yep agreed, some lovely photos.. they should have used a classic mini though!
Love this one
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| Author: | dannzhu [ Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:43 pm ] |
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Dunno if it's already been posted here or not... http://www.ausmotive.com/2009/07/07/my-generation.html http://www.bahighlife.com/Destinations/mini-across-australia.html Second url has some amazing landscape pics... |
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| Author: | AEG163job [ Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:51 pm ] |
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good read, thanks for that. |
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| Author: | Drexxle [ Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:53 pm ] |
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wish i had someone to take pictures OF me instead of me taking the pics. |
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| Author: | sports850 [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:31 am ] |
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Drexxle wrote: wish i had someone to take pictures OF me instead of me taking the pics.
You should have had plenty of opportunities for that with the amount of people who've helped you out so far . |
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| Author: | sssstew [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:06 pm ] |
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yep agreed, some lovely photos.. they should have used a classic mini though! Love this one
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| Author: | poeee [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:13 pm ] |
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sssstew wrote: yep agreed, some lovely photos.. they should have used a classic mini though!
Then I woulda been impressed. 
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| Author: | Drexxle [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 3:45 pm ] |
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youll get your classic mini pix in the coming months when i take on this marree, oodnadatta track to uluru trip in the 75 Mini S. But i wont have a helicopter following me around  
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| Author: | simon k [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 4:08 pm ] |
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Drexxle wrote: But i wont have a helicopter following me around
although... you might have one out looking for you after your car has broken and hasn't arrived at your next destination on schedule... |
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| Author: | dannzhu [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:35 pm ] |
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poeee wrote: sssstew wrote: yep agreed, some lovely photos.. they should have used a classic mini though! Then I woulda been impressed. Did everyone miss the part where he was inspired by his dad, who did the trip in a classic Mini in 1966??
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| Author: | bnicho [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:43 pm ] |
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dannzhu wrote: poeee wrote: sssstew wrote: yep agreed, some lovely photos.. they should have used a classic mini though! Then I woulda been impressed. Did everyone miss the part where he was inspired by his dad, who did the trip in a classic Mini in 1966?? No, I didn't. His Dad was a true pioneer. I'm not excited about this journey though. I'm sure plenty of modern vehicles are capable of it now. It would have been 1,000,000 times more interesting if it was a classic Mini this time too. |
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| Author: | Drexxle [ Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:00 am ] |
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simon k wrote: Drexxle wrote: But i wont have a helicopter following me around although... you might have one out looking for you after your car has broken and hasn't arrived at your next destination on schedule... haha, lets hope not. the roads are graded twice a year nowadays because they are used so frequently by the grey nomads and their caravans. Although from William Creek through to Oodnadatta is a tougher drive it is still tackled by Nomads. |
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| Author: | watto [ Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:31 am ] |
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At the risk of sounding a little negative about it, there are a few little things about this trip that erk me. Firstly, he doesn't know is dad's history as well as he should. Evan's trip was done in November 1965, not 1966. (Sounds a bit pedantic I know, but hey, if you're going to mention it, at least get it right). Secondly, they did not do anywhere near the same trip as Evan, because the old Gunbarrel Hwy is closed to traffic. Evan finished the crossing at Carnarvon, not Perth (where this trip ended) so used very different roads from Giles. Like Brett Nicho, I would have been a lot more impressed with the trip done in a Classic Mini, but then I'm sure they would not have got as much sponsorship for the trip. I would also have liked to see the trip done in November, like the original - when it is A LOT hotter. I reckon it would be a bit of a doddle in April - unless it rained. Evan's journey was real pioneering stuff - the first cars to cross Australia from East to West through the centre (although I heard yesterday that perhaps a Riley did the trip in the 1920s - will look into that), the first private cars to travel on the Gunbarrel Hwy (7 years after the road was built, they did it at almost the hottest time of the year - mainly as part of a global test in extreme conditions of a new oil for Castrol (not GTX as I previously thought) and they didn't finish when they got to the West coast, but continued up to Darwin, then south to Adelaide, thus making it a figure-eight trip of marathon proportions. The film is the event is called Crossroads Alice (and is available on DVD from The Mini Experience - shameless plug) and is really interesting. It was also covered in detail in Evan's book Journeys With Gelignite Jack (1966) which was reprinted some years later as Hit The Road Jack. You may be able to find copies of these books through www.abebooks.com Cheers, Watto. |
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