June 10th Thursday, rest day.

Start with the washing, a big load after a week in the dust, general catch up on emails and stuff, then late morning tea with the other team members at the Water Tank café. Took possession of the spare wheel kindly transported from Canberra by Rich.

Bit of a rest day, went hunting for merchandise in Todd mall with no success but Graeme and I each got a new hat (birthday).

instructions for merchandise outlet, but not enough info for us to find at Todd Mall . Problem solved at the track

Meantime cousin Joan and her entourage from WA had arrived and set up their vans at the same park as us, Winter Sun, and she dropped in to say hi, followed by cousin Linda then partner  Andrew and then travelling friend Kevin. Next we headed off for our booked massages to recover from the journey and practice days,  and then into town for the evening’s Finke festivities.
Finke market stalls on Todd Mall

 Fortunately, this time we booked ahead for a meal at the Todd Tavern and were certain of dinner, even though it coincided with the street display of freestyle bikes. Alice is struggling to get staff in hotels and restaurants so dinner took an hour but we were happy chatting.  A rare opportunity for the 3 cousins to get together.


Cousins reunion.



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