Keep up the great work team - looking good!

Hi Everyone

You are coming through very clearly on the live feed. How are the conditions? Looks a bit windy. We are all thinking of the whole team back here at Damascus. Stay safe! We are extremely proud of all of you. See you soon.

Tony Duggan

Hi guys,

Had a look while on lunch.
Watch out for the trucks.
How fast are you travelling?
Good luck.
Be Safe.

Donna.

I am impressed not only with your live feed but your achievements. A credit to your college and it’s curriculum. Well done to you and your teachers. Innovative education on a topic that we all need to learn a lot more about!

Ballarat Renewable Energy and Zero Emissions (BREAZE) are cheering you on. Great work educating not only yourselves but everyone that sees you and your website.

Great change over guys.

Aaaah. That looks awesome but scary!! How do you take a toilet break??

Amazing pictures are coming through here at the City of Ballarat. Keep up the good work

Hope the Beepic is working well. Got no picture or data here, but am running Vista, so we will blame that rather than the electronics!
Really wish we were there, hope things are going well for you all.
Not sure if we will be at the town hall tomorrow, but thinking of you all in the heat!
Take care and smooth high speed wishes from Ben.

goin well guys. the yellow and black looks sweet on the road.

good luck, and we’ll see you all back in ballarat tomorrow lunchtime!

Hey guys, well done, looks like your moving pretty well! This is great for HPV’s! I wish my school did something like this!
Good luck guys!

Hello everyone, especially Benny Boy. The whole world is watching you, you are doing a great job. Ben get on the camera cant see you lol!
Leeeeeesa and all of the restxxxxxx

Wow watching it is amayzing, not as good as actually being there riding but it looks cool and feels like i’m there.
Keep up the great riding guys.
XoXo

About to go home from work. You are riding magnificently.
Top speed that I have seen is 94 klicks. Keep it up.

Man that thing hammers, Nice going Mr Sparkles

We had you live in the library at Mt.Clear and here in our home too. You look awesome and we’re really proud of you.
Herperger family

GOOOOOOOO BEEEEEEE!
You go you tank girl.
YAHHOOOOOOO!
I’m watching you:-)
Love Flick XOX

hey guys its just me again. ill be watching this all night, ive just watched it an hour straight! i would love to be out there riding! i was just wondering where abouts you are at the moment?

Matt, Where are you from?

You can see where we are by zooming out on the google map.

Thanks for the encouragement.

Hey Guys!,
You guys are really moving!
I really like the new paint job aswell.
It’s great to see some real awareness being made for Global Warming and i’ll spread the word about ur trip at school!
Lol and it also looks like some pretty awesome testing for the WFCC next year!

Best of luck for your trip,
Justin and the Westminster Team

Thanks for the day’s entertainment. Good luck over night.

Justin, Ballarat City Council.

Hi all, just sitting back at home watching the feed. Looks great, keep it up. Give us a wave when you can.
Brendan Bawden

im from mornington. i ride for padua college and also tri-sled.
oh ok no worries, thanks. i called mick mctigue before and he said something about a little thingo that shows how fast you guys are moving and all that, how come my screen does’nt show it, or is there a link?

Thanks for the wave

matt is a young padua lad.
he rides for trisled in his spare time, and crashes into firetrucks!

haha its dinner time, i should be back watching about 8 o’clock. you wouldnt happen to have msn on the computer? haha. im obsessed, this sytle of hpv is wicked!

hahaha mick thats such an unfair call.

not sure if that data is available at this stage matty. hilly might be able to fill us in on that one.

Hey guys!!

You’re doing really well!!

But are you nearly there?

My internet is being slow and i hate it grrr.
But when it works its amayzing!
That sun would be doing wonders for the solar panels to charge those batteries unlike WFCC.
what time you expected back at the town hall tomor?
Yellow is just the best!
Go Illuminator!
AND DAMASCUS!
Also LIke was mark wearing shorts :0

Hey guys,

Take the camera into parliament house with you?!?!

Matt

youve gotta expect it matty, all that tiger furr left on the bitumen! lol

exciting form of hpving alright! going at high speeds all the time…..thats the stuff.

Great job getting to Canberra guys. So very proud of you all. Can’t wait for you to get back on the road.

Keep up the great work!

What time would you guys like those Pizzas delivered??

Keep up the great work guys, almost half way home already.

All the best in your journey.

