Trip Adelaide—Gladstone

Jovial Monk · Post by **Jovial Monk** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:42 pm

Will be driving to Lefty’s joint in October. Hope to visit Murrumbidgee Irrigation area to buy some wine, Hunter Valley ditto (if there are any wineries left!) then coast road, NSW/Qld, Terrigal, Gold & Surfers Coast then up North.

Any animals along that way? Aussie, Mantra, DeepshiT. . .any others?

Assumes my 28yo car can make it all the way there and back. Might return via Broken Hill & White Sands but you never know, maybe return via Darwin & Uluhru?

Any suggestions obscene or otherwise?

Rainbow Moonlight · Post by **Rainbow Moonlight** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:09 pm

Going outback in an old car may not be the safest plan. But the trip sounds like a fun adventure monk even without the extra bits.

Aussie · Post by **Aussie** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:44 pm

Let me know when you'll be here....

Jovial Monk · Post by **Jovial Monk** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:17 pm

Yeah, I know, car is a tad old tho hasn't had that much use, only about 135K on the clock so in some ways not that old. Won't take it into the wilds! But see what I can do within that constraint.

Aussie · Post by **Aussie** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:40 pm

Jovial Monk wrote:Yeah, I know, car is a tad old tho hasn't had that much use, only about 135K on the clock so in some ways not that old. Won't take it into the wilds! But see what I can do within that constraint.

Is it a Ssangyong Stavic?

Jovial Monk · Post by **Jovial Monk** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:14 am

Ford telstar. Cost me $1000

Will tide me until I can get at my super next year. Is very comfy, lot of space inside. Suspension, transmission, engine all in pretty good nick, inside is very clean. Tends to be rough idling/taking off and I will get the local Ford place to put a new distributor cap on it which should fix that pretty much (have done reading on this, was a popular car in its day.) 135K on the clock.

Being so old, I have to add lead substitute when filling up and it has a manual choke.

Jovial Monk · Post by **Jovial Monk** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:19 am

I could stop in Terrigal on the way up and have a cup of tea with Mantra somewhere?

Shared Puppet · Post by **Shared Puppet** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 1:42 pm

Deepy is going to set up an ambush, the hills have eyes.

Jovial Monk · Post by **Jovial Monk** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:45 pm

SP posted then deleted a PM to me.

If it was Mantra not the lying C unt then please do get in touch, here or on my board and preferably, very preferably as Mantra not Shared Puppet.

But I reckon it would be fun to actually meet over a cup of coffee or something.

Jovial Monk · Post by **Jovial Monk** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:52 pm

It seems a meet up with Mantra isn't on the cards but skippy is in that neck of the woods. what about it, skippy?

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