Okay so it's pretty obvious the team from VisitFlindersIsland.com.au is out to get some publicity, but really, jumping in the water at half past ten on a pitch black night, fully-clothed?? Yes well that's the entrance Flinders Island's deputy mayor Michael Grimshaw made to Coles Bay, before announcing that it was the best swim he'd had in ages, agreeing that he was crazy, and then offering his runners some of two dozen fresh oysters he'd been given by a local volunteer at race control. John and John politely declined and set out at about 10.10.
The team from Deguello reached the summit at 9.30 but no word yet on the Haphazard boys. The moon has finally risen, shedding a little light on the course, but of course in the bush and under the canopy it will be very dark.