 fullsize When we got to the event centre Friday night I got to see Andrew "Madge" Cassie's new pink single speed for the first time, identical colour to my steel hard tail, maybe I inspired him. |
 fullsize Marea showing off the Columbia outfit. |
 fullsize The guys who came second in the outfit comp for wearing pink boas, make up and wigs over black t-shirts and shorts. |
 fullsize My attempt at being Rocky Horror |
 fullsize David in his rather striking school girl outfit. |
 fullsize Marea wore spd high heels. |
 fullsize One of the two winners of the outfit competition with the spectacular Rocky Horror with extras outfit. (gold shorts and shoes, bare chest, make up, nuns habit/cape sort of thing, wig) |
 fullsize There were a large number of bee houses out and about, at one point we were riding through a cloud of bees, luckily none got stuck in our helmets. |
 fullsize Marea riding into the sun. |
 fullsize I forgot to photograph Marea as she almost drowned getting this control (the water went up to her neck) so I snapped this guy. |
 fullsize Marea pulling her pack back on after the swim. |
 fullsize Heading further south. |
 fullsize About to leave pine forest and head into native bush near control 29. |
 fullsize Marea on the ground immediately after her stack. |
 fullsize In which she snapped her map board mount and bruised and scratched herself a fair bit. |
 fullsize Happy and riding again though. |
 fullsize Day 1 finish. |
 fullsize Danielle decided her knicks were far more comfortable inside out, walking next to her team mate Damian. |
 fullsize Dave and Helen had a rather striking fishnets, leopard skin knicks and suit jacket outfit to wear on the weekend (plus makeup) |
 fullsize Susie and Selina borrowed my camera to document their first Polaris experience a bit, this is Susie next to their tent. |
 fullsize Susie and Selina. |
 fullsize Bikes and tent near the top of the camp site. |
 fullsize Looking down toward the creek. |
 fullsize The traditional nail polish shot, gold this year to match the rocky horror knicks. |
 fullsize Crash and Warren on Sunday morning looking ready and raring to go... |
 fullsize Mandy and her team mate kelly at camp, alas not wearing their shiny outfits until hopping back on their bikes. |
 fullsize We went and visited Alyssa and Kath, I ended up with a fair bit of lipstick and eye shadow from the Transylvanian Makeup Tarts. |
 fullsize Marea riding through the bush. |
 fullsize I felt the need to take a photo of this road, Claytons, the road you have when you are not having a road. |
 fullsize Juzzy's team mate... |
 fullsize and Juzzy scooting past us |
 fullsize They were riding faster than us |
 fullsize and heading for bigger controls at this late stage still. |
 fullsize Finished, 16 minutes late but still smiling. |
 fullsize It was a lot of fun even if we can be a little annoyed with our errors in judgement over the weekend. |
 fullsize Huw was also successful in inflicting some mental scarring of his own with this Frankenfurter outfit. |
 fullsize Mandy and Kelly after collecting one of their prizes. |
