WRC coming to Kyogle!!

[long stroke]

Well the World Ralley Stage of Australia is being held in a couple of weeks in Kyogle!
We will be heading up, is anyone else on here going?
Should be great to watch i reckon:cool:

CHEERS TIM.

[awabbit6]

I've managed to acquire some passes to the Murwullimbah night special stages on Thursday - Saturday evenings ;).
I'm aiming to head down either Friday or Saturday night. Should be good!

[Grover-98]

Dammit!

If only i heard about this at an earlier date! i would of LOVED to of been there! :(

[BMKal]

Dunno if I'd be spending my money on tickets just yet. On the news last night, one of the Tweed councillors and a bunch of "greens" have launched court action to have the event banned, on the grounds that it is "environmentally unsound".

Where to these wacko's come from ????

[omy130]

I'll be running the Defender around the courses as 'Rapid Response/Recovery'. I will be all over the place over the 6 days so if you see the 'OMY130' rego plates stop & have a chat. We will be based at Grevillia Community Hall along the Summerland Way. Should be on Channel 17 on UHF.

... Geoff ..

PS: As late as Thursday night, the rally is still going ahead. :D :D Read below.

FEDERAL COURT DISMISSES BID TO STOP RALLY AUSTRALIA
The Federal Court in Sydney today (Thursday, August 27) dismissed a last-minute attempt to stop next week’s Repco Rally Australia.

The court held an urgent hearing to hear an application for an injunction by Ms Katie Milne, a Tweed Shire Councillor.

After Ms Milne’s representative had presented her case, Justice Stone dismissed the application because Ms Milne’s case was without merit.

Garry Connelly, the Chairman of Rally Australia’s organising committee, said he was not surprised by the result.

“We have always complied with all laws and have spent a lot of time and effort to achieve the highest environmental standards,” Mr Connelly said.

[jerryd]

Some good coverage shown earlier on channel one hd, be better to see it live though :)

Spent many a cold night in wales following rallies :D

[Leo]

Hope the fans outnumber the idiot protesters or the Australian round may be cancelled in future....:(

Can't they be locked up for 3 days? :twisted:

[Pedro_The_Swift]

The one thing Garry was always good at,,,

paperwork.:D

He seems to have come a long way since the popular Kempsey events in the eighties.

[long stroke]

We havn't left yet and probably won't be going now, the entry fee per person is something like $50 just to spectate + with one stages already been canceled (stage 6) due to protestes, we might be better off staying here and waiting for it to come on tv:(

TIM.

[The ho har's]

Could be very wet and slippery as it has been raining all night


oohhh where is the remote:D


Mrs ho har:angel:

[Grover-98]

We havn't left yet and probably won't be going now, the entry fee per person is something like $50 just to spectate + with one stages already been canceled (stage 6) due to protestes, we might be better off staying here and waiting for it to come on tv:(

TIM.

Nothing beats being there live to truly see the speed and hear the anit lag banning through the bush and the roar of the engines :) i wish i could of been there!!!!


And i agree these protesters need to be locked up simply so i can get my way! :p

James.

[awabbit6]

I'll be running the Defender around the courses as 'Rapid Response/Recovery'. I will be all over the place over the 6 days so if you see the 'OMY130' rego plates stop & have a chat. We will be based at Grevillia Community Hall along the Summerland Way. Should be on Channel 17 on UHF.


Hey Geoff. I was down at the Murwillumbah Super special stage on Saturday night and spotted you waiting at the start. I would have come over for a chat but I didn't think the officials would like me jumping the bunting.

I've done sweep and road blocks for QRC rounds in the early nineties while I was a member of Brisbane Sporting Car Club. It's a great way to see the rally and you don't get caught up with spectators. I enjoyed the road blocks because you're usually somewhere remote and get a great view of the cars (and crashes!).

[stevo68]

Have been watching it on 10HD......assuming the bloody hippies don't stuff it for us....wouldnt mind going to have a look next time. Speaking of hippies.....really wish there was an eradication program for these hippy/ greenie types as there is with other vermin. Apparently they have been putting boulders on the roads, throwing rocks.....walking out in front of cars....all cause some wallaby might get nailed. FFS....if they are that concerned....go protest in the Outback amongst the carnage their if they are so gung ho for it. Tossers :twisted:,

Regards

Stevo

[87County]

What do people think of the Ch10 coverage this arvo?

- seems a bit weak to me - over-forcused on the commentators?

- lacking much actual on-site live camera work ?

