Saturday 21 October 2023

esCarpade Day 0 - Scrutineering and Welcome Dinner

The boys woke up early in the morning... after having coffee, they decided to go for a bit of a wander around downtown Lismore...

They stumbled across the back alley gallery.





This old phone booth was a free book exchange.


Apparently the boys are here!


A very old belltower on the old post/telegraph building.


The river is way down there... it's astounding how much water must have gone through Lismore during the floods...


Hoges was impressed by this tree...


So many buildings still under renovation...


Once the time had arrived for scrutineering the boys lined up...


After getting ticked off at scrutineering, Retro Rock-It had a quick bath, fuel up, checked the fluids and was put to bed for the rest of the day...


Time for some snacks and a quiet drink before dinner...


Pretty much taking over the motel...


esCarpade cars...


As far as the eye can see...


Even out the back!


Time for the driver briefing...


This blurry photo says there are 53 entrant cars, 14 official vehicles and 168 people on esCarpade this year!  The cars will travel through 31 towns, and coincidentally it's the 31st year of esCarpade!


Lined up waiting for dinner!


Lismore Heights bowling club has a nice view out the window!


And shimmy, shimmy!


Damian and Hoges with the CQ frame...


Selfie!

The wait is almost over... one more sleep until the boys will have the first day of driving for esCarpade 2023.

And the fundraising total has continued to sneak along, now sitting at $16501.. It's not too late to donate if you want to help the boys reach even higher!

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