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The Amazing Race: Design Challenge VIII - Final Round Design Show on Page 50!
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DAY #18:
SITE: THE APURVA KEMPINSKI BALI, BALI, INDONESIA
TIME: 10.00 AM
Phil Keoghan: And with that, the bell for Round 2 has rung! The judges are once again impressed by your creativity. There are lots of great designs to get to, so let's get ready for the Design Show!
Submissions are posted in a random order.
Mountain legs will be designated by a green font color, while beach legs will have a blue color.
Please no posting until the end of the Design Show!
Pi:
Design #1 - Nuku
[Aosta, Italy]
Show contentThe Amazing Race Design Challenge 8
Round 2: A Tale of Two Landscapes (MOUNTAINS)
Leg-9 (South Africa → Italy)
The “Valle d’Aosta”
11:00PM, February 29th, Cape Town, South Africa
Phil Keoghan: This is Cape Town, South Africa. A city known for its unique geography, it is one of the most popular destinations on the continent.
And it is here, at the Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel, where teams will begin the ninth leg in a Race around the world for 1 million USD.
Fly to Milan, Italy! You have $23 for this leg of the Race.
Phil Keoghan: Teams will now fly on a predetermined flight to Milan, Italy.
See flight below
Once teams touch down in Milan, they will search the airport parking lot for a brand new
2021 Ford Ecosport which will serve as their transportation for this leg of the race.
Waiting in their car, teams will find their next clue and the Travelocity Roaming
Gnome. In order to check in at the pitstop for this leg, teams must have their gnome.
Travel to the Aosta Valley!
Phil Keoghan: Teams will now drive about 110 miles to the Aosta Valley.
Teams must then make their way to the Arena Croix Noire.
When teams arrive, they will take part in the Aostan tradition of the “Battle of Queens”: an annual cow fighting
tournament that happens in the region every year. Once the battle is complete, they will receive their next clue.
Make your way to Pila Ski Resort!
Phil Keoghan: After watching the cow battle, teams must now drive themselves to the Pila Ski Resort located on the outskirts of Aosta.
When they arrive, they will find their next clue at the Pila Ski School.
Roadblock: Who wants to take part in an alpine summer?
Phil Keoghan: The Alps are known for having some of the best ski resorts in the world with many people flocking to the slopes during the winter months. But when the snow melts, some ski addicts improvise and take on the slopes in a different way: on grass.
One team member will get to take part in the alpine pass time of grass skiing. After a few practice runs on the bunny hill, they will
have to complete a slalom course in less than 2 minutes and 30 seconds without missing any of the flags. If they fail to do so, they
will have to wait for their turn as there are only 2 available courses. Once they do so successfully, they will receive their next clue.
Video about grass skiing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tapmSiBjMkc
Make your way to the village of Chamois!
Phil Keoghan: Teams will now travel to the town of Chamois, which is known for being the only town in Italy not navigable by car. Teams will have to drive to the cable car station in Buisson and park their cars then get tickets for a cable car to Chamois.
When their cable car arrives in Chamois, teams will make their way to Chiesa di San Pantaleone where they will find their next clue.
Take pictures with your gnome.
Phil Keoghan: Teams will now put their navigational skills to the test and travel to 5 destinations in Chamois by foot, bicycle, or chair lift. These locations were:
Bazar Chamois
Cappella della Trinità
Lago di Lod
Chez Pierina
Hotel Maison Cly
Teams would use a provided KODAK Smile Instant Print Digital Camera and take pictures of their Travelocity Roaming Gnome at all 5 places. Once they had taken all 5 pictures, they would make their way back to the church and show an alpine guide. If the guide approved, teams would be given their next clue.
Phil Keoghan: Teams will now take the cable car back to their cars and while they are doing so they will read their next clue.
Detour: Game On or Costume On
Phil Keoghan: This detour will give teams a chance to immerse themselves into the rich cultural traditions of the Aosta Valley.
Note: There are only 3 stations at the Game On detour
Game On
In Game On, teams will get to take part in a traditional Aostan sport: Tsan
Teams would drive themselves to Campo di Tsan in Chatillon and would suit up in the proper attire. They would then be put onto a team and begin a game.
