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[düdo]

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[teaboy]

That looks really great!

[düdo]

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[lukas]

Amazing, yet a bit crazy, story! Looking forward to reading more from your adventure!

[recarouk]

more more more, this is brilliant stuff!!

[oldschoolcool]

If you happen to have charging problems,check your indicator fuse !!

[BenzBoy]

You are barking mad! I love it! What a great story. Also, that brown is the best colour!

[borcombe]

Book marked, there could be a great book in this

[gez110]

I love HJ60's. I lived in Hobart for year when I first got together with my wife. We bought our HJ60 with the intention of doing a bit of touring. Unlike you however, I ended paying a chap in Kingston to refurb both axles and carry out a whole host of other stuff.

In 2006 we departed Hobart in our cruiser heading for Davenport and the ferry to Melbourne. We spent the next 7 weeks touring the main land. We travelled from Melbourne to Adelaide, up to the Flinders Ranges, Lake Eyre, Cobber Pedy, Alice springs and then the 900k's of the plenty highway (mostly single track, all dirt and all rough as hell!) over to Rockhampton and then down the coast to Sydney. It never missed a beat, even when driving along dirt tracks in 50+ degrees temps. We also put a mattress in the back. I was gutted when we sold her.

Hopeing to buy another one when we return to Hobart later this year. keep going with the updates, it brings back very happy memories.

[dodgerover]

Mar 1, 2015 19:47:20 GMT gez110 said:

I love HJ60's. I lived in Hobart for year when I first got together with my wife. We bought our HJ60 with the intention of doing a bit of touring. Unlike you however, I ended paying a chap in Kingston to refurb both axles and carry out a whole host of other stuff.

In 2006 we departed Hobart in our cruiser heading for Davenport and the ferry to Melbourne. We spent the next 7 weeks touring the main land. We travelled from Melbourne to Adelaide, up to the Flinders Ranges, Lake Eyre, Cobber Pedy, Alice springs and then the 900k's of the plenty highway (mostly single track, all dirt and all rough as hell!) over to Rockhampton and then down the coast to Sydney. It never missed a beat, even when driving along dirt tracks in 50+ degrees temps. We also put a mattress in the back. I was gutted when we sold her.

Hopeing to buy another one when we return to Hobart later this year. keep going with the updates, it brings back very happy memories.

Someone else who has done the plenty highway - looks a good shortcut on the map doesn't it!! Did you stop off at the 'Dangi Pub to get over the journey?

[düdo]

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[dodgerover]

80's Honda CB750F2 rattled all the way around Aus!

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[teaboy]

This is a brilliant story, thanks for sharing.

[bstardchild]

You took some serious brave pills taking that land cruiser and trip on..... Looking forward to the next installment

[recarouk]

Mar 8, 2015 11:12:59 GMT teaboy said:

This is a brilliant story, thanks for sharing.

this!! its like a book i don't want to put down, keep eagerly checking for the next chapter, lovely story and great photos

[düdo]

Thankyou for the positive responses. It's a sort of therapy telling the tale! I haven't looked at the photos since we came back so it's good to re-visit the early scenes. As for 'brave pills' - it was more necessity beyond a certain point. My wife saying : you've got us into this situation, now get us out.

I was pee'd off that my friend had flogged us a bit of a turkey - then wanted to wash his hands of it - but it reached a certain tipping point where I thought I was winning and too much had been invested to go back. The eventual bitter parting from my friend cast a shadow but the very basic and immediate requirements of the kids didn't allow for much reflection. Just the logistics of keeping everything going drove us from day to day and in the evening, when we were pitched in some scenic corner, the kids finally asleep and we were sat by the fire drinking a couple then it seemed like a good instinct had been followed.

It takes me a bit of time to get each installment together. But I'll post this Australian Toyota advert from 1981. This is how mine would have looked when it was delivered, just a bit more brown. This is the look I favour so slowly we returned to the source.

[xbo11ox]

flippin GREAT story!!! More please, I love this sort of stuff.

[dodgerover]

I take it there's no equivalent of a road worthy check in Tas before you can transfer the registration then? I'm enjoying this thread