Mo in pole position and ready for the off .
Mo in pole position and ready for the off .
I knew the track well , so on arrival in Bathurst we did not even bother to off-load all Mo ’ s gear , we just headed straight up The Mountain . He protested on the first big hill ; shat some oil on seeing the steepness of the Esses ; cruised down Conrod Straight trying to set off the speed camera and raced a Ducati through Pit Lane .
This , along with Mo being centre of attention at the Film Festival , allowed him to maintain delusions of grandeur for the next 6 weeks .
After a few days in Canberra to see the latest War Memorial exhibition and Bright for the Film Festival , we headed down towards Melbourne through Marysville . It has been 5 years since the devastating bushfires which claimed 45 lives and spared only 12 of the 500 homes in the valley . There was a hive of building activity and the regrowth of green could be seen on the black trunks but the community seemed to be struggling to regain an identity beyond the town the fire took . The Phoenix exhibition in the Visitor Centre portrayed the emotion of the loss and devastation and the partially rebuilt garden at Bruno ’ s Sculpture Park was a wonderful example of the resilience of the locals in the face of adversity .