In the old days you could roam out the back virtually at will. Then later they would take you for tours if they were not busy. Now the old man has gone, the sons charge you to have a look and restrict what they will show you.

I've seen plenty of Minis there, but nothing rare. Nothing I could ID as a Cooper or similar anyway. 850's, Deluxes, clubbies, vans, some Mokes.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

I just had a look using Google Earth but not good enough resolution to identify anything. On a quick count there appears to be a couple of thousand cars there!

In case any one wants to look themselves I searched GE on the listed address (408 Snowy Mountains Hwy, Cooma) but the location is actually to the right of the property displayed.

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
VMCI #43

At one stage it was reported to be in the Perisher Valley , is that right ?

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I read that too, I hope it's true

I put a picture of it up on Perisher's Facebook page and they responded!

They didn't say much but they know of it at least!

Just 'like' Perisher to see it on their wall.

My guess is that they would choose a small car as it would be easier to keep the cabin warm.

There is no more space efficient small 4 seater than a Mini.

Pete

They had four different oversnow vehicles at Wilkes station in 1965 ranging from the Nodwell, which is huge, through the yellow thing I can't identify (maybe a weasel), a Porsche Snow Trac (lower picture) and the Mini Trac.





I guess they wanted different sized vehicles for diferent jobs. They used the big ones for long distance traverses inland, but the small ones were for running around the station. In 1965 they were starting to build Casey station which is a couple of kilometres from Wilkes (which is abandoned now) so they would have needed to be travelling between the two all the time, perhaps they saw the Mini Trac as a commuter vehicle.

Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian