World Solar Challenge 2005

2005 World Solar Challenge
Darwin > Adelaide 25th September - 2 October 2005 

Imagine twenty seven degrees in Darwin. Hard to believe, but that was it on Sunday morning...

Mon 19th September
Another lovely mild day in Darwin...
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Tues 20th September
We had a slow morning, mainly because we were all up until 2 am...
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Wed 21th September
We started early. Well, not too early. Although we had a genuine early night...
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Thu 22nd September
Today saw the commencement of the first official activities of the 2005 Panasonic World Solar Challenge...
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Fri 23th September
Remarkably, the whole Aurora team was ready early. We had an appointment...
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Sat 24th September
Action day. It was time to determine grid positions...
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Sun 25th September
Finally, 25 September 2005, race day...
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Mon 26th September
Our campsite for the first night was a strip of red dusty road...
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Tue 27th September
After some late night work on the motor controller, we were ready to face another day...
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Thu 29th September
The weather forecasts were all bad. In fact, we had very little charge on the evening of the third day...
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