[Grover-98]

I thought it was pretty good! had some classic flash backs and was great for a rare live coverage of WRC. You need to remember not to compare it to other rallys as they show all the highlights where as this was coming to us as it happened :):)

[WhiteD3]

What do people think of the Ch10 coverage this arvo?

- seems a bit weak to me - over-forcused on the commentators?

- lacking much actual on-site live camera work ?

I thought it was terrible. The same 10 best crashes played yesterday and today, lots of old stuff (filler) and too little about this weekend. While I like the presenters, what background do they have in Rally?

[long stroke]

We couldn't watch it because our 1 HD stuffed up just the other day in perfect time for the ralley:twisted:...not happy:mad:

TIM.

[Grover-98]

We couldn't watch it because our 1 HD stuffed up just the other day in perfect time for the ralley:twisted:...not happy:mad:

TIM.

They 3hrs of coverage (same of that as on ONE) on Ten today :)

[long stroke]

Yep but our 10 hd is also out and our standard arial 10 isn't worth watching:angel:

[Grover-98]

We couldn't watch it because our 1 HD stuffed up just the other day in perfect time for the ralley:twisted:...not happy:mad:

TIM.

They 3hrs of coverage (same of that as on ONE) on Ten today :)

[Grover-98]

Unlucky mate!

Also apologies seems i some how double posted...;)

[weeds]

i hear o nthe radio this morning that due to the disruption by the protestors the rally will be moved to another location

looks like the minority have had a win

[omy130]

Hey Geoff. I was down at the Murwillumbah Super special stage on Saturday night and spotted you waiting at the start.

That was my truck though a mate was driving it as their truck had been playing up. It was better on Friday when the Outback Classics were running thur as well.

The protesters did make it difficult though the Police (180 of them) squashed a lot of idiot stuff before the public knew about it. About the TV, they only film the top ten which as you all say, is really boring. The WRC rally is just the same as any ARC rally we can all enjoy through out the year.

[Reads90]

Have been watching it on 10HD......assuming the bloody hippies don't stuff it for us....wouldnt mind going to have a look next time. Speaking of hippies.....really wish there was an eradication program for these hippy/ greenie types as there is with other vermin. Apparently they have been putting boulders on the roads, throwing rocks.....walking out in front of cars....all cause some wallaby might get nailed. FFS....if they are that concerned....go protest in the Outback amongst the carnage their if they are so gung ho for it. Tossers :twisted:,

Regards

Stevo

I wnet down to the see the race on Friday and Saturday. Great to see in real life instead on the box.
As for the greenies i saw a car on Friday which had me falling on the floor with laughter. The car had a big sticker on the back saying NO WRC Rally and all the other Greenie style stickers. But the funniest thing , which we were taking the **** out of the bloke for was what manufacture of car this Anti WRC rally sticker was on







It was a 3 year old Subaru , which we had the greatest delight in telling the greenie that he had paid towards wrc with his car . As if it was not for the WRC then no one would really know who Subaru was . Bloody Idiot


Any way some pics from the weekend

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/09/1281.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/09/1282.jpg

Hired tottie
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/09/1283.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/09/1284.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/09/1285.jpg

[87County]

seems liike the protesters didn't do anything illegal after all - it was just a publicity tool by the organiser

it makes you wonder if it was just an excuse to abandon some of the stages


Car rally rock attack story false (http://www.smh.com.au/environment/car-rally-rock-attack-story-false-20090909-fhna.html)

[omy130]

it was just a publicity tool by the organiser



The biggest motor-sport event in the world with hundreds of media already talking about it & you think it was a stunt! They had spend millions getting the rally here, then thousands of hours spent trying the appease the locals & the greenies only to drop a stage, mmmm think not! The Rally owners, the WRC Teams & TV networks would be furious over the lost exposure.

Based on the high tension chatter on the Official Rally HF radio network to get the cars back in sync after killing those 2 stages, I would have hated to be inside Rally Base struggling to sort it out

The guy who's rear windscreen WAS smashed on Sunday is a talented local Brisbane lad who deserved better that that crap.

[Ace]

I saw fox sports coverage of the first day of racing but missed the rest due to work, i saw the start of the sunday coverage at work before we got called out and from what i saw there were alot of talking heads and flashback and not much actual coverage of the rally. Still its great to have the rally back here in Oz, i have been out of touch with the WRC scene for the last couple of years and hadnt realised that most of the manufacturer backed teams had dropped out leaving Ford and Citroen to battle it out. Matt