dirt... rinse and repeat!!
Past an old windmill and water tank...
Into Broken-Boosey forest...
It started to sprinkle - not enough to settle the dust or wash the car, just enough to be annoying!!
A fallen tree attempts to make friends with Booger Mobile...
Small, but surprisingly deep creek crossing...
More dirt...
Into Wangaratta...
And to the pub for lunch!!
Outside the pub, Damian met some of the family of the guys from Limo 64 - apparently they had been following the Booger Mobile blog to keep tabs on esCarpade, so a big shout out to them, and all the other blog followers!!
Back up into the hills...
Past this little car with no doors, with an old digger sitting inside waving as the parade passed by...
Past old machinery...
To a shallow causeway...
Through goes Booger Mobile...
You'd get a surprise if you fell off the edge!!
Continuing upward in the forest...
Up, up and away!!
Great views from the top - pity it was an overcast day...
Back on the bitumen for a while...
Collecting Snot Rocket off the side of the road on the way past...
One half of the hill had been cleared recently...
And back onto dirt!!
Up, up, up...
Past the Russell Hotel... (Points for the musical reference - leave a comment)
And down the other side!!
Damian suspects the rear tyre is flat, and calls OV5 to confirm...
Of course it is!!
It's only flat on the bottom though!!
Off with the old...
Yep, looks good!!
And on with the new!!
Jo wondered how many blokes it takes to change a tyre... The answer is of course just one, but with four others for moral and emotional support!!
Back on the road, and down the winding dirt road...
The flat tyre happened only about 5km from the end of the esCarpade driving!!
The last night formal party and awards night...
Balloons on the table...
Damian and Jo with their awards and bottles of wine!! Team Booger Mobile topped the $12000 mark with their fundraising in 2011!!
The grand total raised by all entrants in 2011 was a record 1.4 million dollars!! A champion effort all round!!
And that brings to a conclusion the 2011 Camp Quality esCarpade... all that is left is to have some breakfast in the morning, then head up the highway for a snappy 1700km drive back home!!
Awesome job guys. Keep up the great work.
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