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W. A. Survey

From Perth Ralph Hibble sends us this photo of Shayne Harris and his dog Utah. Both are wearing Perth to Cape Leeuwin survey T-Shirts. Shaynes car "Candyman" had a few problems with its gearbox.

Shayne and Utah took part in the Western Australia survey for the pre-Raid in 2000. "Candyman" is car no. 21. Shayne will be travelling with his wife Allyson.

DOGS OR OTHER PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THE RAID !

(Photo: Ralph Hibble)

We welcome back Bruce Elsegood, Paul Young and
Gus Robinson from their recently completed Raid 2000
survey.
Bruce's verdict "proposed route is "do-able" with a few exceptions".

Full details see the Raid Survey page.
(Photo: Bruce Elsegood)

Jost from Berlin, after having had a look at the Wenlock River pictures from the Raid survey stated:
"Trouble is the spice of life" and "the picture of the Wenlock River is excellent. That's what we need. I hope only a few of us like to flood their cars and be eaten by crocodiles. I will".

	On the 30^th September 99 we received this great photo from Claudine and Christian Komaniecki. They advise that they expect to bring a French team of at least six cars to Australia to participate in Raid 2000.

Some of the French team on Raid 1996

Talented French girl Elise recently (June 99) toured the National Parks of the American North-West (a kind of personal Raid America West) prior to her new job with the National Parks Service (Golden Gate National Recreation Area) enhancing and restoring natural resources of the Presidio San Francisco.

We welcome Keith Shead to Raid 2000.
Keith is a newcomer to the Citroën scene having recently purchased a 2CV.
He has recently arranged for a "raid strengthened" chassis to be shipped from England, as part of a major overhaul.
Keith is car no. 30.

We thank Phil for his e-mail describing his hectic 2CV life over the last two years. He reports that they did Raid North Hellas, saw the eclipse of the sun on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, just missed the earthquake, and drove 250 kms in Germany with no clutch. A fourth clutch change, a chassis change and complete rebuilt in Germany, four local meets and I finally got home early in October...........

"Die Party war der Brüller"! so der Kommentar von Michael Mohr über die vom ihm organisierte Überraschungsparty zu Stefanies 30. Geburtstag im Oktober 99.
Hatte sein Cherie geglaubt diesen Tag ganz heimlich, still und unerkannt verstreichen lassen zu können, so hatte sie sich gewaltig geirrt. Michael hatte 50 Freunde in den heimischen Reiterverein eingeladen, um gemeinsam mit Stefanie zu feiern. Bei einem tollen BBQ und guter, alter Rock 'N' Roll Musik ging die Party ab.
Die Überreichung des Geburtstagsgeschenks erfolgte in fast völliger Dunkelheit und verschlug Cherie dann glatt die Sprache - unter einem Spotlight in der einsamen Reithalle stand verpackt in eine riesige, rote Schleife ein neues Motorradle für sie. "Du bist ja verrückt", war alles was sie dazu sagen konnte und dann brach sie zu einer ersten Probefahrt durch die Reithalle auf.