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People Telecom Urban Polaris, Canberra, ACT, December 4, 2005

Rolling home
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(Click for larger image) Rolling home  - Jean Douglass and Ron Simpson roll in with Stephen Cusack and Brendan Mulhall
Ian Stewart and Zoe King
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(Click for larger image) Ian Stewart and Zoe King finishing fifth in mixed pairs.
Trent Birkett and Cameron Godwin finish
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(Click for larger image) Trent Birkett and Cameron Godwin finish  - one of the last pairs to roll in, they nevertheless racked up enough points to land 12th overall and fifth in the men's category
Post-event refuelling
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(Click for larger image) Post-event refuelling courtesy of the local Scout group.
Bikes of all types
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(Click for larger image) Bikes of all types  - there were even a couple of recumbents.
Wake me up for prizegiving.
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(Click for larger image) Wake me up for prizegiving.
Gimme caffeine!
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(Click for larger image) Gimme caffeine!
This map was new
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(Click for larger image) This map was new yesterday. Polaris regulars laminate their event maps so they have a chance of surviving being read and refoilded dozen's of times.
Team TRuDGe - endurance racing regulars
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(Click for larger image) Team TRuDGe - endurance racing regulars
Sydneysider Celia Cramer
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(Click for larger image) Sydneysider Celia Cramer was very proud of her first serious stack, susteained on a day that had seen her ride further than she'd ever done in one day (72km versus a previous 25km) and descend faster, coming off Black Mountain at 69km/h.
SBS journalist Jim Trail
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(Click for larger image) SBS journalist Jim Trail was half of the second-placed team in mixed pairs and chirpy as ever after only just failing to defend his team's title in the category. Trail's Canberra-resident local knowledge was a big advantage in previous years.
T-shirts abound
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(Click for larger image) T-shirts abound