Alice the Camel...had an awesome time!

Yep, believe it or not we actually spent a day at the Alice Springs Annual Camel Cup Races 2006, the largest race in Oz. What an experience! Obviously being stuck in the middle of nowhere surrounded by red rocks can send you alittle loopy but they must have all been out for this crazy day. The races kicked off at 1pm and you could feel the tension in the air. It was almost like Ascot races only everyone wore tattered jeans, checked shirt and cowboy hats and the only food available were good old barbie steaks and sizzles.



The race began with 8 camels sat down and as the gun sounded they leapt up and had to complete 1 circuit of the red dusty track. I never knew camels could run so fast and they're pretty unreliable creatures too. At one point one camel came up soi close to Adam that he jumped out of his skin!



The best race by far was the Honeymoon Handicap, in which the newly wed hubbys kick start the race and then halfway round they have to stop to pick up their brides. One Hubby's camel obviously didn't like the look of his bride and so raced right passed her and other unfortunate brides (that did get picked up) seemed to suddenly realise 'what the hell am i doing' and screamed abuse at their hubbys- brilliant and hilarious fun.