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Rally champ By Callum Ludwig Three Bridges rally rider Daniel Sanders has picked up his first win in the FIM World Rally-Raid Championships in the Sonora Rally in Mexico. After his interrupted Dakar Rally and the decision to opt out of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, Sanders opted to get his groove and rhythm back training at home for the third round of the championships. “I flew out two weeks ago and to America for a week testing just before the race in Mexico, it was a five-day rally covering about 2500km starting in Hermosillo and finishing in San Luis [Río Colorado] near the border,” he said. “It was pretty hot and hot and dusty, about 37 degrees the first couple of days and got up to 41 on the last day up near Arizona.” Daniel Sanders celebrates winning the Sonora Rally.
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Bus users upset By Tanya Steele
ditional transport and shopping connections. “The service will also wait for up to 20 minutes at Ringwood Station for late running trains, ensuring Eildon passengers do not miss their connection” Save The Bus Action Group convenor, an arm of the Buxton Progress Association, Car-
mel Denham said the press release is confusing and raises so many questions. “The plan to force country people to use the metro train is ill-conceived and demonstrates a disregard for this vital link to the city,” she said. Continued page 3
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The Department of Transport and Planning (DOTP) released modifications to a number of outer east bus routes last week and the 684 changes have members of the Heasleville and Buxton communities frustrated and upset. The initial press release on Wednesday 29
April stated the following about the 684. “Route 684 from Eildon will terminate at Lilydale Station allowing passengers to connect to train services to complete their journey to the city. “In response to community feedback through the consultation process, the service will extend to Ringwood Station instead of Chirnside Park Shopping Centre, providing ad-