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Macpac Girls on Top finish

We've just returned from HQ where we, along with a crowd of their adoring fans! welcomed the Macpac Girls on Top in to the finish.

16th overall, in a race where more than half the teams failed to finish the course, this was a gutsy week for the girls. Debbie was at risk of getting deep and meaningful as she told us how mentally tough it had been this morning, when they were struggling to find their way out of the rain forest. She heaped praise on Anne's navigation over the whole race, saying that any time she (Debbie) took the map, she gave it back after about 10 minutes.

Their next little challenge is to get home, get showered, and get back for the prize giving in a couple of hours. And then not fall asleep in their soup.

Girls get closer ...

The Macpac Girls on Top looked like they had similar nav problems to everyone else on the final trek ... a few hours spent going in circles ... but they're on their way out now, and we're hoping to see them mid-afternoon - in plenty of time for the party tonight !

A couple of photos

1. Turn your back for a minute to check the nav, and Lou's suddenly catching a few zzzzz's
2. Tim's feet
3. Tim and a Dancing Panda confer as to where exactly they are ...

Nga Rakau finish 6th

Team Nga Rakau crossed the finish line a little after 1:30pm, 6th mixed team (7th overall), and first Kiwi team.

There were a few twists in the tail of the race, with plenty of tricky navigation in the last 60km trek.

The team are weary but elated, and Annie, Sonja, Ang & Bart would like to say ... we're SOOO proud of you guys!!

We will now await the arrival of the three-man Osprey team (probably sometime tomorrow morning), and the Macpac Girls on Top (maybe later tomorrow afternoon) ... the girls' SPOT has died at the moment, but we're pretty sure they're still heading this way on the final trek - no reports from HQ of any problems.

Nga Rakau nearly there ...

Nga Rakau hit the edge of suburbia about an hour ago, and we're expecting them in about two hours...

Four teams finished

After more than seven full days, only 5 teams (four mixed and one all-male) have finished.

A couple more should make it overnight, while we're still waiting for Team Nga Rakau and Macpac Girls on Top. Nga Rakau look to be having a few issues in the middle section of the final trek, they've looped around a couple of spots, presumably looking for controls.

We just spoke to the Girls on Top from the transition at the top of Lake Tinaroo where they are about to head out on the short paddle before the final trek. They're all still in great spirits, and we'll be looking forward to seeing them before the race ends at 6pm on Friday !

(No update on Brent's ankle at this stage, as he's down the coast a bit with the rest of Orion and alpineepic at a boatwarming for Anna (Berthelsen) and Rob's new boat !!)