Back in October I was bragging about the opportunity of driving ‘Samson’, the car that held the World Land Speed Record in 1905. Well off I went to Lake Perkolilli near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, but unfortunately I was unable to get behind the wheel. The weather gods intervened and the rock hard clay pan lake turned into a quagmire more reminiscent of the lyrics of one of Flanders and Swann’s hits, “Mud, mud, glorious mud”. Still, undeterred, the Lake Perkolilli 1914 – 2014 Centenary of Speed still went ahead, though with a few amendments to the original programme, that saw competitors relocate on the second day to the local trotting track. Hopefully the following images give you a flavour of this fantastic event in the Goldfields.
