The Great 107 trip...

[107gus]

Otherwise known as "I have a year visa to explore Australia."

Im Gus, I have been on the forum here for a bit, and arrived Oct 3. As some know, I am the one who bought Newhue's 107. This is a space I will try and keep updated as I travel around, in addition to my blog. South by 107 (http://southby107.blogspot.com) (If this is not the right section, mods feel free to move)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/10/965.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/solidaxelprernr/media/DSCN1105.jpg.html)

I have met many awesome people at the Glengeigh long weekend event, and am excited to meet many more along the way.

-Gus

[loanrangie]

Welcome Gus, please keep us updated with your travels so others can look out for you on the road.

[digger]

Gday,
welcome and as said post us up a rough itinery, Im pretty sure some of us will want to see you as you travel about.

[mick88]

Welcome to our country and may your travels here be safe, exciting and adventurous!
I am also looking forward to your itinery and pics.
You are most welcome to roll your swag out at our place on your way around.

Cheers, Mick.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

and as promised--
a new name to go with the new car;):D

[Dinty]

Great stuff mate, may I ask where abouts are you now Friday 11/10/13, love the image of the coffee table cheers Dennis:angel:

[123rover50]

Good one Gus.
I have a set of FWH,s here if you need them.
Hey Inc, why not put this in the SLOw section so it does not get lost:D
Keith

[107gus]

Right now I am in Brisbane, staying with the Ho Har's while I get a canopy and a few other things for the 107 organized. So far I have planned to visit Frasier Island with some of the Gold Cost club members, then spend another week or so around Brisbane. After that, heading south, no particular schedule yet.

Thanks Pedro!

[digger]

Right now I am in Brisbane, staying with the Ho Har's while I get a canopy and a few other things for the 107 organized. So far I have planned to visit Frasier Island with some of the Gold Cost club members, then spend another week or so around Brisbane. After that, heading south, no particular schedule yet.

Thanks Pedro!

Carolyn and Harry can warn/tell you about us!!
Welcome to kip here on your lap mate..they can school you up on address , phone numbers and our general craziness here!!

Enjoy!!

[Sitec]

Welcome to our country and may your travels here be safe, exciting and adventurous!
I am also looking forward to your itinery and pics.
You are most welcome to roll your swag out at our place on your way around.

Cheers, Mick.

X2! Welcome here when u get here! :)

[The ho har's]

Carolyn and Harry can warn/tell you about us!!
Welcome to kip here on your lap mate..they can school you up on address , phone numbers and our general craziness here!!

Enjoy!!


We will be schooling when Gus has a phone;) IS there anyone who does not whant us to give their phone number out;) otherwise it is all in:D

Mrs hh:angel:

[jerryd]

Hi Gus,
You're welcome to drop in here anytime on your travels, maybe a drive around Mount Mee or somewhere could be organized too :)

Have a great trip

[107gus]

Thanks all for the invitations, it is great to feel so welcomed.

Had a quick thought, what are some good Aussie movies I should see?

[one_iota]

Hi Gus,

Movies....well our Cate (Blanchett) is starring in a Woody Allen movie.

http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s3826259.htm

Ok.....good movie but not Australian... how about Mystery Road:

At the Movies: Mystery Road (http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s3854272.htm)

[digger]

the castle

red dog

bad boy bubbie ( :) )

[Landy Smurf]

welcome here anytime, mrs HH has my number if you are interested.
watch the castle and crocodile dundee.

[The Cone of Silence]

Yep, you have to watch The Castle. Funny movie.

You should also watch :


The Man from Snowy River for a bit of horsey adventure.
Gallipoli - one of the best war movies ever made, in my opinion. I'm from England and they made us watch this when we were kids at school in history class, it's that good.
Chopper - a movie based on the life of a famous Aussie standover man called Mark Brandon 'Chopper" Read who died last Friday.
Rabbit Proof Fence
Crocodile Dundee
Mad Max
Muriel's Wedding
Two Hands (Heath Ledger and Rose Byrne very early in their careers)
Gettin' Square (Sam Worthington and David Wenham. Wenham is hilarious)


And, if you are heading to Sydney, give me a PM and we'll meet up.

Bobby

[isuzutoo-eh]

Not a movie but watch some episodes of the Bush Tucker Man on youtube!

[Landy Smurf]

^ I second the motion
and the leyland brothers mainly the trip from the most western point to the most eastern point of australia, I think it is called across the wildness they use a 107 station wagon and a swb s2 or s2a

[Redback]

Hello Gus, great to meet you at Glenreigh, you know your welcome at our place anytime, Carolyn has our number, just call, I'll show you the sights around the South Coast.

Have a great trip mate you will love Fraser Is, it's a lovely place.

Watch out for drop bears:whistling:

Baz.

[UncleHo]

Hey Gus :)

Why don't you come down to the Jeep Club Swap at Canungra over the weekend I think that Harry and Carolyn are going down with Herc ;)

[Scallops]

Heya Gus - was great to meet you at Glenreagh...and thank you for the fine Oregon booze. ;)

SLOW Inc. has another trip running Saturday - a day trip to the Kalbar Country Day if you're interested.....might give you a good insight into rural Oz.....:)

Anyway, enjoy your trip, bloke - looking forward to reading of your adventure. Plenty of AULROvians across the country willing to help you out...so have fun. :)

[JDNSW]

Welcome to drop in here if coming past - plenty of camping area, or even a bed.

