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Published: July 22nd 2008
What a great weekend! We had Jess and Jake with us too, which made it even better.
We camped at the race grounds along with 5000 others people, everyone had campfires and it was a great atmosphere. I worked in the bar for a few hours and then we got into the swing of the races. We had a few wins on the camels we backed- Loose Lips, Howlin Gale, and the Cup winner Ole Reggie Boy!
Jake was very brave and was talked into entering the camel tagging competition. They put a wild camel in a yard, give you a piece of gaffa tape. You run into the yard stick the tape on the camel, run back to touch the fence then back in and retrieve your tape off the wild camel. The one with shortest time is the winner. Jake did not win, but completed the task and was only kicked by the camel 3 times. He was a lucky one! A very entertaining competition.You know how much I love party games, got a new one to add to my repertior now. Check out the video clip of Jake, not very good because I was nervous for him, but
The Cup Race
Can't have camels without desert dust!good picture.
The Sunny Cowgirls were playing that night and we danced and partied into the night.
The next morning in true Boulia fashion we woke to a dust storm. Packing up camp was interesting.
I drove Jess to Cloncurry and put her on the bus to Townsville, a 750km return trip.
Jake left this morning on a small plane from Boulia to Brisbane with 5 stops in between. Not to happy about that until we arrived at the air strip and 'The Sunny Cowgirls' were there on the plane with him. Two cute blondes and a smile on Jakes face. From Brisbane he flies to Melb, a long day. We miss them both already.
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Tracey
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Hows it going?
Hiya Chris and all...how are things going? You have some fantastic pics coming through...really great, loving them. Tim and I just got back from our trip to China a few weeks ago. We had a great time. Stopped over in Hong Kong and Vietnam as well. Are you guys still on the station. Happy travels...stay safe...hugs Trace and co xx