Once each team member had did the following correctly:
Successfully scored a boun-a (hit the ball and gotten it to hit the ground before an opposing team caught it)
Caught the tsan in the field (caught the ball while playing in the field)
Hit the tsan at least 25 meters (hit the ball 25 meters in the second phase)
Successfully thrown a paleta or paletou (throw a good pitch)
They would be given their next clue by the referee.
Website about tsan:
https://www.lovevda.it/en/culture/tradition/traditional-sports/the-sport-of-tsan
Costume On
In Costume On, teams will take part in the traditional Coumba Freida Carnival, recognizing Napoleon's march through Aosta.
Teams would drive to the village of Etroubles where they would find the carnival. Teams would then have to dress in traditional costumes. Then they would begin to search the crowd at the carnival for 2 others dressed in the exact same costume as them.
Once they had found the 2 in the same costume, they would make their way to the end of the carnival where they would meet the traditional bear and his cub. If they were in the same costumes, they would be given their next clue. If incorrect, teams would have to keep searching.
Website about the carnival:
https://www.lovevda.it/en/culture/tradition/traditional-events/carnivals/the-coumba-freida-carnivals
Drive your selves to the Pitstop: Sarre Royal Castle!
Phil Keoghan: The Aosta Valley is known for its many medieval castles. And it is on the terrace of the Sarre Royal Castle
where teams will find the ninth pitstop of the Race. The last team to check in here may be eliminated.
Wiki:
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Travel:
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Cape Town to Milan on March 1st, 2021
Driving maps
Airport to Arena
Arena to Skiing
Skiing to Cable Car
Cable Car to Detour A (Sports)
Detour A (Sports) to Pitstop
Cable Car to Detour B (Carnival)
Detour B (Carnival) to Pitstop
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DESIGN NOTES FROM NUKUShow contentOk so wow here we are round 2... First of all i must admit: once i picked Europe I began designing a leg in Aosta cause i figured it would be a mountain theme but then i got extra lucky when i actually had the mountain theme!! So let's talk destination. I considered a few places for the leg: Sardinia, Tuscany, Verona, even Cortina d'Ampezz but once i started researching the Aosta Valley I couldn't turn it down!! The area has great landscape and geagraphy but the culture is soooo rich and so is the histroy so i wanted to showcase all of it!! This is also kinda my second version of my leg as well... orginally the roadblock was a via ferrata and the teams were going to raft to the pit stop. Then i second guessed myself and i was like hmmm this seems like a Switzerland leg. Like yeah it would have been cool to see the adventures but i dont think it was a WOW leg! so i did some reconfiguring and took out rafting and changed the via ferrata to grass skiing. You guys did also mention how my last leg was dragged out so i kept this one fairly short. Alsoooo you may notice and increase in details as well and better presentation!! I listen ya know LOL! Ok so here are some specifis about tasks:
1. Cape Town was a good place to start because i have made a fantasy route with a ninth leg going from SA to Italy so it worked nicely!
2. Milan was good airport to use as well as it was the biggest in the region and sets us up nicely for a drive through the countryside!
3. This cow fighting is super cool i think! we just start with a simple route info and it leads to a good tradiitonal/cultural experience and you can get some cool cow shots LOL!
4. Next it's skiing. So like i said the road block was originally via ferrata. yayaya some heights and scenery but i was like hmmm lets do somethign challenging!! So i decided on grass skiing!! And originally the RB was after the trip to Chamois but this felt nice. There are 2 ski courses and like the time limit seems slow but the real task will be getting through all the gates and not falling LOL! This can easily be changed into getting 10/15 gates but that makes it an easier task!! I want it to be a new task that can give viewers comedy, views, maybe some drama, and maybe a future switchback!
5. Now this task is what i built my entire leg around! The first thign that popped to me in my research was this town called Chamois!! I was so confused about what was so significant about a small mountain village! Turns out it is the only town in italy with no cars!! No cars to drive no cars to not even a parking lot to enter the town!! So u need to take a cable car below is the cable car website:
https://funiviachamois.it/en/
and so i was like wow! Turns out in the town they walk, bike, and take chair lifts to get around! I had to make a task out of that and i just recently changed it to the roaming gnome task! i think that would be cool and the gnome legs usually are adventurous! So they go around and in my fanfic Kodak is also a sponsor i will make note of that too!!
