Car 46 HDT Holden Kingswood V8 of Colin Bond and Warwick Smith being feverishly worked on by: underneath, Peter Byrne, above L to R: Bruce Nowacki, unknown bystander, Harry Firth, watched anxiously by Smith and Bond

Car 39 McCallum/Bradford getting down and dirty in the Barnes bog

Watson and Thomas fording yet another creek

Blanchard control with Charlie Weir in the foreground and Peter de Woolf's scoring caravan at the rear

Overnight break at Swan Hill

Car 36 Holden Torana GTR Strownix/Boyd with the navigator assuming the position taking up the rear through the Barnes bog

Car 19 Datsun 180B SSS John Armitage/Robin Sharpley chatting to Kerry Luckins

Car 45 Shepherd/Hodge ploughing through the Barnes bog

Car 60, Mitsubishi Colt 1100F, Lindsay Siebler and Ian Wilson through a ford

Harry Firth working under the Bond/Smith V8 Holden Kingswood

Dean Rainsford & Bruce Norton [Chris Brown]

Blanchard control, with pink Mollison Motors mechanics crowding the fire waiting for the leading Philip/Bonhomme

Car 24 Datsun 1200 Glynne Roberts/Jean Reid at end of final division at Eaglehawk

Car 33 Datsun Rally Team Datsun 180BSSS of Gil Davis and Peter Haas, with Bruce Wilkinson about to weld up some damage caused by Gil, watched over by a young chap with a ripper mullet

Datsun 240Z Bran Evans and John Suominen from Qld, either carrying a lot of spares, or inoperative rear springs

Car 23, Holden Monaro, Ken Cusack and Ian Baldock, they had a few problems during the event

Ballarat service crews, waiting at Perricoota on the Friday, L to R; Sam Wyres, Max Prentice, Ian McKenzie, Glyn Jones, Jeff Stewart, Garry Trevenen, ? crouching, Jim Stephen

Car 51, Range Rover, Richard Creed and Tony Wunderlich, were at a distinct advantage in the sand and mud, until they too got stuck while lairising

Pre -event, Ballarat crews, presumably from The Ballarat Courier, L to R Sam Hutchison, Mick Brasier, Mal McPherson, Bill Strownix, Geoff Boyd gathered around the Holden Torana GTR Strownix Boyd entry.

Car 25 Mitsubishi Colt Fastback of Max McGinley and Guinio Leoncini undertaking serious repairs at Swan Hill

The Renault 12s of Jonas/Suendermann, enjoying the Barnes bog

Car 8, Leyland Kimberley, John Taylor and Graham West, regular BP competitors from SA in BMC vehicle

Andy Chapman and Laurie Comerford, winners of the final BP Rally