Category Archives: The Top End

Day Four – Auski to Pardoo Station [Eighty Mile Beach]

Good camp out near Auski, mozzies bad. Off through the Chichester range and some beautiful open spinafex country, easy drive to Port Hedland, 250 km. Looked around Hedland and caught up on our phone calls home. Weather  humid and thunderstorms. … Continue reading

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Day Three – Kumarina to Auski roadhouse [250km]

Early start at Kumarina; we are now in the true Pilbara, a good season with green spinafex, all in flower and looks great. Flocks of budgies and finches flying through the mountainous Hammersly ranges and Munjini gorge –  beautiful country … Continue reading

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Day One – Around the Top End. March 4th, 2012

Day one completed . We all arrived before sunset at Kirkaloka station 60 km south of Mt Magnet. We have just eaten Lorraine Piercy hotpot stew, serviced the cars and repaired 2 flat tyres. Brett’s GLAD had points problems but … Continue reading

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Around Australia via Ipswich

The countdown is on; the Team is ready for the START at 7.30 am  at Gingers roadhouse Upper Swan  on 4th march 2012, PERTH WA, the Model A Fords tuned and ready for an adventure. With Telstra help we will … Continue reading

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The Team

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Bob Piercy in his 1929 Phaeton, ready to go.    Colin Davidson with his 1931 Model A Brett Pollock’s 1930 Phaeton. [GLAD] Anthony Gilberthorpe’s 1929 Closed Cab Pickup Peter Eadley’s Model A Phaeton Peter Eadley ready to go with trailer … Continue reading

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Getting ready for Ipswich Via the Top End

On the 4th March 2012, five MODEL A FORDS  will leave PERTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA for a 12,000 km adventure around Australia. We  first head North around the TOP END to IPSWICH [7100kms] QUEENSLAND to attend the MODEL A rally for … Continue reading

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