6. Now this is where it gets tricky for me... so they take the cable car back to their cars and pick their detour right but this detour for me i found tricky. What i found tricky is there is not a lot of information abt these aostan traditions, but i thought it would be cool to include some difficult cultrual tasks in this leg and hopefully the risk pays off. PLEASE note that all the information about the game is provided to teams it is just i kept it in the link to save room at the detour section. I really do not feel the best about my detour because of the lack of information but it can be executed correctly it is just i feel rushed as some of u already know i can not be all that active these upcoming days. There could be some great drama at both detours because the costumes will be hard i mean look at the pictures and tsan is not an easy game so it will be great!! ALSO NOTE: only 3 teams can do each detour
7. lastly the castle for a pitstop nestled in the foothills of the Alps so it should count as mountainous.
So i feel better about this round. i have better presentation and details and i took some more advice from others and i think this location with the elaborate and new tasks should work well and showcase the area. Hopefully i well get another round in this challenge! Best of luck to all other designers!
Pi:
Design #2 - MrDS
[Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea]
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Phil: This is Brisbane, Australia. The third largest city in the country, it is the capital of the state of Queensland, and is name after the Brisbane River, which in itself is named after Sir Thomas Brisbane, the governor of New South Wales at the time of the city's founding. And on the outskirts of the city is Shorncliffe Pier...
Phil: This pier, reaching out over 350 metres, is the largest timber pier in Brisbane, and one of the largest recreational piers in all of Australia. It is also the start point for the fourth leg in a race around the world!
Bananas & Wes were the winners of the last leg of the race, and so will depart first at 5:07am.
INSIDE CLUE: "Although these are more famous in Giza, the capital city of Papua New Guinea may have a point to prove with it's own. Oh it's... rather sandy around here! You definitely don't need to go up..."
Fly to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea! Once at the airport, make your way to the airport car park and choose one of 9 marked taxis to use throughout the leg. Once you have chosen your taxi, find your next clue using the sentence above.
You have $44 for this leg of the race.
Phil: Teams must now fly more than 1,200 miles north to the island nation of Papua New Guinea. With the country's motto of "unity in diversity", it is one of the most culturally diverse nations in the world, with more than 85% of its population living in rural areas.
Phil: Once teams land, they must figure out that their next clue is located on Sero Beach near Pyramid Point. At the peak, people can view the many bays of Port Moresby or watch the stunning sunset over the island. Teams will find their next clue somewhere along these golden sands.
Phil: Due to limited flights to Port Moresby, all teams will be travelling on the same flight out of Brisbane, due to arrive at 1:30pm.
*Teams begin to leave the Pit Stop and book their tickets on the flight to Port Moresby. Once teams land, a few teams immediately recognise the link to the pyramids and ask to go a pyramid point near a beach. Soon after, Bananas & Wes, Christopher & Kevin, and Bayleigh & Swaggy C find Sero Beach and open their next clue.*
INSIDE CLUE: Make your way using your taxi to Varirata National Park and search for your next clue at the entrance to the park.
Phil: Teams must now make their way to Varirata National Park, situated on the outskirts of Port Moresby. Famed for its celebration of wildlife and natural environment, Varirata National Park spans over 1000 hectares and is situated over 800m above sea level. Once teams arrive, they must search for their next clue at the entrance to the park.
*Teams begin to leave Sero Beach for Varirata National Park. Once teams approach the entrance to the park, Christopher & Kevin find the clue box.*
INSIDE TEXT: DETOUR: Feathers Flyin' or Story Tellin'
Feathers Flyin': Take part in a tribal pastime of Papua New Guineans - headdress weaving! Choose a guide with a headdress who will take you to a clearing. Taking it in turns, you must shoot down targets using a slingshot. Each target has a number of bird of paradise feathers attached to them. When you shoot down a target, you can collect all feathers attached to that target. Your aim is to replicate the headdress' feathery patterns. Once this is complete, your guide will hand you your next clue.
Story Tellin': Take part in an ancient method of story telling! Choose a guide who will take you a tent. Here, your guide will teach you several phrases in one of Papua New Guinea's most common languages: tok pisin. Then, once you are happy with your phrases, your guide will use the phrases to tell you a story. You must, using the provided ehora masks, recreate the story as a comedic interpretive dance. If the guide is satisfied with your performance, you must burn the masks to receive your next clue.
