2004 Phaethon
Athens, Greece
22-29 May 2004
Melbourne based Aurora 101 solar car team leaves Australia on Saturday, 15 May for the first in a trio of international events in Greece, Japan and China - read the press release and see the route map below.
Mon 17th May
The Hotel London is being reconstructed. Inside, rooms are being refurbished ...
Tue 18th May
We were greeted with a crisp, crackling morning with the blues and whites of Greece ...
Wed 19th May
Another day, another check with the port. Where is the Evergreen Line in "Magnavia"...
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Thu 20th May
It's becoming routine. Call the shipping agent, call the race organisers and then...
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Fri 21th May
Thankfully it was not Friday the 13th, but it was the last day that we could...
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Sat 22nd May
After a very late night yesterday, the team struggled to appear at breakfast by 7.30am...
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Sun 23th May
Finally it was race day. The first one-hour race was scheduled for 11am...
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Mon 24th May
After yesterday's racetrack event we expected something very different in the five-day Rally event...
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Tue 25th May
At 6.30am, it was time for most solar car teams to wake up. What they faced was a howling wind...
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Wed 26th May
The hotels being used by the organisers for this rally must be shocked at the waves of solar car people...
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Thu 27th May
Wow, wow, wow. This was a great day. For the Aurora 101 team...
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Fri 28th and Sat 29th May
Today was our final chance to make ground on improving our position...
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