At Cairns

We've made it to Cairns.

This is the view from our hotel. That's Cairns harbour ... and that's about as much water as I've seen in it.

The registration and gear checks have been done. Lots of laughs at the team introductions.

7 Kiwi teams are in the race (plus a few other teams with one or two Kiwis in them).

Aotearoa Crocodile Hunters
(Jo Holden, Mark Rickard, Glen Warner, Shane Ross)

Macpac Girls on Top
(Debbie Chambers, Anne Lowerson, Vivienne Prince, Zoe Albon)

Nga Rakau
(Mark Struthers, Tim Cochrane, Isak Meyer, Louise Mark)

Orion Adventure
(Brent Edwards, Marcel Hagener, Fleur Pawsey, Carl Bevins)

Osprey packs / nitelights.co.nz
(Mike Walker, Rachel Ockelford, Mark Hearfield, Liam Drew)

securify.co.nz
(Jerome Sheppard, Colin Slater, Dave Rudge, Jill Westenra)

http://www.alpineepic.co.nz/
(Sophie Hart, Shane Armstrong, Angus Jennings, Nick Ross)