Phil: Deep-rooted in Papua New Guinean culture is sing-sings, festivals which take place within tribes throughout the country. Now in this Detour, teams will experience one of two tasks related to these tribal gatherings in Feathers Flyin' or Story Tellin'!
Phil: The bird of paradise is the most prized bird in Papua New Guinea, in particular the males for their impressive plumage. Tribes used to hunt these birds for their feathers, but in more recent times the feathers are simply plucked from the birds themselves. Now in this Detour, teams will simulate the obsolete pastime of hunting for them.
Choosing a guide equipped with a headdress, teams must make their way to a clearing in Varirata National Park, where targets with bird of paradise feathers attached to them are scattered. Taking it in turns, teams must take fire at the targets, with any target they knock over becoming claimed, allowing teams to collect all the feathers attached to them. Once they think they have the correct number of feathers, teams can attempt to replicate the feathered design of the headdress matching colour and pattern. Once they have replicated the headdress's design, teams will be rewarded with their next clue.
Phil: Eharo masks were commonly used during hevehe festivals, a multi-year celebration of the coming of life and to drive away evil spirits, and were used for purpose of comedy. Nowadays, the practice is abolished, though these masks can still be found in parts of Papua New Guinea. Now, in Story Tellin', teams must choose a guide who will teach them phrases in one of Papua New Guinea's most common languages - tok pisin.
Then, once teams are satisfied they know their words, they will be told a story with the phrases involved. Once they have heard the story, they will be given two eharo masks and will be asked to re-tell the story using comedic interpretive dance. If they successfully tell the story to the satisfaction of the guide, they will be told to burn their masks in exchange for their next clue!
*Teams begin to disperse to do one of the two Detour tasks. More teams begin at Story Tellin' and begin to learn the tok pisin phrases. The teams who chose Feathers Flyin' learn how to use the slingshot and begin knocking down targets. About half an hour go past before Christopher & Kevin, who chose Feathers Flyin', and Tony & Sarah, who chose Story Tellin', both get their clues around the same time.*
INSIDE CLUE: Make your way using your taxi to Port Moresby Harbour and find the foreman's shack to receive your next clue.
Phil: Teams will now take their taxis back to the city and must find Port Moresby Harbour, the gateway for the many imports and exports for Papua New Guinea. Once teams arrive, they must find the foreman's office where teams will collect their next clue.
*Christopher & Kevin and Tony & Sarah both leave Varirata National Park back towards Port Moresby. Meanwhile, several other teams also finish the Detour and start making their way back to the city. Meanwhile, Christopher & Kevin make it to the harbour first and collect their clue at the foreman's office*
INSIDE CLUE: Help the harbour workers of Port Moresby in organising the oil barrel deliveries! Collect a list of 6 delivery points around the harbour, each with a barrel colour attached to them. Then, using the provided hand trollies, transport the barrels around the harbour to each delivery point, collecting a receipt if the worker is satisfied. Once you have collected 6 receipts, turn them into the harbour foreman who will give you your next clue if satisfied.
Phil: Oil is one of the three primary exports of Papua New Guinea, with the others being copper and gold. Now for this task, teams must collect a list of delivery points from the foreman, each with one of two barrel colours attached to them - blue or black. Then, using provided hand trollies, must transport the correct coloured oil barrels to the delivery point, where if the worker there is satisfied will hand the team a receipt. Once a team has all 6 receipts, they must hand them back to the foreman who will give teams their next clue!
*Christopher & Kevin begin hauling the barrels around the harbour, with Tony & Sarah and Angela & Faith not far behind them. Soon, Tony & Sarah overtake Christopher & Kevin and collect their next clue from the foreman as Bananas & Wes and Lauren & Cameron arrive at the harbour. Christopher & Kevin collect their clue not long after Tony and Sarah depart.*
INSIDE CLUE: Make your way on foot to Ela Beach and search for the wedding procession to receive your next clue.
Phil: Teams must now make their way on foot to Ela Beach, situated along Walter Bay. Formerly known as Era Kone, its name translates to Turtle Beach in the Motuan dialect, and is the primary beach in Port Moresby. Here, teams must search for the wedding procession to receive their next clue!