John

[Scallops]

SLOW Inc. is very pleased to have you as our first International member too, Gus. You now have access to all the member only forums in the SLOW Inc. area of AULRO. :)

Your membership is #47.

[107gus]

Very cool, thanks Dan.

As a quick update, the driver front spring decided not to spring any longer, and has gone flat. Should be getting fixed tuesday, so in the meantime it is overdrive reseal/install time.

[wrinklearthur]

'Ranga Flats' camping spot available to any AULRO / SLOw members.

https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=embed&saddr=Hobart,+Tasmania,+Australia&daddr=430+Elderslie+Road,+Brighton,+Tasmania&hl=en&geocode=FZGscf0dp_vHCCntzyzlhHVuqjEwFd7QTckDBQ%3BF aGWdP0dQh3GCCn_jiYuOhFuqjEKtxvbk5cGtw&aq=0&oq=Hohart&sll=-42.690911,147.201346&sspn=0.009763,0.019054&vpsrc=0&g=430+Elderslie+Road,+Brighton,+Tasmania&mra=ls&ie=UTF8&ll=-42.786658,147.265527&spn=0.1908,0.128559&t=m

Coordinates are -42.690385, 147.201347 .

[Scallops]

Very cool, thanks Dan.

As a quick update, the driver front spring decided not to spring any longer, and has gone flat. Should be getting fixed tuesday, so in the meantime it is overdrive reseal/install time.

It's great that the bloke is willing to sort it under warranty.....looking forward to your adventure unfolding.....and - get some ballast over the Driver's side of the 107 tub, fella! ;):D

[ROMAROVER]

Waved to Gus (we met at Glenreagh) heading north on the Bruce at the Sunshine Coast sunday 27/10, I had just driven a disco 1 tdi auto back from Sydney (great drive).
The blue canopy looked good on the 107.
I did not have a working uhf radio so gave and received a friendly wave, good luck

[107gus]

Been a bit behind in updating the blog, but have a bit more up there. Am in Sydney for a few days, then most likely heading to the Blue Mtns.

[107gus]

Heading to the Blue mtns for the weekend. Any suggestions for what to see, especially the less known stuff.

[107gus]

Blog updated

[Scallops]

....love the lap at Bathurst! :clap2:

[Scallops]

And I'm trying to get Wolfmother to play the SLOW Christmas party......:D

[pop058]

who ??

[Scallops]

who ??

....read the blog old man! ( I had to). :p

Wolfmother - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[107gus]

Hi all, have updated the blog again after a bit of a delay. My grandfather passed in the first part of December, so went home for a few weeks to see family and friends. I am back now, and continuing where I left off. In Newcastle area through the end of the month, then heading Canberra way in a meandering direction.

-Gus

[The ho har's]

Good to hear from you:D

Sorry to hear of your loss.

[Scallops]

My best wishes to you and family, Gus, my Grandpa passed away last Saturday in Nova Scotia so I understand what you're going through....Safe travels, my friend.

PS - love the hot tub!!!

[JDNSW]

.... In Newcastle area through the end of the month, then heading Canberra way in a meandering direction.

-Gus

Welcome to drop by as you pass. PM for details.

John

[Landy Smurf]

Sorry to hear about your grandpa. My nan died while I was overseas and it was terrible.
I hope you had a good recuperation , well as good as possible.
All the best for the rest of your travels, I look forward to following your blog.

[shortynsw]

Bumped into Gus last night after he had done some repairs to his generator at Hilton Pollards. What a great trip!!!! Gus is a delightful bloke and well worth catching up with if he is in your neck of the woods. Shorty

[Redback]

Hi all, Gus has been at our place for the last couple of days after returning from Hiltons place, we took him out 4WDriving Sunday as promised, I think he enjoyed the day, although we had to re-fit his auto hubs/Flanges as the free wheeling hubs kept jumping out, that took 15/20mins, although sitting halfway up a steep rocky climb wasn't the best workshop environment:p

After re-fitting it was back into the climb and up she went no worries:D

On the way home we took the scenic route, and dropped into Dullbirds place to introduce Gus and have a chat.

Gus is still at our place as far as I know and is heading south along the old coast road and over the sea bridge(Old Princes Hwy) down to Wollongong and then over to Canberra, either today or tomorrow, he is definately doing the sea bridge first though.

If you see Gus and his 107, give him a wave, oh and he likes a beer or two and is a great bloke:beer::BigThumb:

Baz.

[107gus]

First a big thanks to Redback and family for all the hospitality and help. As mentioned got the Genny fixed, went 4 wheel driving, and am on the road again. Attempted to surf at Wollongong, but conditions were crap. Heading south along the coast road, then over to Canberra for a few days looking around. Then it will be on south Tasmania way to try and catch the summer for some bush walking, surfing and exploring.

