Craig D's viewpoint

The conditions for task 2 looked a lot better than I was expecting with some free flyers climbing to cloud base. When the launch window opened and there was no wind on any of the launches or any gliders climbing we had to wait it out on the east launch with Wendy giving us updates from the west launch, Barb from the east bomb-out and Pete assisting on the east. Eventually it came on and we all got in the air.

After to climbing to 2100m we headed of to the Tarpoly turnpoint, Craig C, James and Andy got there first followed by myself Viv and Brian and Heike. Heading towards the second turnpiont Craig C, Andy and James went down the western side of the range with a big gaggle getting quite low and struggled to find a good climb. Viv Brian and myself went down the east side and got quite a good run all the way to the Baldwin range which allowed us to catch up Craig and Andy's gaggle. Unfortunately Heike got low on the run back from Tarpoly and landed near the Baraba road.
After climbing to 1700m at the Baldwins we headed to the second turnpiont (chicken shed south) getting a really nice glide with Brian leading the Aussies. As we had left the ranges the good 2 to 3m climbs were replaced with very light 0.5m climbs. We all slowed down and tried maximise every thermal. Brian pushed into the last turnpoint before goal and landed nearby along with Viv Craig and Andy. James and myself managed to scratch our way a little closer to goal with James landing 1km short and 2km for myself. So overall not the best day for the team with our team ranking sliding to 10th, we are all looking forward to improving on this.