Can't see another soul

Just a quick 700kms up the highway today. I am now on the Sunshine Coast in QLD which is a bit of a change from Tassie! I'm here for Rally Queensland which is a joint Asia Pacific Rally Championship and Australian Rally Championship round. One of the highlights will be seeing World Rally Championship star Chris Atkinson although he says he won't be flat out as he is only driving the zero car. Chris not flat out will still be very quick and I'm sure Cody will be trying to catch him. I got to shoot a fair few different pics of Chris which was nice of him.

Highlight of my day was undoubtedly catching up with Christophe Barriere-Varju. Christophe is one of my heroes. He competes on a motorcycle in The Dakar every year as well as races like the Finke & Dubai Rally. It was quite interesting to get his views on the difference between Africa and South America where Dakar was held this year. Christophe just did not think it was the same and more like a long Baja. It certainly was not as challenging navigation wise and he felt you did not get the same feeling of wilderness as you do in Africa. There you can't see another soul for miles just awesome landscape but in South America there seemed to be people everywhere. Although he did love the enthusiasm of the crowds and got a sore shoulder from waving and shaking hands. What an inspirational guy. I would love to shoot Dakar one year, maybe when it goes back to Africa again. As Christophe says "dreams do come true".