As you already know, Damian had started to reveal the Mr Men characters that he had given to each of the team on last year’s ride. He planned to do this at the team dinner each evening. On the Friday night, as you already know he revealed Mr Cool – Gerry (now in Glory), Miss Giggle – dear Lynn and Miss Sunshine – his dear wife Debbie and yes the Miss Sunshine toy is still in his pocket.
On Saturday night Damian revealed that his son Joel was no other than Mr Happy as there was always a smile and cheer whenever he looked out the window or if he rode with Damian. Then we came to Peter, Damian had a couple of characters for him, the first was Mr Muddle, because there was always something that he had forgotten or needed to fix, like coming out to ride without his gloves, however, the other character was Mr Helpful and this was so true because Peter had a solution for everything and he also had a gadget for every situation and it was awesome.
The final three characters were revealed on Sunday night, Rob was Mr Cheerful, he was always smiling and nothing was ever too difficult and there was always a good word from Rob’s lips. Mitch was Mr Strong, he would come out in some tough conditions and just grind out the kilometres and he was a true work horse. Dave was Mr Brave, if it was heat or wind or long hours, Dave was up to it, he braved any situation and always stepped into the fray, where others may not have.
So there you have it the Race Across Australia 2007 team and the Mr Men character names that Damian gave them, all in the interest of keeping his mind working and himself somewhat amused – you should have seen his face when he went through the revelations – he was loving it.
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