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Central Australian Riders booth at the 2007 Camel Cup. We sold steak sandwiches, sausage sandwiches and cold drinks. Yea, I did the horses on the sign :)
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I worked serving sandwiches until after the lunch rush, then wandered off. The rickshaw races were the first thing I watched.
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Preparing for the Imparja Cup. Camel races are rather interesting. You lead a bunch of camels to a canvas "starting gate"...
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You try to get them all recumbent, then as soon as the last one lays down (which can take a while 'cause there are always others trying to get back up)... anyway, as soon as the last one lays down, they signal the start, and they all get up again.
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AAAAND, they're OFF! Start of the Imparja Camel Cup. Some guy standing next to me commented, "There's more camels in this race then horses in the Melbourne Cup!"
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Through the dust of the leaders, a few less enthusiastic camels meander through.
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In this race, the camels run halfway around, into a line of cameleers, who try to get them to sit down, take another rider, and take off again. Chaos ensues.
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This one was particularly annoyed to be stopped halfway through the race, and vocalized his discontent the whole time. Wish I had a sound byte!
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Despite all the chaos and noise, these camels don't look too bothered, even as they race by as this one is.
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End of the day. Camel saddles ready to be taken back to the station.
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