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    Wednesday, October 3, 2007

    Two Short Weeks!

    The final countdown is on!

    Team Ethanol flies out to Darwin in just two short weeks (18 October).

    Our biggest headache (actually the pain was quite a bit lower), the fuel, has finally been resolved. Largely due to the sterling efforts of Scott Perkins from Canegrowers, CSR has come on board as a major sponsor and also supplied the team with a drum of E85 fuel, which is now on its way to Darwin. Sure beats the other drastic option of shoving raw cane into the fuel tank and hoping for the best! CSR is a great fit for the team as they a major producer of ethanol, from locally grown sugar cane, and a big fan of the BioPower cars from Saab.

    The magnificent team banner is finished, thanks to Mackay Stickers & Signs…great job Jamie-lee. And Totally Workwear is currently doing the logo embroidery on the team shirts.

    Next week is a biggie for us, with the Twike (rhymes with trick) team arriving from Switzerland. They’ll be coming through Mackay, hopefully around 9 October, for a get together with Team Ethanol, before heading right up the coast and across to Darwin for the event. Better them than us; the Twike is basically a battery powered tricycle with a hard top canopy fitted. They’ve fitted a 200cc range extender engine for the event and Team Ethanol will be donating some of their E85 fuel to run it. Keep an eye out for this strange looking bug and give them a wave.

    We'll start taking photos and videos...we need the practice. A good start for this would be when the Twike team are here next week.

    There a big things happening on our website soon, stay wired.

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