*The two front running teams run together towards Ela Beach, with Tony & Sarah knowing Christopher & Kevin still have the Speed Bump to complete. Soon after, we cut to the teams reaching Ela Beach. After they get to the beach, we see Angela & Faith leaving for the beach. Christopher & Kevin open the clue for the Speed Bump whilst Tony & Sarah open the clue at the wedding procession.*
INSIDE CLUE: Help prepare for the reception for the newlyweds! Following the ongoing demonstration, prepare 20 banana leaf packages for a mumu feast to the chef's satisfaction. Once the chef has approved your work, place the banana leaf packages on the hot coals to receive your next clue.
Phil: A Speed Bump is an additional task that the last place team from the previous leg must complete before continuing on in the Race. For this Speed Bump, Christopher and Kevin must prepare 20 banana leaf packages for a mumu feast, a feast typically prepared for great celebrations such as weddings and sing-sings, following the ongoing demonstration. Once they have prepared the packages to the satisfaction of the chef, they must place the packages on the burning coals in order to continue on with the Race in the hope of making up lost time.
*Christopher & Kevin begin the Speed Bump, noting the chef's ongoing demonstration. They begin to start tying up the packages, noting how difficult it is considering the packages are small. Meanwhile, Tony & Sarah begin the Roadblock.*
RB QUESTION: Who's prepared to pay the price?
INSIDE CLUE: Take part in collecting sea shells in order to pay for one of Papua New Guinea's unique commodities - a bride! First, select a bride-to-be from the nearby ceremony. Then, search the beach for 10 golden-edged clam shells and place them in your basket. Once you have 10 golden-edged clam shells, you must hand them in to the father of the bride who if satisfied will give you your next clue.
Phil: Sea shells were the main form of currency here in Papua New Guinea until the mid 1930s. Although largely abolished today, some markets still use these as a form of payment for livestock, food, and other essential goods. But one commodity that could also be purchased is a hand in marriage. Now, for this Roadblock, one team member must choose a bride-to-be and their father, who will then give them a basket. Then, they must find 10 golden-edged clam shells scattered along the beach. Once they have collected their shells, they can hand them in to the father of the bride in order to receive their next clue!
*Tony elects to complete the Roadblock and begins to scan the beach. Meanwhile, Angela & Faith, Bananas & Wes, and Tan & Jonathan arrive at the beach after successfully completing the harbour task. Christopher & Kevin are then seen completing the Speed Bump, and collect their clue at the same time as Lauren & Cameron. Tony says he is struggling to find the shells after finding only 2 shells so far, whilst Faith is currently on 5 after going to the other side of the beach. About 20 minutes go past before the first person to complete the task, Faith, hands in the shells to the satisfaction of the father of the bride. They are the first seen to collect their next clue. Shortly thereafter, Tony and Lauren are also seen collecting their clues, with most of the remaining teams still on the beach. Bayleigh & Swaggy C are still on their way to the beach after falling behind at the harbour.*
INSIDE CLUE: Travel by taxi to Gwarumemase Uniting Church, and then search the nearby coastline for the marked speedboats. From there, travel by speedboat to your next Pit Stop - Loloata Island!
The last team to check in here... MAY be eliminated!
Phil: Teams must now make their way to marked speed boats at the other end near Bootless Inlet and then search the nearby coastline for speedboats to take them to the next Pit Stop of the Race - Loloata Island! Although small, this island is used primarily as a resort for visitors to Port Moresby! The last team to check in here... may be eliminated!
Wikipedia Summary of Leg
Leg 4 - Brisbane, Australia → Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
* Brisbane (Brisbane Airport) to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (Jacksons International Airport)
* Port Moresby (Pyramid Point - Sero Beach)
* Sogeri (Varirata National Park)
* Port Moresby (Port Moresby Harbour)
* Port Moresby (Ela Beach)
* Port Moresby (Loloata Island)
The Detour for this leg of the Race was Feathers Flyin' or Story Tellin'. In Feathers Flyin', teams had to choose a guide donned with a decorated headdress and make their way to a nearby clearing. Taking it in turns, teams had to use a traditional slingshot to shoot targets with bird of paradise feathers attached to them which matched the feathers on the guide's headdress. Once teams think they have enough feathers, they must replicate the feather design on the guide's mask to receive their next clue. In Story Tellin', teams had to choose a guide who would teach them several phrases in tok pisin. Once teams are happy they have learnt their phrases, they were told a short story using the phrases they were given. Then, using provided eharo masks must re-tell the story with interpretive dance. If the guide is satisfied and amused with the re-telling, teams must burn the masks to receive their next clue.
