Another Bloody Nobody

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Stardate January 2021… I

ot a huge t ekk

ut I like the a the did dates!

All this started with a trip West to East across the Nullabor on highway 1. Not a drive I recommend anyone to do alo e. I d fl ut I a ted heels at the othe e d a d gi e the ti e I d e i a ious easte states it a tuall worked out cheaper to drive! The train was another option too. Not being light of right foot I as ha e i g. Bei g of ad a ed iddle age I d de ided to take ti e, to hou s ehi d the heel the stop at a oadhouse o e ight fo hou s kip. I d i e a XC G“ V Pa el Va I d spe t a lot of hours doing up. Major league suspensio ha ges, heels – which needed some bodywork changes. The original 302 cleveland donk was pretty much had it so I had a 302 Windsor motor completely re- o ked it ll u o petrol, lpg, cng and, one day, hydrogen. The next planned mod is an energy recovery system but the batteries will he spa e I ot et p epa ed to gi e up. I e got the a k set-up so I can sleep in it if necessary. The roof on these old vans tended to make a racket at over 140kmh so I d had a light eight oll age added to strengthen it. A decent Bose speaker system and MP3 compliant DVD player with USB for an external drive and wohoo music – loads of it…. Both the dog and I are hard rock/light metal nuts. He occupies the passenger seat. This time I stopped at Norseman and then instead of pushing on for Nullabor had overnighted at the border in the back of the van on a small track leading down to the old telegraph station to avoid the light and noise from the scores of trucks heading both ways. I e also got o e of those oof mounted tent set-ups but did not bother with it this time. Be ause I d eed the spa e u de eath fo the ta ks the spa es I a t o e e i the a k li iti g the space to single bed only. The dog likes to sleep outside under the van come rain or shine. I had plenty of space for extra water, his kibble, some spares etc too. I e p ett u h al a s ee a ea l ise up ith the su ise. This as su e a d ei g ell east of Pe th ut in, now the same time zone (not over SA border) it was up early therefore so was I. A quick feed at the roadhouse and back on the road. With the long range tank set-up, another major mod that took some of the space out of the a k, I d skipped filli g up at the o de . This section is the longest straight stretch of oad a he e o pla et ea th a d Nulla o is ight it s nowt out here to worry about with the possible exception of the odd wild camel or wombats.

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I was doing some low flying and about 100km out of the Nullabor roadie when what looked like a completely rebuilt GTHO f o the late s e t aki g e look like I as sta di g still. F o hat I sa of it it as o e set of really mean wheels. No e e though he as o i g the ti e I d pulled i to the oadie to top off o e of the ta ks, out here I aint paying for the whole lot to be filled, he was on the forecourt filling up. Now this is the weird bit and as part of writing this tome I checked in to what went down later. Whoever was behind the wheel never left the car and nor did anyone else. I never saw inside. One of those front windscreen protectors was up and the rest of the windows had so e ki d of pola isi g fil . No joke this as o e eall g eat looki g set of heels I d ha e lo ed to talk to the owner and get a much longer look at it. It had a vanity plate 1HOTGTHO. Could not argue with that. It was cool and the paint was great and not over the top. One of the station staff was at the pump. Turns out someone had called ahead and pre-paid and requested the station staff do the fill – the d paid e t a fo the se i e. But ho had do e so as ell hidde f o ie a d, he e is the ki ke , e ause of Natio al “e u it . Yeah ou got it the Aussie Gu e e t as p ote ti g all so ts o this – more later.

©2016 – Huw R Grossmith


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