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TAR Australia 9 (Celebrity Edition 3) Ongoing SHOW Discussion

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G.B.:
Nah

Setting a "Keep on Racing" leg in a country known for its intense heat isn't challenging, it's just sadistic and potentially dangerous.

BourkieBoy:
Episode 7 Thoughts

Wow! Another great leg! A very fisherman-esque leg, but one I really enjoyed! (and I hate fishing!  :lol: :funny:)

First of all, racing in 42! degree heat would be extremely tough, so well done to all of the teams! We start the leg on the oruwa boats (which teams needed to help push into the water) and then sail out to a marked buoy, which teams then needed to drag back to the boat, before they could open their next clue. What a physically exhausting challenge in the heat! We then head off to the Detour between Wet and Dry. Definitely think Wet was the hardest of the tasks, as this required teams to gut 4 baskets of fish (another disgusting task!), while Dry seemed to be easier, but required more attention to detail skills, as the 4 barrels of fish needed to be laid out to dry as per the example (with all the fish heads lying the same way)

Moving on to the Roadblock of untangling the fishing nets - what a frustrating and annoying task! Teams did very well in my opinion not to loose their ****! Then over to our Pit Stop for the leg, at a picturesque beach!

Show contentIt sounded like Leni had the flu/COVID, so no wonder Fev needed to race on his own! It was really good to see that teams would help him out at most of the challenges. I don't blame him for quitting on the mat, but kinda of wish he continued on (but he was suffering from heatstroke after the Detour, so that probably would of weighed on his mind quite a bit as well. Thank you for racing and solidifying why you were always my childhood hero, you'll be missed!  :'(. It was also very upsetting to see Lindy & Stella being medivaced from the Race. Wasn't a huge fan of the Princesses, but no-one's race deserves to end because of medical reasons. Also, as other posters have said, it's pretty brutal to have a KOR after what happened on this leg, but boy am I looking forward to seeing our urban Colombo leg on Sunday!

BourkieBoy:
Episode 8 Thoughts

Another episode down and another very enjoyable leg!

We start off the leg with the bus ride from Negombo to Colombo on an awesome bus - how cool were those decorations and lights!!! After the bus ride, teams make their way to the candy cade inspired mosque known as Jami Ul-Alfar, where they find out that they need to make their way to the Pettah Markets and transport 12 jackfruits on a trolley to 142 Fourth Street

I love chaotic market tasks and this activity sure didn’t disappoint! The streets around the market certainly were a sensory overload and it’s hardly any surprise that a few teams got themselves lost! We then move onto our Detour of Cuppa or Cracker, which I thought were both very evenly matched!

Cuppa was your traditional memorise an order task, but with a little twist! Not only did the teams need to memorise their customer’s tea orders, but they also had to identify the teas (as they weren’t labelled), via tasting a smelling the teas. Thought this was an awesome little twist! Cracker on the other hand seeemd quite simple - simply crack and cook an egg hopper, but the attention to detail (making the hopper the browned appropriately via the example) tripped up a few of the teams

Moving onto the next task, which required teams to play the traditional game of kana mutti bindeema. I actually really enjoyed this task (which required one team member to be blindfolded and smash the terracotta clay pots getting drenched, with the other team member needed to direct), as teams needed to find the pot that released an Amazing Race token, which they could exchange for their next clue. I did feel however that the last few teams who completed this challenge did have a little bit of an advantage, as they had less pots to smash?

Finally, off to the Pit Stop at Galle Face Green, which I thought was another beautiful location to end a leg!

Overall, I thought this was another fantastic leg and one of the best Colombo legs we have seen in any version of TAR. Really looking forward to our Sri Lanka finale in tomorrow night!

Show contentCan’t believe we had another “pre-determined” NEL in this leg, after having an non-elimination KOR leg last leg (lucky for Aesha & Scott I suppose!) I suppose this was due to Fev’s quit & the Princess’s being medically removed last leg

Xoruz:
The end of a brutal day in Sri Lanka. Teams went from the fish market to the fruit market. Even though it's a short distance from the stall to the shop, the packed streets proved a bit of a challenge. We got a Detour of 5 holes as both Aesha and Mel struggled with tasks in their wheelhouses. Should remember that the racers still have fish brain from the previous leg. This all culminated in a pot smashing showdown. Show contentThe middle legs have all been NELs, so it wasn't a surprise to Aesha & Scott survive. It was more of a surprise to see them go from first to worst.

BourkieBoy:
Episode 9 Thoughts

Another great episode and it was great to see Sigiriya again after all these years! How good was it to see teams not only travel to Sigiriya by train, but that they were split on two trains!

Having to climb up Sigiriya Rock would have been tough (those stairs, the altitude and the heat would have been a painful combination!) and then having to search for the King’s Lounge was a nice little twist as well. Moving onto the snake charming challenge - all I can say is wow! Having one team member play music to distract the snake, while having the other team member reach onto the basket and grab the token that could be exchanged for the next clue… some serious courage was required!

We then move on to our Detour of Fire Dance or Fire Mask. Thought Fire Dance was extremely hard (looked extremely intricate and almost dangerous with that big fire blow at the end!). Fire Mask wasn’t that much easier though! The mask not only gave me TAR Australia 1 flashbacks, but was extremely intricate with detail and not only were the team members having their own faces painted, but they needed to also paint their partners face at the same time, which made it just that little bit harder!

Really also enjoyed having teams drive their own tuk-tuks to the Detour and for the rest of the leg - thought Aesha & Scott’s Speed Bump of fixing the tuk-tuk before they head off was quite unique as well

Of course the leg finishes with a Pit Stop at another temple - I think that’s the fifth Pit Stop in nine legs at a temple? I think I’m templed out for the season now!  :lol: :funny:

Overall, I thought these Sri Lanka legs were fantastic and I’m really excited to see how Taiwan treats us in the next few legs! 

Show contentNot surprised at all with Melissa & Leah’s elimination. Felt they had sort of an invisible edit? Also, huge shoutout to Aesha & Scott from going from first to worst and then back to first on this leg!

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