55 Kombi Big Trip

[dmb]

more Silverton

[Cam Biscuit]

Good to see that Peter Brown is still in residence in Silverton! Love his beetle work

[Longrasser]

'Last of the air-cooled interceptors, a piece of history '.
Every road trip deserves a trip through Silverton. I bet you don't see too many splittys downtown Broken Hill.
Nothing like testing your ride by pointing it west ! Good luck with it. Watch for the roos, and double so for the emus. They're the ones that seek you out !
Great time of the year to be that way.

[dmb]

Thanks for all the comments. People are constantly coming up for a chat about the bus. While we were in Broken Hill a nice fella named Steve stopped for a chat as I was tightening the wiper as it was raining, which happened to break right at that time. He told me he has an oval or two and a 64 double door panel and thinks it may be the only split bus left in Broken Hill. Anyway he chased down a beetle wiper he had and modified it for me to fit the Kombi. Refused payment. This is the sort of thing that these old busses of ours attract, good stuff.

Anyway, continued on in the rain and a head wind on a difficult trip across the border and into Port Augusta. Kept thinking something was wrong with either the Kombi or the trailer coz it was struggling somewhat. Amazing the adverse effect of a head wind. I am learning stuff from all the grey nomads as we go and they say if they have a head wind they just stop and camp till it is gone. Not for us, we persevered.

[dmb]

Left Port Augusta with a tail wind (Hooray!!) and made good time to Coober Pedy with a free camp overnight at Bon Bon. Spot the odd one out at the free camp site. It really is a constant stream of caravans on these roads. We just set up the basic tent at the free camp without the annex, couldn't drive the pegs into the ground so had to improvise.

[dmb]

Saw the SA crew going the other way, about 10 or 11 dubs in convoy, was a cool sight. Cruised well, even overtook a couple of caravanners. Had to slow down a little for the speedo pic coz the needle was blocking the last digit (it does read a little on the fast side though). Haven't checked the GPS yet for accurate speed coz I haven't finished wiring in the 12 volt outlets to plug it into. Kombi is still a work in progress Over 2500 Km so far and still going.

[Greypow]

Awesome trip, love your sense of adventure!

[finbar]

Are you heading to Alice?

[dmb]

Yep, not sure when, we have no schedule, probably 9 or 10 days from now. Probably stay 2 or 3 nights, could catch up if you are available.
Cheers Dave

[byronbus]

How long you away for dave?
This is the trip of dreams...

[finbar]

If you're around 8-10 June , the Finke Desert race is on.
http://finkedesertrace.com.au/
90+ buggies and 500 bikes.
Might be busy in parks until Sat ....when half the town heads out to camp along to track!
I'm home and away a bit between now and then but give me a call if it suits.
Cheers
Tom
0419 35 39 38

[morts]

Yeah, saw you too!! - your bus sounded sweet as it swept past.

Believe it or not over 3,000km in 9 days and yours was the only other kombi we saw...Will put up some pics of my trip over the next week.

[warb]

thanks for the updates mate, dream trip..

[dmb]

Made a vid
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vztUgNa ... e=youtu.be[/youtube]

[warb]

wow, inspired to get the bus on the road.... . some big rock keeps getting the the way of your vids tho...