-Gus

[Redback]

First a big thanks to Redback and family for all the hospitality and help. As mentioned got the Genny fixed, went 4 wheel driving, and am on the road again. Attempted to surf at Wollongong, but conditions were crap. Heading south along the coast road, then over to Canberra for a few days looking around. Then it will be on south Tasmania way to try and catch the summer for some bush walking, surfing and exploring.

-Gus

I was going to say goodbye and safe travels in the morning, but you looked so comfortable I didn't want to disturb you:D

Have fun in Tassie.

Here's some footage of the day and a pic.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/bazzar/Glenreagh%20SLOw%20Meet/IMG_0498_zps2dc012d8.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/bazzar/media/Glenreagh%20SLOw%20Meet/IMG_0498_zps2dc012d8.jpg.html)

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[Landy Smurf]

First a big thanks to Redback and family for all the hospitality and help. As mentioned got the Genny fixed, went 4 wheel driving, and am on the road again. Attempted to surf at Wollongong, but conditions were crap. Heading south along the coast road, then over to Canberra for a few days looking around. Then it will be on south Tasmania way to try and catch the summer for some bush walking, surfing and exploring.

-Gus
A Foreigner, that can surf and driving the best car ever.
You will need a cricket bat to keep the chicks away.

[The ho har's]

First a big thanks to Redback and family for all the hospitality and help. As mentioned got the Genny fixed, went 4 wheel driving, and am on the road again. Attempted to surf at Wollongong, but conditions were crap. Heading south along the coast road, then over to Canberra for a few days looking around. Then it will be on south Tasmania way to try and catch the summer for some bush walking, surfing and exploring.

-Gus


If you haven't already thought about it. Look up wrinklearthur while in Tassie:D

[drifter]

If I don't get a chance to say g'day when you come through Canberra I hope, at least, to see you driving through.

[Scallops]

If I don't get a chance to say g'day when you come through Canberra I hope, at least, to see you driving through.

I too can vouch for the fact that Gus is an admirable fellow and I'm sure he would be honoured to stay with a fellow club member if possible.....Gus - drifter....there, now you've been introduced!:)

[Landy Smurf]

Gus - drifter....
Practically family now

[107gus]

Thanks! Made it to Canberra, roaming the streets now... :o

[drifter]

And contact made!

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Thanks! Made it to Canberra, roaming the streets now... :o

to get out just keep taking the next left----;):whistling:

[wrinklearthur]

to get out just keep taking the next left----;):whistling:

Are you right about this?

I would hate to see Gus left on the side of the road, right after he has kept to the left and especially after he was trying to do the right thing.

Right now I think it's the time I left.
.

[drifter]

Proof....

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/02/984.jpg

[drifter]

to get out just keep taking the next left----;):whistling:

dammit - to get back on the main road when leaving my place, he had to turn left, then left and left again... :D

[107gus]

Just a bit of pre-planning, does anyone know of any temporary work? I am watching the usual gumtree etc...

[107gus]

Its official, I board the ferry to Tazzy tomorrow! Returning 18 march. A bit of a quick trip, but very excited.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

You will have a great time:cool:

[Scallops]

Standby, Mr A. Wrinkle......

[Homestar]

Have fun over there Gus. I don't suppose you got a pic of your vehicle next to my 101 by any chance while you were here? I forgot to take some pics.

[wrinklearthur]

Standby, Mr A. Wrinkle......

Yes Sir.
.

[The ho har's]

You Will love TASSIE, and Wrinklearthur is a great host;)

[107gus]

Have fun over there Gus. I don't suppose you got a pic of your vehicle next to my 101 by any chance while you were here? I forgot to take some pics.

I forgot to as well. :(

[wrinklearthur]

I forgot to as well. :(

It's ok Gav, I lost cost at the twenty something camera's that I have, so I can make up the shortfall for you when Gus arrives. :cool:

Now how do I get this one to go?
.

[107gus]

Blog is updated! I have added a couple pages as well, links are on the right side of the page.

[dunno]

Gus called in today and checked out my LR collection in Albany. His 107 is still going great and it was nice to have a chat about his travels. Great way to see Aussie land, something I always dreampt of doing in my S1 86 but never did. Still there always tommorrow.

[107gus]

Was good to see the rovers. As for the trip, just do it mate :D

[107gus]

Just another update to the blog :D

[digger]

Gus,
When you get a chance please PM me an address in US where I can send the stickers and coasters that I chased up (the road safety ones..)
to refresh your memory!

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/1071.jpg


Hope you are going well, Digger!

[107gus]

Ill just leave this here...

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/12/910.jpg

[Homestar]

Wow, and we think it gets cold here.... :D

[digger]

I reckon thats the coldest its ever been for that landy ute!

[Killer]

I wouldn't think there would be too many vehicles with Queensland rego that have had that much snow on them.:cool:

Cheers, Mick.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Do you think he left it there because he had too? :angel::wasntme:

[Killer]

Do you think he left it there because he had too? :angel::wasntme:

No, but because he could.:cool:

[107gus]

The 107 is still going strong, though bald crossply tyres are a bit scary on ice... :o