The Staff at Claremont Holiday Village in Portland Victoria

hey guys you must be moving alright, in canberra already! riding open road at night time will be awsome, the wind if there is any should calm down so you might hit some awsome speeds! whats the top speed so far?

haha that pizza looks so good, i want some!

Those Pizza were delicious, huh.

go u legends. show those canbrerans? what us victorians are made of!!! WOOOOO!

Those Pictures are awesome, The Tech Crew have done a great Job, Well done Sparky

I think the GPS got a bit confused…

Australian Pizza Kitchen make the best woodfired pizza’s in the ACT.

Thanks guys, they were delicious!

Hey Guys, doin really well. Wish I was there with ya’s!!

who is actually there in the bus/car whatever?
i dont know who anyone is sorry lol
except for mick mctigue.

Matt, it looks like you GPS is goin a bit silly???

Hey guys.

Looks fantastic.
Hope all is going well.
Ash says good luck to Beth and Lacey.
See you when you get home.
Great work.
Donna.

Keep up the great work guys!!

WOW this is amazing,
looks really good, and the live feed is MAD!!!

keep up the great work,
cya all soon

hahah Heres a photo of the some of the team in Wagga Wagga!!@
http://a618.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/126/l_a9e4badb588fc276adec5326dfd03259.jpg

Thats Girl vs Ghost in the background: P

dats sxc

run forrest run!

Watching the live feed at night… it looks great. Illuminator is powering along. All the best to each and every one of you. Go Damascus!!! A fantastic effort.

Looks just like EBT at mb except with cars on the road and no Delilah to overtake you.

Your doing a fantastic job troopers.
Keep it up!
flick x

Hi everyone, I am so jealous of you all and am really missing you all too. Have a wonderful time, be safe and a big hi to Alan and Beth. Love you all ann-Maree.

Back in front of my computer. Who is in the vehicle now? This is better the Home and Away!!!

Looks great - this is the first chance I’ve had to watch today. Well done all! Hope you’re still running on time. My kids and I are glued!

way better than home and away bawdy!

It must be super windy there, that trike is moving all over the road.

Good luck.

Alyce in Vehicle now ( Sorry bout spelling)

Hi Tony, Mark, Aaron and all,
Video looking really great for night shots, GPS tracker impressive Aaron, keep up the great work!

Tanking Along nicely….
80 Kph..

Just wondering, could you turn the auto refresh off on the gps?
Maybe make it manual ?
It’s making havoc at my place.
It is making the live feed very laggy….

Doing very well!!!!!!!

Have you guys got a spotlight out the front of the bus?

how many riders are you using?

good luck through the night guys! ill have a look in the morning! i wish our school computers let us watch it haha. have fun!

Josh nunan in now apparantly.

Boys, don’t be so rude!!!!
love Ann-Maree

Hi Uncle Alan and Beth,

Have been watching you since I got home from school. I think this is amazing. I wish our school did this.

Travel safe.
Love
Emma H

Sorry if I came across rude

Matt I meant all the boys lifting their shirts on camera! not you, you’re never rude.

Yes, That was a bit un-called for

Is that Rain?????

The GPS seems to work Ok in other Browsers like Opera, but the Live feed only works in IE.

Current Rider is the Nuninator. (Josh Nunan)

Followed by Jacob Baxter, Klanger (Clancy Purdie), Andy White, JB -Justin Brennan, Lucas Brennan, Sir Ryan Decker, Erin Fradd, Beth Strange, then Alyce again,

Very cool guys! Live TV! Watch out for the big trucks & see you in Adelaide later this year if you stay at Imagination!

Hello Mark!
were all crowded around the computer!
watching
STOP so we can see you wave at us
sophie!

Hi Mark and Co,
Hope it’s cooling down somewhat!
Keeping an eye on things and so are Dot and Bill (very proud).
Have you waved to Sophie yet?

Hey are you guys ready for me to deliver Supper yet,

I will throw in a free Garlic Bread for the Shirt Lifters.

PS Does Box Man really want a Godfathers El Supremo

Well done, great effort, great website.

Is Andrew awake?

Gary

Go Damascus. Where are you Ben? Get in front of the Camera!! We knew you were gone cause there was actually food left in the house….lol
Andrew, Leesa & Support Crew

Hey guys,

Nice setup, seem to be moving along quite quickly.

Are you guys moving over for the trucks??

From a retired rider to the riders, keep that cadence pumping!

Good luck to all the crew and co’.

