WC2 - Australia - Track Walk -

The scenery in Cairns is pretty epic! It makes a nice change for the world cup to stop somewhere different.

Here we go! After 5 years the highest level of downhill racing returns to Australia. Cairns in far north Queensland plays host to round 2 of the UCI World Cup series. Today was the track walk and gave riders their first chance to look at what they will be racing on come Saturday.

It was time to head up for the track walk and everyone was excited to see what the track had to offer.

Make no mistake the uplift was pretty crazy itself!

Riders were keen to check out the track and straight of the gate there were a heap of tight corners before riders will be confronted with this! A pretty epic rock garden, Nick Beer checks it out.

Connor Fearon points out some lines while Ty from Captyvate Media looks on. Dean Lucas looks up from the bottom.

And then thinks about it some more.... — And then thinks about it some more….

You have to watch out for everything in Cairns, chances are they will bight or sting, regardless how small!

Getting out from the rocks revealed some wider open sections. The track had some contrasting technical areas then wide open.

It was pretty muddy in some parts... — It was pretty muddy in some parts…

Making it a whole lot of fun just to walk!

For some people their shoes were disposable by the end of the walk.

Riders were definitely scratching their heads at some points.

Others were just chucking a 'Super Mr Casual!' — Others were just chucking a ‘Super Mr Casual!’

This had everyone deep in thought and conversation. You would have seen the pics by now of the whoops section, There was a lot of talk about whether riders could quad the first part in a double... — This had everyone deep in thought and conversation. You would have seen the pics by now of the whoops section, There was a lot of talk about whether riders could quad the first part in a double…

This was also pretty interesting... Will Rischbieth stands up on the top left pointing out the landing bottom right.... — This was also pretty interesting… Will Rischbieth stands up on the top left pointing out the landing bottom right….

The iconic 270 corner leads riders into the aforementioned gap!

69 - Rumble in the jungle! — 69 – Rumble in the rainforest!

Check back soon to see the riders actually riding!

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