California. An American treasure. Whether it’s surfing, skiing, wine tasting, rock climbing, or a night on the town, California offers some of the worlds best. Not only known for its diverse culture, but also its diverse landscape. A true Mecca for people of all types. And today, here in this lake side ski village, Big Bear Lake, 11 new teams will embark on a race around the world for US $1 million. This is The Amazing Race.
Here at the Snow Summit Ski Resort, teams will start their Amazing Race. They are currently being transported here by limousine. Here are the teams:
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This season will push teams like never before, travelling to some of the most exotic locations imaginable, and the competition will be like never before, with some of the greatest teams in history. And what they don’t know is that they will face a grueling challenge right at the Starting Line, that could seriously affect their outcome. Are you ready for The Amazing Race?
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3, 2, 1, GO!
Teams will begin their race with a three part challenge that will push them to the limits already. In the first part of the challenge, you will complete a mud obstacle course. Teams will do net crawls, monkey bars, balance beams, and wall climbs in order to finish this part of the task.
The second part will see teams ride mountain bike through the famous Snow Summit trails. Once completed the course, teams can move on to the third and final part.
The third part will see teams ride a tube down a track to the bottom of the hill where they will finally receive their first clue. But teams will have an opportunity to bypass certain parts of this challenge. During each part, teams will find clues as to which country is their first destination (Australia). In Part 1, gold and green (colours of Australia) liquid will be poured over the teams at certain times. For Part 2, teams will find kangaroo, crocodile, and koala (native Australian animals) tracks along the bike course. Finally in Part 3, the tubes were designed with aboriginal dot art. After each part, teams will have to chance to guess the country. If they are correct, they will automatically be given their clue. If teams do not guess their country by the end of the third part, teams will receive a disadvantage at the first Roadblock of the Race.
FLY TO CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA
Teams will now drive themselves over two hours to Los Angeles International Airport. Here, teams will fly on one of two flights to Cairns, Australia; the first flight taking five teams and the second flight taking six.
Teams are now enroute to Cairns, Australia. This coastal city in Northern Queensland has become a tourist hotspot, known for its accessibility to popular destinations as a gateway to the Great Barrier Reef and with easy access to many fantastic rainforests nearby. Teams will get to see what they got in this adventurous city and fight for a spot to continue this Race.
When teams touch down in Cairns, they will drive themselves to the Reef Fleet Terminal where they will find their next clue.
TRAVEL BY BOAT TO GREEN ISLAND
Teams will now pick a water taxi that will take them to Green Island. This small island in the Pacific Ocean is known for its magnificent reef, which is apart of one of the Seven Wonders of the World: the Great Barrier Reef. Teams will find their next clue once they dock.
WHO CAN SEA FIRST PLACE?
A Roadblock is a task only one team member can perform. In this Roadblock, one team member will get to experience the Great Barrier Reef first hand while snorkeling through the pristine waters and distinguishing between it’s 411 kinds of hard coral.
Teams will be shown three pictures of different kinds of coral that can be found in the reef. Then, they would have to don the appropriate snorkelling gear before entering the reef.
Teams would have to scour the reef for floating canisters that contained samples of coral. Teams would need to find the three correct samples of coral. The canisters would be found floating around the actual piece of coral in the reef. If it was the right sample, a wrap around the coral would say “The Amazing Race”. If it was incorrect, it would read “Try Again”. If teams returned to shore with the three correct pieces of coral, they would receive their next clue. Teams that did not correctly answer the question at the Starting Line would have to find five different kinds of coral rather than three.
DELIVER THE CORAL SAMPLES TO CALYPSO REEF IMAGERY CENTRE
Teams will now travel by boat back to Cairns and head to Calypso Reef Imagery Centre, located in the Reef Fleet Terminal. Here, teams will have to exchange their coral samples from the Roadblock for their next clue.
MAKE YOUR WAY TO KEWARRA BEACH
Australia is known for its many sprawling beaches, especially the Gold Coast. Aussie’s are known for their beach culture and love for surfing, volleyball, and tanning. Teams will find their next clue on the shores of this popular Cairns beach: Kewarra Beach.
WHO CAN BUILD THE LEAD?
A Roadblock is a task only one team member can perform. This Roadblock will give teams the chance to truly embrace Australian culture by becoming beach furniture designers. Since this is the second Roadblock of the leg, the team member who sat out of the first Roadblock must complete this one.
First, they would select a work station that included a number of tools and a traditional outrigger canoe, similar to the one shown above. They would have to use these tools to properly disassemble the canoe. Teams would then bring the marked pieces from the canoe to another work area.