The Speed Bump for this leg of the Race required Christopher and Kevin to prepare 20 banana leaf packages in preparation for a mumu feast in celebration of the newlyweds. Once the chef was satisfied with the parcels, they had to place them on the burning coals to continue on with the Race.
The Roadblock for this leg of the Race required teams to search Ela Beach for 10 golden-edged clam shells as a nod to the obsolete Papua New Guinean currency in order to pay a bridal price for a bride-to-be's hand in marriage. Once all 10 golden-edged clam shells have been found, teams must turn in the shells to the father of the bride to receive their next clue.
Additional Tasks
* For the first clue of the leg, teams were given the following sentence: "Although these are more famous in Giza, the capital city of Papua New Guinea may have a point to prove with it's own. Oh it's... rather sandy around here! You definitely don't need to go up..." Teams had to figure out that their next clue was situated at Sero Beach near the base of Pyramid Point.
* At Port Moresby Harbour, teams had to transport 6 barrels of oil by hand around the harbour to 6 different docking sites, collecting receipts along the way. Once teams had 6 receipts, they had to turn them into the harbour foreman in order to receive their next clue.
* After the Roadblock, teams had to travel to the Pit Stop with their new bride-to-be.
Designers Notes
Show contentHi everyone! It's finally time to get back into the swing of things after however many years for this - it's been a long while! For this leg, I deliberately did not want to pick an obvious "beach" destination (e.g. any of the tropical islands) to showcase what a non-traditional beach leg could look like. Without further ado, here are my notes for this Leg, going task by task.
* This leg is intended to be a leg done during the day and is a final 9 elimination leg.
* Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, I had to start this leg in a country which would have a direct flight to Port Moresby hence the deliberate choice of Brisbane. If the flight network was up and running, I would have preferred to start this leg somewhere else!
* The flight given is the only one that I could find that was direct so they're all getting on that! Unsure on flights if normal service was in place.
* The reason why teams are given marked taxis is to allow them some form of safety throughout the leg due to the infrastructure of Port Moresby not being the greatest. Teams will still have to pay the taxi fares as is.
* The first cryptic clue given in the leg is to direct them to a nearby hill used as a lookout. The reason why I'm not asking teams to climb the peak is that the peak takes roughly an hour to walk up and about the same time to get down. In order for a significant portion of the leg to not be taken up by climbing up and down a hill (not a very exciting task), I just asked teams to find the beach nearby. It also plays into the theme! I'm personally not counting this as one of my two beach tasks. Teams will be told specifically that they cannot ask their taxi driver for their location, but the taxi driver will take them wherever they say, even if it is something vague like "the beach near a pyramid point" - in this case they will be taken to their next destination correctly. The taxi drivers will know where they are going, just they cannot help the teams in deciphering the clue; they need to hear the correct verbage!
* For Feathers Flyin', teams will be asked to recreate the feathery headdresses as seen in the pictures. Each headdress will carry 50 feathers, and each target that they will have to shoot will have between 4-7 feathers attached to them. Not all targets will have feathers that will be compatible with their headdress (so for example, if the headdress they are trying to replicate has blue, white, black feathers, there may a target with red feathers on it).
* For Feathers Flyin', teams can choose how they wish to approach it, they may choose to either take the feathers and attach them to their headdress one target at a time or they may choose to accumulate them and attach them all at once - it's up to them!
* For Story Tellin', teams will be taught roughly 15 phrases in tok pisin, including some phrases that will not be used as part of the final piece.
* For Story Tellin', if they fail the dance, they can either choose to go back and learn the phrases again or re-hear the story. The judging for this will be fairly lenient on the dancing side of it, but not the re-telling of the story - the judge will be looking for an accurate re-telling of the story.
* For Story Tellin', here is an example story they will be told, first in tok pisin and then in English:
Tu manmeri sindaun nabaut wanpela tebol
I namba wan manmeri tok “wasmara i long pes?”
I narapela tok “bilong mi nek filim wanpela liklik hos!”
