Shitbox Rally 2012 – Day Two
Day Two – Wentworth to Tibooburra, 600 kms, all sealed. Hang on, didn’t the book say “All sealed”? Packsaddle Roadhouse – a great little roadhouse and pub in the middle of f&*% all. Welcome to Tibooburra. The locals welcomed us and closed a street for an outdoor dinner. Great fun!
Shitbox Rally 2012 – Day One
In April this year Sheldon and I ran the Shitbox Rally, and raised over $7300 for cancer research. My friends will do a better job of describing the experience in detail. I just can’t find the right words to describe how fantastic an experience doing this rally was, and what a lasting memory it will be. I’ve never been to the real outback, and this rally took us to some amazing and unlikely (especially in a $1k shitbox)...
New and Old Bits #24
Not much progress on the GTV recently, but I collected a few parts thanks to Pancho at www.ar10537.com. The 1750 boot badge is a very good used example, completely straight and perfect. The reproduction badges available are not correct at all. The windscreen wiper motor is a correct NOS unit, to replace the non-original motor that was in the car – from an Alfetta I think, and the self-parking did not...
Turismo Tasmania 2012 – Day 4
Day four from Hobart and we realised that Tasmania was going to show us some real weather. Things looked good at the hotel, but once on the road the rain started to come down. It was very changeable though and patches of sunshine would bust through – not much warmth in the sun though. We stopped for a tasty morning tea at Peppermint Bay, where Fiona had a peppermint tea and I topped up on coffee and took some photos. ...
Turismo Tasmania 2012 – Day 3
Tour day 3 started with a brisk Launceston morning, and a drive to Longford – site of a major road racing circuit from 1953 until 1968. Part of our route took us along the Longford ‘Flying Mile’, and then along the highway past remnants of the circuit and bridgework which was familiar to me from period photographs. From Longford we followed some sweeping country roads into the Central Highlands and began to climb....
Turismo Tasmania 2012 – Day 2
The second day of the tour started with a visit to Launceston’s National Auto Museum (www.namt.com.au/). For a small museum this one certainly packs in the quality, with lots to see including vintage bikes and a couple of quite significant race cars. The next leg followed the Tamar Valley north from Launceston until we reached the picturesque Batman Bridge over the Tamar and stopped to take some photos. Then the leg...
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I made a handful of t-shirt designs which you can buy from RedBubble online. Click on the image to look at the selection.
