Jet Sprints

 

Friday 1st December 2023

It was showery today. It was supposed to come out fine this afternoon, but no such luck. Eddie got the lawns finished and did some weed whacking. I got some of the gardens done. The wild flowers we planted in the garden by us are starting to flower. It is easier to see what are weeds and what are the flowers now.

Saturday 2nd December 2023

It's been a summery day today, which has been rather nice. Eddie picked up all the bits of trees that he had cut off yesterday. He used the side by side and the trailer. When he had finished, he washed the side by side. Goodness knows when that was last done. I joked that it would probably break down now.

We have a few people in this weekend to watch the jet sprints tomorrow. The weather is a bit doubtful, so it maybe postponed. There is water in the middle of the track all ready to go. 

3rd December 2023

It was quite a different day from yesterday. Not sunny and a bit of rain that barely laid the dust. I ended up watering my little vege garden, as the rain wasn't any use.

We had the jet sprints on today. We went and stood at the fence and had a bit of a look. We were at the fence of the race track, so the photos are a bit small. They just about empty the water from the track when they zoom around the corners. They must have to keep filling up the track as they spill out so much as they go around the corners really fast. There is a "track" in the centre of  the the race track, which they fill with water from the river. Some years the event has to be canceled as the river is too low for them to take out any. They are flat out of the gates until they get back to them. Sometimes the time keeper got showered with water as they went by. We didn't go in, but stood at the fence to watch some of the heats. Someone described it as the Scotsman's grandstand. 

The boat isn't that easy to see, but you can see the spray they create. When they are going around a corner, they disappear completely from view, because of the spray.

The top of the fence post I was leaning on at the jet sprints was covered in yellow lichen, so I took a picture.