Updates from The Mountain Zone Cybercast

Team Eco- Internet of New Zealand is unbeatable. (photo: Chris Vile)

Team Eco-Internet of New Zealand just crossed the finish line in Cairns at about 1:15pm with the two kayaks they had just paddled 79km from Bramston Beach. This was the end of a super-human effort which has seen them cover this 538km course in five days and 20 hours.

Click to hear Team Eco-Internet at the finish line.
We're the first in to talk to the team! [Click for the audio.]

Team Eco- Internet stroll into Cairns. (photo: Chris Vile)

On their arrival in Cairns Harbour, the team, John Howard, husband and wife, Andrea and Keith Murray and Robert Nagle, disembarked slowly from their kayaks and in a final boost of energy, carried them across the finish line.

After six days of trekking, canoeing, rappelling, mountain biking, rafting and sea kayaking, Team Eco-Internet has collected $25,000 (AUS) in prize money. In addressing the crowd of spectators, team captain, Robert Nagle said "Australia is a wonderful place. We've had a lot of fun. We really enjoyed this race and have some very fond memories."

While maintaining their strong lead, Team Eco-Internet entered the final 79km sea kayak leg from Bramston Beach at 10:30 last night. Despite looking fit and strong, they were unable to escape the rigors of the past 6 days when they were forced to spend a compulsory 2 hours on Russell Island waiting for a new race 'passport' after theirs had been lost enroute from Bramston Beach.

-- Chris Vile, Mountain Zone Kiwi Correspondent