On Saturday, the 9th of December 2006, the temp trace for Gawler looked good thermals to 19,000' winds at the lower levels from the North-East and moderating during the morning. 

Flights of note:

• John Nicholls Discus 760 km out and return to Parachilina in five hours 152 Km/hr.
• Terry Cubley (our associate member) a 1040 km Triangle North To Death Rock East to Redcilffe South-East of Mildura 9.5 hrs 109 Km/hr max alt 13000'.
• Peter Temple out and return to Farina 1017km @118 Km/hr on the way home he flew 500km averaging 160 Km/hr max, hight 17000' still some distance below cloud base. Peter may have broken or set 3 Australian records.
• Jade Palmer a Junior pilot got her Gold height with a climb to 14500'.

Information source: Robert Moore, Aus-soaring mailing list.

Both flights can be viewed and downloaded from OLC: Terry Cubley's and Peter Temple's. 

And here is the email I received from Terry briefly describing his 1040km flight:

The temp trace was great, predicted thermals to over 15,000. The best money was to do an out and return flight along the trough (which Peter Temple did at a good speed, with a climb to 17,000ft) but I wanted to try an FAI triangle.

It was blue for all of the flight, cu forming behind me on the first leg and then ahead of me near the first turn.

Then I had the scrub - a long curved approach to get north of Wakerie, then I had to contend with the smoke from the bushfires - a quiet glide through. Crossed the border and the 7 knot climbs reduced to 4.5 knots - but still going to 10,000 feet. Around Redlciffs (Mildura) and back to the border. Climbed back to 11,000 feet and then had to glide through the thickening smoke. 2000 feet at Waikerie and I took a 3.5 knot climb back to 8000, then a glide to Stonefield where I found a 4 knot climb to final glide under cu. 9.5 hours on task - a long day in the office but good fun.