LAST DAY ON THE TRACKS - Hay to Albury.
Anticipation and a little regret of the end of EsCarpade was in the air (ok and maybe a little sheep smell) at breakfast at Hay's premier (maybe only) tourism attraction "Outback Shear". A great breaky of bacon and egg rolls and pancakes was prepared and happily served by Hay's branch of CanAssist .
Some EsCarpadians (mostly the city slickers) went to watch the sheep shearing demo and got to pat and hold lambs.
Darren got up high jinks , putting vaseline under peoples door handles so when they opened up they got a moisturising treatment. Going for the giggle award Dazz? Maybe next year .
Out of Hay and onto Lockhart for lunch.
After leaving lunch , there were ominous black clouds in the distance - would we rain for the last section of EsCarpade?
There were some very rough minor tracks in the afternoon session with a couple of tricky corners too.
We got a few drops of rain just before mustering outside Walla Walla where Adele ,one of our EsCarpadians lives.
After cruising through the small town making a whole lot of noise EsCarpade style it was onto Albury .
We all met up at the Albury showgrounds to rally for the final parade in though Albury and to our finish , which was to co-inside with a CQ family fun day in the park. With the kids and families we do this awesome event for eagerly awaiting our arrival ,through Albury streets once again lights ,sirens and water cannons ready we arrived at our destination , where there was the usual end of trip water battle raging.
After the last 6 days of heat and dust ,no one really complained about a little water.
After the pre-shower, again off to find our digs for the night , check over the car for the last time and shower ,get shiny for the final night dinner at the Albury entertainment centre.
Wearing our Team QLD shirts (which would later tie into next years route) ,we had a good show of numbers in maroon.
Being the final night , speeches were given , backs slapped and awards given.
Team Bender , unfortunately received the hard luck award - their prize was a car care pack - that dint is not going to buff right out.
As the tallies of each car and team were read out , we ready - the $20,000-$30,000 group was us - yep we got $63 short of $23,000.
Then came the moment we had all been waiting for the combined tally - a whooping $1,308,788.96 (yes every cent helps). $200,000 over the target amount - wow what a huge and fantastic effort.
With a bigger drive ahead tomorrow back to Brisbane we had a relatively early night.
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