Due to our stay for the Formula 1, Melbourne is expected to be the longest we will stay in one place for the whole trip. In some ways it feels a bit like we’re tied down and just want to get moving again. The city seems a bit oppressive and the camp site is a LONG way off our idea of a camp site. It’s cramped (average spacing between vans seems to be about 4 feet) and very noisy. We’ve ended up with a reasonable amount of room by comparison – not sure why ! The tram is 15 minutes walk away and takes over an hour to get to the GP which makes it a bit of a chew, it feels like we’re commuting to work every day.
We’re counting the nights off and can’t wait for Monday morning when we can get moving again. The Formula 1 so far though has been a great experience, I’m writing this after returning from the track after qualifying having been to the track 3 days running (around 8 hours on the **** tram so far and 3-4 left to go !). No idea how Jenson will fare tomorrow, hopefully better than today where he qualified 11th.

It’s Pam’s birthday today and as she has a UK and Australian birthday it will still be her birthday tomorrow morning too. Maybe Jenson will give her a late birthday present and pull something remarkable out of the hat !

Updated after the GP…

JB did pull something out of the hat after all ! An excellent result for JB and McLaren after a disappointing qualifying session. Two spot on strategy decisions took JB to 4th and Magnusson drove a solid race to finish 3rd – both of them will be placed 1 spot higher if Ricciardo’s disqualification isn’t overturned on appeal.

Tomorrow we resume our travels proper…