Tag Archives: Motorsport
What to take … What not to take … take all the gear? and a few other tips
In less than a week I leave for 3 months away from home, as I write this I have already left home and am in Canberra, from here I fly to Europe for 31 days, I then fly back to Australia to Brisbane for a week of the ARC, from there I fly back to Europe for 45 days and then I finally fly home to
QUIT Forest Rally, let the ARC train begin
A few weeks ago the first round of the ARC was held in Western Australia, this was the –th running of the QUIT Forest Rally and my 6th year in a row covering the event with South Australia being the only event I have covered more (8). It is well known that this is my favourite round and by
WRC Rallye de Espana aka WRC Spain
Finally WRC Spain aka Rallye de Espana. After a long year my final WRC even came and went, I was lucky enough to cover WRC Argentina, WRC Italy, WRC Australia, WRC France and finally WRC Spain, for me this was probably one of my favourites all year, I cant quite put a finger on why but it just was,
Ken Block testing
Salou, Spain > WRC, Spain I made it to Spain, not without dramas though. As most people know I tend to travel with a lot of gear, you can see what I managed to take with my on my last trip here, so far I haven’t really had any issues, from Argentina to Portugal to Italy and even within
2015, and it continues, and well … Iceland here we come
The world is my oyster for 2015, so much traveling, so many new places, so many new faces, it is going to be one hell of a ride, so stick to behindvm for updates on all my adventures, with a trip to Iceland rounding out the year.
Day 11 – Luzern to Innsbruck via the Grimselpass
Luzern, Switzerland > Grimselpass, Switzerland > Innsbruck, Austria After an amazing day in Grindelwald I was excited to be heading to Innsbruck, I planned 4 nights there which meant I had 3 full days to explore the area.
VIDEO: Interlaken Fighter Jets
In my previous behind vm entry on Interlaken and Grindelwald I mentioned the fighter jets I spotted over Interlaken, well here is the little video showing their takeoffs.
Day 10 – Luzern to Grindelwald – Fighter Jets, Cows and views to die for
Steinerberg, Switzerland > Luzern, Switzerland > Brienzwiler, Switzerland > Interlaken, Switzerland > Grindelwald, Switzerland Next stop Steinerberg, Switzerland. I arrived fairly late in to Steinerberg, Steinerberg is on a lake about 40km east of Luzern, I picked the area for its central location
WRC Rally de France
WRC Rally de France, held in Strasbourg, 500km east of Paris, a city with so much traffic, so many one way streets, so many blocked streets, you get the picture. The start of the rally took place in the Strasbourg CBD then stages 100km south, each Heat got closer and closer to Strasbourg. Rally de
the end of an epic rally year with arc, erc and wrc, alot of c’s :)
As the sun sets somewhere in the world, it brings to a close my epic rally (ARC, ERC and WRC) adventures for 2014, l will say now that not only do I feel a changed person I also feel my life is now enriched with dozens of new memories, new friends and lifelong experiences. I feel I learned
The rally community keeps on giving
Just under 12 months ago I wrote about the Bowerings and their two sons, Cameron and Ben, (you can read about it all here) who both have cerebral palsy but love rallying. I made the trip down to Melbourne and with the help of a few people made a wish come true for Cameron and Ben, not only did we
