PI!!!! (Phillip Island)

The weekend of October 3-5 was MotoGP Phillip Island. To those who aren't into the motorbike racing, Phillip Island is probably best known for the Penguin Parade. Every night, the penguins come in from the ocean and go to sleep in their little burrows. We saw the penguins and they were so funny walking up the beach to get home. There were heaps of Asian tourists there! I didn't take pictures of the penguins though because the lights scare them (nobody could take pictures). I have them in my memory though! We saw one poop and one run and fall into a hole. It was great.

We stayed at an awesome farm/house that was one of Cyn's family friends. It was an awesome property with a close by beach! I took my first dip in the ocean there and it was cooooooolllld! We saw some beached jellyfish too.

Now for what we've all been waiting for, the bikes! We went on all three days. Friday was their first practice day and there were about 24 000 people there. Pretty busy, but not too bad at all. If you don't know, there are three classes that race during a MotoGP weekend. The 125cc 2-strokes, 250cc 2-strokes, and 800cc 4-strokes. The MotoGP guys were going 330 km/h on the straight while the 125s were getting up to 245 km/h (not slow at all!). the first thing you'll notice is the sounds of the bikes! I took videos, so I won't describe them, but you feel the noise. I was overloaded with everything to see! I took 300 pictures over weekend!!!! Seeing these guys fly around the track made me want to ride so much! A track day might be in order here. Phillip Island is the fastest track on the MotoGP calendar!

During the race, we were sitting by turn 7 and 8 right by the fence. The bikes were so close and we heard every ear splitting decibal the bikes put out! I have to say that of all the GP bikes, I like the sound of the Honda thee most. The Ducati was very recognizable, as was the Kawasaki, but the Honda just sounded so mean!

I've been a Rossi fan from when I first started watching and I still am, but I found a new hero in Nicky Hayden! He is just so friendly to the crowd and so good to watch. Pulling wheelies for the crowd during the cool down lap, how can you not like him!!!!!! He had a fantastic race too, except for near the end where you can tell his tires were wearing while Rossi chased him down and passed him on the last lap. Rossi finished 2nd from a 12th starting position. How good is that!?!?

This was a fantastic weekend that I'll remember for a long time. I have pictures to put up as well (I'll put an update once I get it).

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