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I'm on the boat tonght. :)

I'm all packed and ready. The car however isn't. LOL It was still in pieces when I left it late last night but it should all be sweet come 6pm tonight.

I still need to find some helping hands down in Tas (especially for day 5) but hopefully we can find someone friendly enough to help some blokes out.

I'm quite happy to carry fuel, and have tools for you to use.

I thought you were running Ben? You guys are on the list!

But we have tools and I have a handy guy with them sitting next to me for the week but my calcs show we won't live off just getting fuel at the lunch break each day.

I my pretty sure Day 3 after Mt Rowland, Day 4 after Cethana and Day 5 both before and after Mt Arrowsmith I'm going to need a top-up. Dan should hopefully be able to help us out days 3 and 4 but he can't be in 2 places at once on Day 5! lol

Yeah I have, they hurt when thrown by a man. So I reckon I'm safe. :laugh:

There are a few things in this world that you dont mess with...a mates Mrs .... fark off dogs with foam dripping from their mouths... vag with foam dripping from it..... AND Snowies right arm. Its a precision instrument, he clocked me in the head from about 30mtrs with a lemon, AFTER a night on the bottle. I am sure if he was sober it would have taken my head clean off :)

I heard they'll be placing a fuel rig between Queenstown and Arrowsmith mate. Maybe contact race control to get the facts?

Interesting. The BP in Queenstown is no longer there so that option was gone, and I've signed up for fuel with the Vandenbergs but thay have only listed having fuel in Tarraleigh on day 5 currently. I will see what I can find out about this rumour of yours. Be great if it was true!

I thought you were running Ben? You guys are on the list!

But we have tools and I have a handy guy with them sitting next to me for the week but my calcs show we won't live off just getting fuel at the lunch break each day.

I my pretty sure Day 3 after Mt Rowland, Day 4 after Cethana and Day 5 both before and after Mt Arrowsmith I'm going to need a top-up. Dan should hopefully be able to help us out days 3 and 4 but he can't be in 2 places at once on Day 5! lol

My name hasn't been changed on the site yet, but i'll be crewing for dad. So i'm sure you will need fuel at the same places as dad, and you will be at a similar place in the pack.

Interesting. The BP in Queenstown is no longer there so that option was gone, and I've signed up for fuel with the Vandenbergs but thay have only listed having fuel in Tarraleigh on day 5 currently. I will see what I can find out about this rumour of yours. Be great if it was true!

Vandenbergs always say they're only having fuel at Tarraleigh, and always end up having a splash and dash spot at the intersection after the Strahan stage before you enter Queenstown.

I heard they'll be placing a fuel rig between Queenstown and Arrowsmith mate. Maybe contact race control to get the facts?

I heard they'll have rotating full tankers on Arrowsmith Stage for rolling refuels of the guys running E85. :ermm:

I'm setting up refuel 5klm before the end of Arrowsmith. $20- a litre. For E10.

my $10/l E85 is looking pretty cheap about now.

E85 guys will need a fill on the arrowsmith start and finish line.

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