Evgeniya Laritskaya writes:

First day of the Corryong Cup. 38 degrees
Celsius in the shade. The smoke from distant fires reduced visibility so much
that we could barely see the mountains on the other side of the valley. After
the flight, the battens were so hot that it was very difficult to get them out
of their batten pockets. The Locals say nonsense, it's not hot yet, wait till
it's 45 degrees.

In general, this is real Australia, everything is according to plan. The
kangaroos jump right at the launch. The air smells like eucalyptus. There are
few gas stations and they close at six. The grass is dry everywhere dry. The
pilots are cheerful, relaxed and only waiting for the task to be announced. They
would like to fly to Mount Kosciuszko (2228 M), the highest point of Australia,
50 km from launch.

The Corryong Cup is a small local competition with only 20 + participants (more
precisely, we will find out according to the results of the first day). There
are four Russian Pilots: Andrey Solomykin, Konstantin Lukyanov, Aleksei Labzin
and Michael Karmazin.

Today, the guys have about 49 km. Kostya was first goal, They are using elapsed
time here, so the winner of the day will be found out only tomorrow. Andryukha
reached the finish line, which is cool for the second flight on this glider and
his first experience of the topless competition.

The page of spot trackers of Russian pilots here, you can follow:
https://www.flytrace.com/tracker/map.aspx?group=828&defcoordformat=deg

More pictures
here.