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Practice has been delayed at P.I. due to heavy rain..

Looks like the decision not to go was a good one..

Bugga, but a wet track will suit Casey

radars not good

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR023.shtml

MotoGP FP1 now under way

Dunno about it being the right decision, it may yet turn out to be a good weekend, if not just a good Sunday!

Weather.com.au forecast for Cowes as at 5pm today.

FRI Heavy Rain. Mostly Cloudy. Cool. Windy. 44 km/h SSW 21mm (100%) 86% 7 14

SAT Scattered Showers. Afternoon Clouds. Cool. Windy. 44 km/h SW 3mm (40%) 68% 6 12

SUN Breaks of Sun Late. Cool. Windy. 36 km/h WSW - 78% 10 14

MON Partly Cloudy. Cool. 18 km/h WSW - 77% 9 15

If anyone is heading down later tonight or tomorrow check road conditions before leaving. Hume has been cut near Holbrook and Tarcutta may be cut if water rises much more.

Wagga-Albury road also cut.

Anyone stuck may find a vacant bed in Tarcutta...hehehe

I heard on the radio this arvo - about 3pm ? - that not a wheel had turned in practice today.....

Gosling1 wrote:I heard on the radio this arvo - about 3pm ? - that not a wheel had turned in practice today.....

Nah mate FP1 went ahead although late...

The World Champion set the fastest time in FP1 at the Iveco Australian Grand Prix on a wet Phillip Island track, with Ducati duo Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden in the top three.

After a delayed start due to wet weather conditions the MotoGP class completed the opening practice of the Iveco Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island on Friday, and newly-crowned World Champion Jorge Lorenzo was the quickest rider around the circuit. Setting the standard with a time of 1’41.146 the Fiat Yamaha rider underlined his pre-stated determination to round off his title-winning 2010 campaign in winning style.

Casey Stoner was next up at 0.334s down on Lorenzo’s time as the Australian, who has won at his home circuit for the past three seasons, brought his factory Desmosedici GP10 home ahead of Ducati team-mate Nicky Hayden. The American was 0.151s off Stoner as the riders began to see a dry line forming towards the end of the hour-long session..

Marco Simoncelli was fourth in the order as the San Carlo Honda Gresini rookie battled rear grip to set a best time of 1’41.881, with his team-mate Marco Melandri fifth and the final rider to get within a second of Lorenzo. Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) completed the top six.

Coming in seventh fastest was Valentino Rossi on his Fiat Yamaha M1, with Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3), Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda) and Loris Capirossi (Rizla Suzuki) all in the top ten.

Back on track for the first time since he fractured his collarbone in Japan exactly two weeks ago Dani Pedrosa completed seven laps, before concluding his session just before the half-hour mark having posted a best time of 1’51.210.

Completing just three laps in the session and opting to avoid any unnecessary risks on a track on which he won a WSBK race last season was Ben Spies (Monster Yamaha Tech 3).
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So it will be jetski racing this weekend!

I had the day off work today so me & a mate decided to go down for a look.
Lucky we were smart enough to drive as the rain did not stop all day.
We could hardly see in the car with the wipers going flat out.
But I have to admire those who were brave enough to ride

The best action we saw was in the car park.
Watching the Bob Cats pulling out all the bogged cars.

Perhaps it was a good decision for wifey to be 38 weeks pregnant.
It looks like shit

Looks like the Hume at Tarcutta will be opened in about an hour.

The water has gone down a bit...it was half a metre deep in the servo

Bugger couldn't get my Saturday morning paper.

Jesus that's the worst i've heard of it at this time of the year.

time will tell though.

mike-s wrote:Jesus that's the worst i've heard of it at this time of the year.

time will tell though.

Yeah sure is...and if this keeps up I wont get Sunday's papers either...