Author Archives: Ian Steer

In the early hours at Three Ways camp it rained very heavily.  Some were prepared and some not. Colin was seen sitting up in bed with an umbrella to keep the rain off; it didn’t work.  He then got under … Continue reading →

Had cuppa and a happy birthday song for Frank and some songs that are not repeatable. Left Daly Waters for Dunmara Roadhouse where some had a cooked breakfast, especially birthday boy. Day is cool and low cloud, cars are operating … Continue reading →

Today we had half a day sightseeing in Katherine and working on our cars.  Some went to Katherine Gorge; some had a good look around the town.  We were visited by Ian Locke of the Katherine Veteran Car Club who … Continue reading →

Had a 6AM start in the cars from Kununara with a large monsoon to the north.  We headed east to Timber  Creek with few problems [GLAD’s senior mechanic changed the carby over in record-breaking time of 3 minutes using gloves … Continue reading →

TODAY is a maintenance day; we worked on all of the cars and got them ready for an early start for Katherine, 500kms.  Colin is concerned about the vibration in his car; we fixed 2 starter motors, 2 mufflers, tightened … Continue reading →

We left Fitzroy Crossing at 6.15am after a eventful night for the light sleepers: a noisy drunken party 300 m. away, 10 gunshots at 2am, one road train drove by with 2 flat tyres [very noisy]. Otherwise a great stay. … Continue reading →

Frank cooked a great mince spag meal; delicious. Note Eagles scarf. Was useful as air-conditioning device. It is 7.30am, the timing gear in Peter Eadleys 1928 Phaeton is out. It has stripped the centre, the gear had been repaired with … Continue reading →

We started the day at Pardoo Station.  They allowed us to use the station work shop and pit, so we checked all the cars top to bottom, and effected repairs to GLAD who needed a new exhaust gasket. Colin’s car … Continue reading →