For Jason and I, one of our Targa highlights has been meeting a local couple running a yellow Ford Falcon, Charlie and Mary Hughes. It seems as though Charlie sits there pushing the ex-taxi as fast as it will go, whilst Mary is constantly urging Charlie to go faster! They actually ran the Prologue stage with a Taxi sign on the roof! The car is signwritten with a long list of people they are grateful to for help, with the last named being Darby. I asked who Darby was and was told it was their sponsor ... it turns out that Darby is their Great Dane, and she's recently had a litter of pups, so rather than being eaten out of house and home by a large family of Great Danes, they have sold the Pups, and the money they got has paid their entry fee!
It was Charlie and Mary who had a Huntsman spider appear out of the air vents during one stages, a Huntsman apparently isn't dangerous but it's about the size of your hand, complete with furry legs and all, certainly enough to put you off - even if you weren't driving at Charlie's pace at the time - being a farmgirl Mary dealt with it with the hefty book of pace notes, it's about the size of a side plate now, and won't be crawling anywhere ... In another wildlife encounter they had an eagle of some sort swoop down in front of the screen on another stage. They (and their crew) are great fun, it's been great to meet them. They were very sweet to buy four cuddly toys, a koala, a platypus, a bilby and a Tasmanian Tiger, for Jason and I to bring home for our young children. They've also done very well in the event, which they are very pleased about considering they are relative novices too. The old taxi goes well!
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