The Red Bull Air Race

Originally uploaded by mrlederhosen.

Yesterday was the first time Australia has hosted the Red Bull Air Race, an event that is pretty much a rally racing event but with planes instead of cars, and with flying around big markers above a river instead of driving cars through a forest! The Perth race was the grand final event, with the previous rounds being held in Istanbul, Budapest and a couple of other places around the world. It was pretty cool, the planes were scooting about everywhere and the coverage was pretty slick with cameras in the cockpit and from helicopters flying around the course. The Hungarian guy won, he was way better than everyone else competing and did the fancypants spin around pretend-plane-freefalling stuff everytime he finished a round.
I went down to the South Perth foreshore with a bunch of my mates and we had a birds eye view (if a bird was sitting on the ground) of the course. We were right on the Swan River in front of the control tower and we had the best view of the show! It was a stinky hot day, and after a few slushy orange vodkas we were feeling the hefty sun rays on our winter-protected skin. My trusty little digi camera couldn't really get a decent zoomed photo, so the ones i've got to show here are pretty lame.
Perth is hosting the race for another two years, so hopefully they are going to be even more awesome!