Melbourne cont. Friday

Quiet day to day. Took the old rattler down to the city and another across to Albert Park, Gate 1.
Found our seat and were immediately disappointed with the lack of any real view. The problem is that from where we are you can't see any of the lead up or going away track and the bit in front of us is obscured by a huge steel mesh fence. Worse than that the cars are tending to drift over to our side of the track so that they are almost totally hidden. Second huge disappointment is that the hand held TVs we had in Monza are no longer available due to F1 Management and FanVision not coming to terms. Surely there must be some consideration given to the fans who contribute huge amounts of cash to keep these mandarins in the comforts they have become used to. I for one will have to rethink another F1 attendance, you get a better view and can at least hear the commentary on your tv at home. Even the big screen opposite our stand is short of expectations, it's actually quite small and seems to be on some time delay - what you see has already happened and gone.

Boo Hiss F1.

Took the Canon and Roman's 400 mm lens but from where we are they are of no use whatever.
Bought a $20 ear phone radio - fell apart before we got back to the stand. Fortunately i found the pieces on the grass and i was at least able to hear some commentary.

Not really a happy camper i must say.