The World Solar Challenge is a race from Darwin to Adelaide for solar powered cars. Sungroper was the culmination of about 18 months work to build the car and enter the race in November 2001.
Sungroper/ | Photos to do with Sungroper |
Official Launch/ | The official launch of Sungroper on the Ozone Reserve |
Platypus/ | We were quite friendly with the Platypus team from Mackay in Queensland |
Getting There/ | Peter, Skippy and I did a road trip to Darwin with Sungroper in tow |
Darwin/ | We spent some time in Darwin getting sorted out before the race |
Qualifying/ | We had to qualify before the race started. |
Race/ | The 2001 World Solar Challenge |
Coming Home/ | Skip caught a plane and Peter and I did the road trip home with Liz and Neil |