Henley - On - Todd, 2001
The Henley On Todd is "the dryest joke in the Red Centre". It is a boat race (and other contests) held in the dry bed of the Todd river.
 010299henleyontodd01.jpg 276.73 Kb 640 x 428 The Artlunga's Navy band. The Artlunga is an Australian navy ship (battleship?) that, interestingly enough, calls Alice Springs it's home port. |
 010299henleyontodd02.jpg 140.26 Kb 351 x 419 The Nauteus |
 010299henleyontodd05.jpg 148.13 Kb 314 x 480 The HMAS Defender |
 010299henleyontodd08.jpg 290.14 Kb 528 x 548 The Vikings |
 010299henleyontodd09.jpg 270.37 Kb 640 x 428 The Vikings about to "attack" this policeman. |
 010299henleyontodd10.jpg 283.33 Kb 559 x 473 The American team, caught up in what someone behind me called the "wildebeast effect" . |
 010299henleyontodd11.jpg 259.07 Kb 640 x 426 The Navy band, playing in front of the Pistill Dawn, which is the announcers booth. I remember this "ship" from our previous visits to the Henley-on-Todd. |
 010299henleyontodd15.jpg 289.94 Kb 636 x 480 A typical race. It's harder than it looks, as not only are you real close to those in front and/or back, it's very difficult to run in the fine, loose river sand. This is hard work! |
 010299henleyontodd16.jpg 259.48 Kb 640 x 450 Hard enough, in fact, that sunken boats are fairly common. |
 010299henleyontodd19.jpg 235.58 Kb 640 x 422 Foul play is common... while these two teams duke it out, the ones to the right are cheating by carrying the boat over their heads. |
 010299henleyontodd21.jpg 49.34 Kb 225 x 225 Another contest is the sand- shoveling. Men have to fill a 44-gallon drum, and women - such as this hard worker here - have to fill a 22-gallon drum. The contestants circle the drum, looking for the driest - and thus lightest - sand. More difficult than normal, as it rained last night. |
 010299henleyontodd25.jpg 172.47 Kb 640 x 356 Another "bad wreck" |
 010299henleyontodd29.jpg 213.17 Kb 640 x 352 The "Naughtly Nautical Nurses" interfered with the Artlunga team, who in turn is interfering with them. These wheels are the "cycle" in the triathalon. |
 Tue, 26-Sep-2006 10:48 PM010299henleyontodd31.jpg 80.52 Kb 640 x 130 "swimming" in the triathalon |
 010299henleyontodd32.jpg 183.29 Kb 503 x 492 An American entrant in the triatholon. Have no idea who he is, though :) |
 010299henleyontodd35.jpg 235.67 Kb 520 x 480 The cycling portion of the triathalon, as well as the Iron Man/Woman contests. |
 010299henleyontodd36.jpg 204.47 Kb 640 x 318 Boogie Board race. |
 010299henleyontodd37.jpg 207.88 Kb 640 x 350 The HMAS Defender, readying for the big battle. |
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