Goodnight.
JC

To Mark Tony and all the team, keep up the good work during the night, you guys are doing an amazing job. This is better than watching TV! Will be there at the Town Hall to welcome you all tomorrow. Good Luck

when ya get a chance can who ever manning the laptop please reply to my message (cheers)

watching ya live doing great!

well im off to bed ill watch you bright and early in the morning at school good night Cenny and crew

Great stuff, guys! Live video is very cool.

Good luck with the rest

- Ian

Doing a great job, looks great, beats watching TV. Hope it goes well through the night. See you at the town hall tomorrow. Good Luck!!

Hi Alan,

Rog usually growls when I take over the computer but hasn’t said a word tonight.

The live feed is fantastic.

Keep safe.

What time is Beth riding again???

Love Donna.

P.S What happened when you had to stop???

Hey guys, Its the Frosty and the Flick, we’re watching you from haddon and like, you’re freaking speeding along! saw that the better half of the Mclean family had posted so i better keep on putting in my own 2 cents!! Keep on Truckin!!#@!~~

you guys are flying along!
Looks so great and fab.
Who is in atm?
Keep up the great work.

Love Frost and Flick in haddon xx

You guys are amazing!! It is just so great to be able to watch you live. Stay strong through the night. Get some sleep if you can. Mark you are looking way too much like Mike Reynolds with that head lamp on. Go Damascus!!!

Go Pocket Rocket (Lacey)

Good luck Bee

Keep up the great work everyone, it has been great watching your progress and speaking to you today Mark. Will check in with you in the morning and look forward to hearing from you during the morning tomorrow.

Time for bed here in Ballarat. Alan, Beth, Mark, Davo, Neil, Neil, Rob and all those under 20, have a great night. You are doing a wonderful thing and we are really proud of you all. Good job Al, Mark, Rob, all the techs and constructors at once again making a bike that is world class!!!! And a huge congrats to Aaron, Neil and all those involved in bringing this to us live. Go all you tanks, stay safe and see you in Ballarat tomorrow. LOL.

Well done everyone! You have put in a sensational effort today. It’s been great travelling with you throughout the day. Congratulations on the live coverage…..will check in on you again tomorrow. Stay safe and well overnight…

Its taken me all night to get the live feed up, worth the time , its good to see live progress. Good stuff,
lozza

nice change over
We are watching that super speedy machine.
DCEBT is soo popular!
Been going 12 hours now guys.
good work.
nice spotlight.
flick and frost

jacob thats crap stretching!
<3 flick

Good night all.

Bed time in Ballarat but computer will be left on incase we can’t sleep.

Stay safe and good luck for the rest of the trip.

See you when you get back,

Donna & Emma. (Al & Beths relatives)

Great to watch you live - sorry I missed the Canberra bit but have been with you on much of the road. Bedtime here now - no such luxury for you tonight but what a great experience you are having! Stay safe - stay a LONG way from those transports! Looking forward to coming back to it in the morning.

Ive even worked out how to get full screen images.!! Looks like you are going up and over the Divide, hard going on the riders, but I guess it is fairly cool by now.
lozza

Hi Guys! I should have been asleep ages ago but i can’t tear myself away from this!! You guys are doing an incredible job!! Congratulations to everyone who has put in the effort to bring it all together.. who would have thought hey?? I am astounded by how far the dcebt team has come in the past 8 years! I’d especially like to congratulate and encourage markus, davo and alan (dad) who have for as long as i can remember, dreamt big dreams and actually followed through with them. You 3 are inspirational! Good on you for not giving up!! Enjoy this unique experience everyone!!! Special hi to dad, bee and matt..love you guys!
Laura…
oh and ps: whoever rides the 3am to 6am shift..just remember it’s only a few hours of your enitre life.. it’ll soon be over!!! Tank it up now!!!

Thanks for all the comments guys and girls, it’s great to hear that the team has such a great support network back at home and abroad.
The truckies are being very freindly and leaving us plenty of space on the road.

Keep the comments rolling in.
Cheers,
Aaron Rivett

Hey guys,

Doing a great job! You seem to be moving pretty quickly for 2 in the morning. Enjoy the night.

Its about that time of night!! Let the 3am dirty shift begin. to be honest, i’d be more worried about the travell around shep on the hume n the heat, with no showers on the busses

LOL

Have a great ride!! See you all when you get here.
<3 Frost

Doesnt the clicking from the Hazard lights piss you all off? lol.
Have fun coming into Albury! the bridge is wonderful at night.
?Frosty

“Are we there yet”

Keep up the great work team.

