1990 Race Results

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No	Name	OverallPosition	Total Time(hh:mm:ss)	DistanceCompleted
10	Peter Wood	1	28:32:15	575k
7	Mal Cummack	2	28:48:51	575k
22	Kevin Piercy	3	29:26:26	575k
24	Kevin Aubrey	4	30:53:52	575k
12	Gregory Roger	5	32:19:21	575k
17	Edward Freeman	6	32:45:01	575k
15	Jonathan Cook	7	34:00:52	575k
6	Arnold Frollows	8	35:12:20	575k
9	Neil Palframan	9	35:42:30	575k
16	John Croker	10	36:03:28	575k
21	Robert Starmer	11	36:09:25	575k
5	Mark Simpson	12	37:28:59	575k
20	Ole Kelderman	13	38:16:43	505k
8	David Hunt	14	39:03:15	565.2k
25	Ian Hese	15	49:53:38	488.2k
13	Dominic Galloway	16	51:19:21	428.7k
23	Mark Silins	17	53:57:40	394.7k
19	Patrick O’Brien	18	54:49:17	400.2k
3	Darren Newton	19	60:42:03	310.9k
4	Craig Newton	20	61:28:13	313.8k
18	Robert Thompson	21	61:35:49	303k
2	Tony Dietachmayer		withdrew sick	113.8k
14	John Lewis		withdrew injury	114k

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Thanks to Greg Roger for photos from the 1990 race.

The days before suspension, clipless pedals and stylish helmets.

1990 mounting up morning of day one - from the right - Kevin Piercy (white shirt at rear), Newton bros in matching shirts on front line, Arnold Frollows in 'floral', Dave Hunt (dark blue far side)

1990 mounting up morning of day one - from the right - Peter Wood winner, the Newton Bros and ?

1990 mounting up morning of day one - Peter Wood (right) forced his way to the front early on

1990 mounting up morning of day one

Duststorm at the end of Day 1 plasters a tarp against a car.

1990 end of day one, Neil Palframan, Peter Wood and Beryl Hunt support

1990 end of day one, Neil Palframan, survived the worst day after high heat and late duststorm, wasn't allowed to bed until I could make a piss

1990 convoy (day 2?)

1990 convoy (day 2?) Dawn Milne Griffith Ferals team support

Lunch day 3 – shade at a premium

The Mudgee Team machine

Greg Roger Finishes Day 3 taunted by the now scarce can of beer.

Pasta on board, time for a lunch time kip for Greg Roger and Arnold Frollows

Last Camp, end of Day 4 – Bewdiful. (note the satellite dish compliments of Telstra)

Mudgee support team setting new standards for organization

Mudgee riders with Greg Roger

Start of the last leg, day 5. Fierce competition still on!

Birdsville!!! Where’s the beer?

1990 Peter Wood and Neil Palframan with support Dawn Milne and Johanna Botman

1990 Neil Palframan finishing day 4

1990 Peter Wood wins morning session across Goyders Lagoon

1990 Peter Wood wins morning session across Goyders Lagoon.

1990 Neil finishing Goyders Lagoon

1990 Neil finishing Goyders Lagoon

1990 That was hard - I need a minute to rearrange a few electrons

1990 Rider spotting Goyders Lagoon - Beryl Hunt and Johanna Botman, Griffith Ferals support

1990 Lunch last day? Dave Hunt, Peter Wood, Neil Palframan, team Griffith Ferals

1990 Neil and Peter, laps of Birdsville

1990 , ? Newton and Neil Birdsville finish

1990 Dave Hunt trying a front wheel mono at the finish

1990 mounting up morning of day one - Neil Palframan - volleys, home made shirt and nicks, all the mod cons!

1990 Peter Wood with team and individual winnings. Sadly, Peter was killed a few years later, returning from Bathurst to Tumut after a cycling event, when a drunk driver crested a hill on the wrong side of the road.

1990 Griffith Ferals team winners, Neil Palframan, Peter Wood, Dave Hunt

1990 Griffith Ferals team

1990, ? , Beryl Hunt, Dave Hunt, Johanna Botman, Peter Wood, Neil Palframan, Dawn Milne

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