Tour Down Under 2010
A "cyclist" training for the Tour Down Under near Watervale
One of the funny displays someone had prepared to greet the riders in this year’s Tour Down Under was this fellow near Watervale. It seems he was really serious about his training regime for the big race.
An interesting thing happened while I was taking this photo. A journalist from the local Balaklava newspaper pulled up in her car, grabbed her camera and then asked me to pose by this “cyclist”. She then proceeded to interview me. A little story about me and a photo of me “coaching” the cyclist appeared in the paper two days later. My daughter was able to get hold of a copy and send it to me. Ah – my ten seconds of fame.
Tour Down Under 2010
An interested observer of the Tour Down Under at Watervale
Observant spectators at this year’s Tour Down Under would have seen plenty of interesting sights along the various routes taken by the riders. I took this photo of one of the “spectators” in front of the hotel at Watervale, just south of Clare where the race started.
By the looks of it, he has spent far too many hours leaning over the front bar of the hotel. I certainly hope he didn’t try to join in the race with that bicycle of his hanging on the sign behind him!