FollowupID: 580144 Submitted:
Sunday, Jul 06, 2008 at 10:52
Robin Miller posted:
Hi Sir Kev
So many things happened that I don't think I'll get round to writing a report till your back but here is one little thing that happened even before we got out of
Birdsville.
Arrived
Birdsville Friday night towing our 3 bikes just in time to find they had run out of desert at the Pub.
In the food que my son was wearing his pretty motocross gear and a local wandered over and said "Are you here for the
Birdsville Motorbike race ",
"Yeah what race , says son".
"Gymkarna at the
Birdsville racecourse to-morrow morning - all the locals are in town with there 450's"
"Dad - can I go !"
"Well son, you only have the 250 but go have a look and remember we are off to
Big Red for a play at 12 noon."
12 Noon - no Son back at caravan park , so we head over to Birdaville racecourse to find that he had forked out $20 pocket money and entered the main race, and was in the lead.
But the favourite, who had won last 2 years was still to have his run.
Son did circuit in 18.40 seconds . We held our breath as favourite pulled 18.47 and then watched as another dozen riders tried to beat his time.
No-One did. Mark was declared winner, walked over to commentry box where theywrote out his winners cheque for $375 on the spot.
5 minutes later we were out of town with the cash.
Hope they let the Millers come back again !
Have a wonderful trip Kev!
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