It was held in Mooloolaba Queensland and ventured out into the hinterland north and west of there. Mostly the roads were not as twisty as other years, but some great scenery was beheld with appropriate commentary over the bluetooth headsets throughout the days.
Callum (Subetherbass), Craig (GT6Mk3) and I did it as a team again. We do like to go fast, but this year fast was not quite as fast as problem-free was. A few issues including a flat tyre within 20 minutes of the start line both days set us behind, and with the odd longer stop we had no way of coming in first this year. A whole bunch of fun was had anyway.
Several tasks are given out the night before where you had to take a photo of yourself or your scooter in front of some type of landmark, which may be vague and easy to miss or smack you in the face (see: the big orange). Almost all the tasks were "big", this being Queensland and all.
Callum rode his trusty(?) Polini 177, Craig the "Boss Hog" PX260, and I was on the evergreen (see what I did there?) 252 Super. Sadly within 20 minutes of the finish on Day 2, Craig's throttle tube snapped and he was out. Coincided with a massive thunderstorm otherwise we may have had a go at some sort of bodge to get him home.
To get there Craig took off as much time as he could from work and drove the Sprinter. Callum and I rode the 2300km over 6 days, the last two and a half difficult due to the brand-new Malossi box on Callum's falling to bits. Only an impressive bodge made with washing line wire and bits of caravan kept it going, if a little noisy... (yes caravan).
I'll put the Mille photos in this post - some of them borrowed from other riders - and the trip pics in a reply. I'll wait for Craig to post the most memorable and inventive photo of the lot later.
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