Oi....that'll be enough cheek outta the hillbilly contingent! .......went to bathurst once for that bloody race...'78 I think.....mate bought a '69 HB torana specially for the trip for $500 2 days before.....predictably ended in tears....bloody thing blew up doing 91mph down conrod straight on the Saturdee......decided to hitch home!......got as far as Blaney & slept in the station waiting room...bloody coldest place on earth...a train woke us up the next morning, so we just got on (no ticket folf at blaney)...had no idea where it was going, but anywhere was better than Blaney....anyway, it ended up being Sydney.....got to the turnstyle with no ticket & just told the guy we got on at some joint 2 stops before....blaney to Sydney for $0.70!!.....the rest is an even longer story!

hitchy