There are around 15 or 20 Aussies coming over.  Don’t think we will be holding info sessions in Aus.  The bike will need about half an hour to be ride-able – pedals, seat, handlebar and more rarely brake and gear adjustment.  The tent does not come with a sleeping bag and we have not promised a mat but are trying to find one anyways – this will be a thick hiking mat meant to minimize heat loss not to be spongy.  The grounds we are camping on are generally pretty soft (rugby fields mainly) and after the first few nights you should be so exhausted from all the partying that it won’t matter anywaysJ

Other helpful hints eh – be nice to your mother and gold fish – seriously though, we have a bunch of stuff on the web and will try to give people lots of info to make the trauma of the trip cope-able (and I sent something to our Aussie guests as well – hope you got it)– I reckon it’s great to get to George a day or 2 or 3 early, read a book or two on the history of South Africa (you won’t understand the place without it), learn leg spin bowling and how to talk rugby (maybe just who Lote Tequiri is) and come with a cheery disposition and ready to have your notions of rich and poor and black and white and good and bad challenged.

Paul McKay

Great Event Company

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