Greast Consistant Speeds, That vehicle is an absolute credit to all the years of hard work and design.

This is very addictive to watch.

Davo Says: GO TO BED BRUCE YOU IDIOT!!! hehehe

Morning guys! Still looking good! Only five hours to go and going strong. Hang in there!

Morning Sally, thanks for the compliments.

Good Morning everyone. Hope the night has gone well…. good to see you still powering along. Keep up the great work. … fantastic effort. Go Damascus.!!!

Thanks Kathy, been having a few issues the last few hours with some unfortunate tyre blowouts, but all seems fine at the minute.

Morning!

Nice to be watching the sunrise with you. It will be difficult for us all to peel ourselves away from the screen during the next few hours!

Hope you’re all feeling energised and excited for the home stretch

Light’s coming - between dark & light is not an easy time to drive - just saw the last changeover but couldn’t pick who was hopping in. You’re all doing a great job. The end is nearly in sight!
Keep up the good spirit . . . and the hard work.

Hi Taz and Loz,

Yes, the sunrise as we’re riding along is beautiful, yeh, we’re all excited and counting down the hours and kilometres till we arrive safe and sound at home.

Goodmorning! This looks so great! Congratulations to you all, look forward to seeing you back in Ballarat later today.

Good morning EBT team. You are flying.

NIce touch turning the bike so we can see the rider changes. Who is riding now and who is in next?

Earliest ETA Ballarat?

Well done good luck from Gary, Pauline, Catherine and Alice and good morning to Andrew from the Birthday dog

Love the fluffy dice. Its awesome to see you guys still travelling strong. Keep up the great work! See you at the town hall.

That was a relaxed rider change….
Alan with coffee in hand as the rider goes in…;)

Hey Guys,

Howd the night go? Keep up the good work, not too far now!

Cheers

Haha, yeh we thought the fluffy dice was a nice addition, the last stop was a fairly relaxed one due to everyone buying McDonalds for breakfast, night run when reasonably well, more details in the next update which is coming soon

BANANAS !!! ???

Sorry, we can’t hear you we’ve got bananas stuck in our ears!!!
Hahaha

Whats happened to the GPS tracker map ? Its all over the place !!

hey guys!
awesome night riding out there on the open roads.
Does bruce actually sleep?????

Good story in the Ballarat Courier this morning, you guys have done a great job overnight, see you soon at the Town Hall

We have a slight error when the gps tracker works in certain co-ordinates, should fix itself soonish

Doing a great job! Heard you on the radio this morning. Hi al and beth and everyone.See you at the Town Hall! Ann-maree.

First a spanner in the works , and now its nearly time for morning tea ?

Morning all, what an achievement…and so much publicity!! You’re famous!
Enjoy the last few hours…I bet the sunrise was beautiful this morning. Looking forward to hearing all about it.
See you tonight Matt. xo

What a fantastic effort guys!! Can’t imagine how anyone could not be impressed. Travel safely for the rest of the way and see you in Ballarat later today!!

Ohhh Mr. Sparkle your are so awesome

u guys r stormin if ur gettin close to seymour! hope us have a great ride for the last 200 ks!

hey you are going great love it ha ha xx

Hello looks like fun. You are going really good

Powering along folks - keep the Damascus spirit up.
Hi to all supports both students and adults - fabulous commitment.
Well done.

hey. how are you guys going? dont get eaten by any big trucks. what is the highest speed you have reached.??

keep up the good work.
: ) : )

hey guys great work! did u leave any pizza for me?

u r doin good guys! keep up the good work!

keep up the fantastic work!!!!!!!!
you guys are going sssoooooo well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stay safe

whats the highest speed you have got to today !

pump those chicken legs!!!!!

heyyyyy guysssss stay safe!!

DUDESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MISS U HEAPS CLANCY!!!!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

Congrats Mark and team. Doing a great job. Take Care. Best wishes, Mum and Dad McLean

Keep up the good work, will see you all after 1pm today

what has happened to the live feed?

FLICK IS BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!
What time are you expected to be at the town hall?
Keep it up guys
Xo

lol so its not just me that lost that then?? and the GPS has gone haywire!

there is nothing to watch :-(

Morning everyone, What a night! You are simply amazing! Can’t see your exact location at the moment the GPS is not tracking well. I noticed you near Seymour earlier so will give you a wave as you bypass the “big smoke”. Enjoy the huge and well deserved welcome party on your return. Only a few short hours now……….CONGRATULATIONS!!! GO DAMASCUS EBT!!

almost 24hours now guys.
Which means if you were at marybourah it would be all over.
but this is way better than EBT i imagine!
I want to watch you
Come back on the TV!
BETH AND EZ YOU TANKS!!
AND LACEY YOU ROCK!
XOXOXO

Experiencing Technical Difficulties At The Moment, We are aware of the issure, please bear with of for the time being.

