Two Chicks and a Defender

Well the girls got home around 5.30 last night I think. All the husbands and kids were there waiting for their girls. It made me stop and think how many people are involved or affected by this journey. Four blokes and 10 kids.

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I am in the black tshirt holding our youngest.

The moment! the came up the road with the radio blaring and the sub woofer thumping. The tune on the radio? Lets here it for the boy by Deniece Williams. !!

http://s476.photobucket.com/user/zx1...86708.mp4.html


We had a Barbie and welcomed them home!
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My wife is still not here however. She has had to rush off to Melbourne this morning. But she will be back tonight and She left the Defender.


Unfortunately I can't drive it. I still have the kids and will need to do some modifications before they can ride in it. So it is just there taunting me, But gee whiz there is something eye catching about it. I will have to wait till she gets back and maybe get a drive of it tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by Gillie

Waiting waiting
Due home around 5ish. Will have Champagne and glasses on the bucket when nearer.



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That is awesome! I bet the smiles on their faces were a mile wide when they saw that!

PS I do hope that you didn't rush past your wife to get a look at the Defender.. :p

I have enjoyed reading n looking at the images, good one glad they are all home n safe cheers Dennis:angel:

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Originally Posted by Dinty

I have enjoyed reading n looking at the images, good one glad they are all home n safe cheers Dennis:angel:

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X 2 - very enjoyable adventure & tale - thanks to you , your family and friends for sharing it with all of us :)

As stories go this one is Pure Ozzie Gold and I bet the kids reactions lasted more than ten seconds when mum came back home.
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Originally Posted by 87County

X 2 - very enjoyable adventure & tale - thanks to you , your family and friends for sharing it with all of us :)

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Originally Posted by Dinty

I have enjoyed reading n looking at the images, good one glad they are all home n safe cheers Dennis:angel:

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Thanks, I am glad other people enjoyed the journey as much as I did. It has been really great reading the comments here by everyone and much appreciated. My wife is keen to have a look at this thread when she has time.
It was also really good to hear that members wifes were looking over shoulders at this thread also.

I am so glad that they were able to do it and do it safely without any problems.

One story which came out, never to be spoken about again..... When they were traveling from Southern Cross to Kalgoorlie they didn't fuel up. I received a Text Message asking how many litres the fuel tank held. A quick search on here revealed the magic number of 75litres and if the light goes on there is about 15 litres left. The light was on, and the girls were panicking. The fuel guage is quiet slow to drop in the first half tank but the last half it apparently drops pretty quickly. My wife had enough sense to contact a bloke towing a camper in front of them on the UHF which I sent with them. She explained the predicament and he said he had Jerry cans onboard with Diesel if needed and kept an eye out in the review mirror. His name was Mick (Thanks Mick!) They got to fuel up at the next stop and put 78 litres of diesel in the tank! Lesson learnt and the tank was never under half for the rest of the journey.

I have just had a bit of a rat around the ute and found these.
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Score!

Awesome video :D your 130 is famous!! happy tears that it got them home and looked after them and shared an epic adventure with the ladies :) soon as you send a couple piccies through (if not ill just use a couple from here) i will make a thread of the painting progressing :) is the first thing i went to when got up, seeing how the chicks and the defender were going haha. they met some nice people along the way as well!
Lots of people involved behind the scenes there! and heaps of fans of this story here :) didnt go on the road trip but this is a memory i will never forget! haha :)

love the bbq pic with it sitting behind, is like its not ready to not watch over the ladies yet :P your car is a bit of a hero :)

Glad i stumbled onto this on day one. Dont look in this section very often. Must admit the title got me and no doubt a few others.;)
Maybe this should move to the Trip report section so that many others who dont look here can enjoy it as much as we all have.

Good to see they had no troubles along the way.
Now,back to reality.

cheers
R2

Awesome post Gilly.
The car is now legendary and has so much more character from its initial introduction.
That's what Landys are all about..... :D