Landed at the first turn point again.

Today’s task was a 177km flat triangle. Turned into a down wind 77km down wind run and then back into the wind. It was supposed to be light winds but they turned out to be strong. Some pilots were in the air for 7 hrs and no one made goal. The closest were 8 km away. I had difficulty tracking the thermals in the strong wind and found myself low several times on the way to the first turn point. I didn’t get into a good position before the turn point and ended up landing at the turn point. Lot’s of clouds today and some good climbs. Lots landed between the first and second turn point as the head wind was so strong it was very hard to make any progress. We got a good tour through the Australian outback today trying to find our team. Got to see a Kangaroo up close today as he hopped across the road right in front of us.