Cheers,
Aaron

ok thanks rivett hehehe

hey aaron,
do you know yet at this stage appox what time you will be getting into ballarat, to the town hall?
Felicity

Webcam is operational again, will be arriving at the Ballarat Town Hall at approx. 1:30-2:00

hey Guys,
Doing an awesome job, as always.
Can’t wait, to see you all i’m so excited. Should be good.
Yay the yellow machine web cam is working again!!!!
You guys are so clever
Ad have put in soo much hard work.
Bet its all paying off.
I hope you enjoy the last hours.
Mark, Davo and Al you have all done a fantastic job.
Like laura said, your hard work over the years has really payed off.
DCEBT has come soo far.
From mark and als techie work and late late nights in the shed to davos hours training those tankie riders.
It just goes to show it all pays off in the end.
Congratulations on such a Brillaint, powerful inspiring and sucessful event!
Hope to see you all in B’rat soon.
Make the most of the few hours left guys.
Well Done,
i’m so proud to be Apart of DCEBT.
Love always Flick XxXx

dat is awsum c u soon

where r u now and who is riding?

Hey guys you’re flying along but where’s Illumenator?

whos riding

wheres illumenator

Y was illumenator put in the trailer

Where the trike

See note above live feed.

Ok now I want to know! Where’s illuminator??

Congratulations Guys!
I’ve been getting goosebumps just from watching the amazing job that you are all doing. From the humble beginnings of EBT all those years ago, you should all be so proud of what you are achieving!
Keep the great work up! Cheers, Chelz!

Great job wat was the road problem

Get the beast back on the Road Mr Sparkles,

Naa GREAT work so far guys, well done indeed. Very impressive

Come on home!

The Damascus cheer squad will be out in force as you go by the Victoria Street campus.

Nearly there. Go Damascus!!!!

Tony Duggan

Great job everybody.

Have been watching on and off all day yesterday and today.

Be safe for the rest of the trip.

Sorry Alan can’t be at Town Hall, someone has to hold down the fort at work.

Will be watching you come in just the same.

Love to you and Beth.

Donna.

Give us a wave Mark!
I want to make sure you are well and truly awake.

Tony

I’m soo excited!
Not long now.
Keep it up guys:-)

My dad herd Davo on the radio not long ago.
flick

hills abit hard are they

get to school flick jeez

..

Hi Guys, ur doing awesome!

Heard Davo on radio this morning!

well done guys you are doing good

well done boys you are doing well

Awesome the Illumenator is back…see in in Ballarat in a little while.

Love your work team.

what is the top speed

go guys! us guys are goin’ so fast the live feed does even work properly

gooooo guys!!!!!!!!!!

The top speed of this vehicle is 115kph but we have been trying to not go faster than 90kph for this trip

The City of Ballarat webcam is pointing down Sturt Street to see the team arrive. Everyone is welcome to have a look at this URL:
http://cityview1.ballarat.vic.gov.au/home/homeA.html

Justin, Ballarat City Council.

nunan 115kph
Wfcc last year.
woot woot.
i have no life but to be watching this website haha.
Its very interesting.
See you soon and good luck.
Hope you get lots of honks.
Flicka =)

U guys are so close. I wish i could see you arrive at skool. Ah well, stuff happens!

what speed is the trike going now it seems REALLY fast!

woah towards the change over i thought u would crash u wer goin so fast

The Damascus College Road RAGE Team would just like to express our appreiciation to the family, freinds and sponsors of the team.
During this trip we have raised enough money to help many many people and families.
We couldn’t have done it without everyones constant support.

Once again many thanks

Welcome home guys.

Well done.
Donna.

Welcome home everyone! What a fabulous effort……..it’s been an exciting journey following you live and I am a very proud ex ebt member.

Go Damascus!

Awesome.
What a sensational effort.
Congratulations to all involved.

Its all over.
Great effort by all.
Flick wins leaving the most comments for sure Mwahaha.
Fabulous job guys.
i’m so very proud to be apart of such a great team, who are not just about building HPV’s but building people.
I think they do a great job of that too.

Congratulations of your sucess.

Love always Flick xoxoxoxxo