Em taim tok “wasmara i sore pes?”
I namba wan manmeri tok “oh… bilong mi tumbuan stap kranki!”
Two men sat around a table
The first man said “why the long face?”
The other replied “my throat is feeling a little hoarse!”
He then continued “why the sad face?”
The first man said “oh… my mask is upside down!”
There are some subtleties to this. The first is that the word for hoarse is actually the word for horse (they may be told the word for sore to throw them off), and that for the performance the team would be required to have the first person wear the mask initially incorrectly. This would need to be performed in a 90 second time window. The tok pisin is translated very loosely, but it's to give you as readers an indicator of what to expect!
* For Story Tellin', unfortunately due to how obsolete the practice is, I couldn't find a video explaining it but I hope the third picture (black and white picture) gives some indication for it!
* The oil barrel task is the first task I would like to put forward as a beach scenery task. I asked Pi/ in PM whether a task at a harbour counts and he confirmed it but to give you an insight: Port Moresby is the main gateway to the remainder of Papua New Guinea, and so I would like to showcase this in some way. Due to Papua New Guinea only having a limited number of exports it trades in, I thought using oil (given its the one that can be easily translated to a task) would make the most sense. The harbour is an important service point to the remainder of the country, so it is an important part of life in Papua New Guinea.
* The barrels that teams would have to transport would be beside the foreman's shack where they received the clue and will be coloured one of two ways - blue or black. Teams will have to choose a barrel, load it onto a hand trolley (as seen in picture 1) and then wheel it to the correct delivery point (which they would have to find themselves!)
* An example list which teams may receive is:
-Bay 005 (Blue)
-Bay 012 (Blue)
-Bay 015 (Black)
-Bay 024 (Blue)
-Bay 026 (Black)
-Bay 032 (Blue)
* For obvious (or maybe not so obvious) reasons, the barrels won't actually be filled with oil just due to the fact that if teams mess up and they somehow manage to get a barrel in the water, that could prove quite costly! Instead, the barrels will be filled with a substance similar to oil but much cheaper in the unlikely event that a barrel ends up in the water. Teams will not be penalised for the event in this scenario.
* For the Speed Bump, I want the task to be directly related to another task in the leg (in this case, the Roadblock). Mumu feasts are typically done during large celebrations (in this case the wedding celebrations) and involve a pig spit roast as well as the banana leaf packages required. Additionally, I want the Speed Bump to be in direct view of the Roadblock so the team doing the Speed Bump can get a good indicator of how much time they have lost. Since this is an early Race Speed Bump, I feel as though that kind of information is appropriate.
* For the Speed Bump, I want the task no longer than 20 or so minutes but with the potential for it to last a lot longer if the attention to detail is not there. Teams will have to wrap a piece of meat as well as herbs in the package before tying it up. Here are instructions on how to wrap food in banana leaves: https://www.foodandwine.com/how/how-make-banana-leaf-wraps
* The Roadblock is my second beach task (this one should seem a bit more obvious!) and is an homage to an ancient practice involving paying for a bride using sea shells.
* For the Roadblock, the sea shells will be scattered all over Ela Beach and some will be in plain sight (i.e. not in the sand) and some will be half-buried in the sand (to make it a bit less obvious). The size of Ela Beach is approximately 1km long so this should be an appropriate size area for teams to go hunting for shells.
* For the Roadblock, all sea shells which are correct will have a small red and yellow marking to allow teams to easily distinguish which shells teams are looking for (they will look similar to picture 2) - though I doubt golden-edged clam shells are common!
* For the Roadblock, all the fathers and the brides will be actors - they won't actually be getting married!
* Gwarumemase Uniting Church will be an unaired route info and will just be a meeting point for the speedboats to get teams to the Pit Stop.
* The idea of the Pit Stop is to allow teams to check in during late afternoon/early evening with the sun slowly setting (but not go into night time).
* The groundworks for a final memory task have been laid out in a few places (and since I didn't get to design in Round 1 I will keep that to myself) but if I make it through to future rounds I'd like to see if anyone can spot what it might be!
* Aaaaaaand finally, here are all the maps for this leg going in chronological order (a side note for the harbour to the beach - this is from the two furthest end points, the walk would be considerably shorter normally due to the side streets!):
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