At the second work area, teams would use the same tools, the pieces of the canoe, and a fishing net to build a homemade beach volleyball net, similar to the one shown above. If the net passed the judges inspection, they would receive their next clue.
MAKE YOUR WAY TO TJAPUKAI ABORIGINAL CULTURAL PARK
Teams will now make their way to the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park. A popular arts centre in the city, it is known as a place where locals can experience the aboriginal culture of the country first hand. Teams will find their next clue near the park.
MATCH YOUR MATE
Teams would get the chance to embrace the aboriginal culture of Australia by practicing one of their art forms: body painting. Body painting is a way the aboriginals used to express themselves and tell stories, and now it is one of their signature art forms. Teams will now have to paint a design, like the one shown above, onto one another's face. Once they had both completed their paintings on each other, they would search the park for a tribe member with an identical design who would give them their next clue.
TRAVEL BY THE SKYRAIL RAINFOREST CABLEWAY TO THE PITSTOP:
EDGE LOOKOUT AT BARRON FALLS
Teams will now make their way to the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway Terminal. Teams will then board one of these cablecars and head into the Kuranda Rainforest surrounding Cairns, known as a popular tourist destination because of its lushus landscape and diverse flora and fauna.
Teams will get off their cable car at the Barron Falls Skyrail Station. These giant falls and gorge form a popular national park that provides people with stunning views.
Teams will have to search the area for this: the Edge Lookout. The first glass bottom walkway in Queensland is also where teams will find stunning views, and the first Pitstop of The Amazing Race. The last team to check in here may be eliminated.
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1. Omg what a surreal feeling! Semi finals! And i feel great about this leg!!!!!
2. So most people ik went with a international start but i kept things classic with an american start
3. so starting line task part 1 just a pretty short mud obstacle course with a net crawl, monkey bars, wall climb, and balance beams. teams get this gold and green like goo poured on them to represent australia. then they hop on mountain bikes and do this mountain bike course id say it will be about like a half mile or so?? its a bit challenging but not crazy or anything and teams will see kangaroo, koala, and crocodile footprints along the way and trust me they will be noticeable enough. last part is tubing. you cant actually do this here so its temporary tracks and the tubes have aboriginal art on them as the clue. for the guessing part they will just have to tell a judge at the end of each part sort of thing ya know?? there will be multiple judges.
4. i added in the penalty for not guessing the answer cause i wanted to make drama and it wont penalize teams for being slow.
5. THE FLIGHTS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE START LINE TASK. it will be the first 5 teams to get to the airport on flight 1, last 6 on flight 2. you could have a penalty and still be on flight 1 etc.
6. now we land in cairns go to the terminal and theres 11 water taxis (bigger than traditional ones, its just private speedboats we will call water taxis so this way we dont have any clumping of teams onto the same ones)
7. roadblock like i had to include the barrier reef somehow and i think this is a cool way to do it. teams find the sample of coral very close to the actual piece of coral. it will be a big area since you will have a few teams there at the same time and there will be a lot of canisters that teams must reseal after using them if not they will receive a 5 minute penalty per canister left unsealed.
8. teasm return to shore and trade in their coral for clue, this jsut will allow some spacing out and a bit of a break after boat ride
9. now the beach roadblock. I LOVE THIS TASK!!! teams will take apart an outrigger and certain pieces are makred hten they use the marked pieces to build a volleyball net!! EEEKKKK!!! i personally think its super cool and embrasses the beach culture of australia and oceania
10. now the aboriginal task!!! consider it similar to the makeup in TAR23 indonesia, but after they complete the painting they have to go around the park and find a tribe member out of say 50 with the same one. and the cool thing is these aboriginals will be telling stories, throwing boomerangs, making art, dancing etc to showcase its culture!!!
11. so for skyrail they leave about every 15 minutes but since the company will be CLOSED to PUBLIC and we arent doing full run say 5-10 minutes for the cable cars and TEAMS ARE ALLOWED TO SHARE these cause at the top they have a bit of a distance to find pitstop
12. so thats my leg! no maps (oops) cause pushed for time again but i hope that dont take away from the greatness of the leg!!! I wanted to highlight at least 2 different environments of Australia and i did it in the best way i could while also highlighting present and past culture!!! this is what i feel like is my best work yet! original ideas and fun ideas! this leg would be fantatstic to watch! plz plz plz get me in this final!!! this is it from me and hopefully i will get that last chance to show u what i can do! i deserve this spot in the finale and i feel like this shows it!! thank u for helping me grow as a designer, this has been a awesome journey!!