Finke - Night markets

Our first experience with the Finke Desert Race was attending the night markets.

They had race bikes, buggies and trucks there for you to get up close and personal too. The kids were excited as they also got to meet some of the riders especially David Walsh who came 1st last year. They were able to meet him, the rest of the KTM riders and have their poster signed.

After making our way though massive crowds to explore the markets, we made our way back for the main show, freestyle motorbike riding in the Main Street. The kids were pumped, they have never seen riders perform tricks in real life before. They got to see motor bike and quads do multiple tricks including backflips.

The next day, we drove out and found a spot next to the track to camp for the weekend, then headed out to scrutineering.

All the buggies and bikes that were racing over the weekend were all lined up. I was so tempted to push one of the motorbikes and see if it tipped all 700 motorbikes lined up alongside it over also, like you see in the movies, but Brett wouldn’t let me 🙄.

It was a great opportunity to get up close to all of the race bikes.

Again it was freezing, so it was great to get back to the van and get warm.Read more