ONE LAP of AUSTRALIA
We completed One Lap of Australia in a 1973 British Leyland Australia Clubman Window Van in 70 days Sept. 12 - Nov. 20 in the 50th Anniversary year for Mini in Australia 1961-2011.
See web site: www.MiniAdventureAustralia.com
Rick/Hunter2
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Last edited by Hunter2; 02-07-2012 at 04:18 PM.
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Here ROO gets a 'drink' at Barrow Creek in the Northern Territory. 6 Imp. gal. tank meant having extra fuel available.
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We had to see 80 Mile Beach on the Indian Ocean coast...so some concrete hard washboard.
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Regular service, here oil/filter change in Karumba on the Gulf of Carpentaria, is a must on a long trip.
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Our only real drama a blown inner wheel bearing up front on Day 68. But, with new CV and bearings on board, we kept rolling.
Rendezvous Conspiracy
Dude such a cool thing to do,my hat is off to you!!
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Adventurer
wow thats awesome, when i saw what the trip was i definitely expected a larger vehicle
Web site now back up & CD available to clubs
Web site was down recently but now back up - www.MiniAdventureAustralia.com.
I also have a <300 slide PowerPoint show on the trip that could be available to clubs that wanted to see.
Adventurer
Just cool, thanks for sharing.
I wont show Mrs Greeni, i'm trying to convince her the 90 is not big enough!
As a play on the saying "size matters", that is true and something other than the Mini Van would have been needed to cross the Gibbs Road in Western Australia. However, we have done transcontinental trips in North America in a Classic Mini sedan with and without the custom trailer. The Clubman Window Van gave us all the space we needed for camping gear, spares, tools, cameras, computer, binoculars etc. etc. in addition to extra water, fuel and food stuffs.
Here is our Mini on our first transcontinental return trip in 2000 across Canada to Quebec and home through the United States. Photo (unfortuately lo-res) at Fort Randall Dam on Missouri.
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Here is the restored/modified Mini and custom trailer which set out in 2006 south to Arizona, east to North Carolina, north to Maryland and home across the Great Plains and mountain states to British columbia.
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