Completely off topic but...

[BecBennett]

At work this morning, our office was settling in for just your average Tuesday work day, when one of the girls pointed out these back packers that were running in and out of traffic tapping on car windows, looking like they were trying to get directions.

We thought they were crazy, and then we saw the camera man...

Another one of the girls went outside to see what they were looking for (we're real estate agents, we know where everything is) and it turns out they were trying to get to a small town about an hour over.

Next thing we knew she was running back into her office, with the camera man following her. She picked up her car keys and called to the office in general "I'm going to Gunnedah, be back in 2 hours!" and off she went...

Turns out it was the French/Belgium version of The Amazing Race!

So that lady took off driving them to Gunnedah, and we got onto our contacts and organised a way from them to get from there to Coonabarabran and then from there they've got to get to Lightning Ridge by the end of the day.

We saw 2 teams near our office, and when they got to Gunnedah there was another team there trying to hijack the lift we'd organised to Coonabarabran. As far as we know, the team we were helping was the only one who headed to Lightning Ridge via. coona, every one else looked like they were going through Narrabri - but we knew that there are many closed roads due to flooding that way.

I'm dieing to know how far they got!

Sorry for the long post, but it was a bit exciting! Now just to find out when that version of the Amazing Race will go to air, so we can try and get a copy of it in Oz to watch!

 

[aussietravellers]

Wow, that's exciting! Amazing Race is my favourite show. I would have been helping them too

 

[Ms. Shuttergirl]

What an exciting thing to break up the day.

 

[WAMUMOF4]

thats so exciting and so thoughtful of your colleague to help them out like that.

 

[battymum]

cool!

Thanks for thinking of us to share your excitement with!!

 

[Mum from oz]

How cool! What a great way to distract you from a dreary Tuesday at work.

 

[BecBennett]

Yeah it was a great way to break up the day, but unfortunately by 11am the moment had passed, but I still didn't feel like doing anything...

We've done a bit of research and found that it was the European version, which is called Peking Express, and I think they started in South Korea and are finishing in Sydney...

 

[Travel Mum]

Oh WOW, how exciting!! I love, love, love Amazing Race (and really enjoyed the Aussie version too as they had some great characters on it)

 

[ExcitedSam]

Wow! That is exciting! You'll definitely have to try and catch it when it's on, online probably!

 

[Mum from oz]

On news.com this morning:

http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/...s-in-their-place/story-e6frfq80-1226265212511

 

[5ofus]

Another big TAR fan here! How exciting I wonder if your colleague will end up on tele?

 

[BecBennett]

Ludovic and Samuel are the ones we helped!

I'm going to have to send that artical to the girls at work. We're not mentioned, but it's still pretty cool.

 

[carnival kid]

OMG how cool is that!!!!!

I LOVE that show as well...... how exciting knowing you helped them!!

 

[battymum]

Where abouts are you Bec? We had the map out trying to trace it out.?

 

[BecBennett]

I'm in Tamworth and apparently they were in Noosa the previous Saturday.