Thread: Bush Tucker Man in a Land Cruiser!

Link to the itunes download of the theme music to the BTM series.

iTunes - Music - This, That and the Other by Rory O'Donoghue

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Qlu75yVEk]Original Bush Tucker Man Part4(of4) - YouTube[/ame]

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Didn't he kick around in a perentie 110 at one point?
What I would give for one of those....

A few weeks ago we were parked at the Cosmos Center in Charleville in our Isuzu Countys and a D2 when another guy in an Isuzu 110 pulled up to have a chat (as you do) It turned out, the 110 he was driving was the actual Perentie from the Bush Tucker Man series which he had bought from Les Hiddens.

Cheers, Murray

Originally Posted by rijidij

A few weeks ago we were parked at the Cosmos Center in Charleville in our Isuzu Countys and a D2 when another guy in an Isuzu 110 pulled up to have a chat (as you do) It turned out, the 110 he was driving was the actual Perentie from the Bush Tucker Man series which he had bought from Les Hiddens.

Cheers, Murray

I tried to buy it off him years ago. I saw it in his driveway and sent him a letter but he was planning to use it on a few big tours. There are some pictures of it in my album on here.

I found this on his website regarding his vehicles:

Vehicles

Well there are no prizes for guessing which vehicle I drive out bush.

These days I am travelling in a Land Rover Discovery series 4 and loving it. I have had it decked out for bush work by adding a dual battery, Bull Bar and winch, as well as boat loading roof rack and a snorkel.

You can see the get up in the attached photograph. The trouble is that these vehicles are not cheap, and I must admit I tend to shy away from poking its nose into the bare uncharted bush too often although the odd scratch I’ve collected does tend to polish out.

That said, I must admit that I have on a couple of occasions gone into Arnhem Land and pushed along a very very washed out track system that had clearly not been used for many a year. With one or even two wheels of the ground at times it just crawled across the country, which is a bit different to what I was trained on in the Army (Land Rover series IIa).

This Discovery has had an interesting evolution. It was originally produced when Rover was wholly owned by the Brits, I think it was a British Aerospace Company back then. Anyway BMW came along and took over Land Rover which force fed and injected a production standard that was long overdue. Of course the Brits and the Germans are very good at fighting one another and so that relationship didn’t last all that long. Next came the Yanks and they had past form in dealing with the British workers and the word “efficiency” came into play. Under their watch, the Series 4 Discovery was conceived and I think even born. Anyway, Rover now belongs to the Indians via Tata.

To counter the problem of going bush, I have come to a decision. When I go bush these days, I tend to set up a base camp and use it as a research base to gather information and photographs etc. That’s how I earn an income and at the same time enjoy myself, doing what I love doing. The Disco tows my off road van with ease along the roads and tracks, so there is no problem there. But these days I want to explore the waterways and river systems as well as the coastal estuary areas, so a bigger boat is required from a safety point of view. Obviously I can’t tow a boat and a caravan, although I often wonder why not, so the answer is to look at a second dedicated vehicle.

Now my other half, Sandy, loves the shape and style of the traditional box Land Rover. She says it always reminds her of Armand and Michaela Denis filming in Africa. So we went and had a test drive after which Sandy was sold. We have ordered a five door Land Rover Defender which should arrive around mid-2012. That will be Sandy’s vehicle as she loves driving it, gear changes and all. That’s fine with me as I get to drive the Disco which quite frankly is the best vehicle I have ever driven, and I’ve had a few, including some notable German products.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbENhnugSkQ"]Roper River Story by Les Hiddins - YouTube[/ame]

What website did you find that on. I didnt even know he had a website.

Left hand drive Tojo or is the picture "A" about?


Cheers, Mick.

Originally Posted by mick88

Left hand drive Tojo or is the picture "A" about?


Cheers, Mick.

Yes, look at the number plate- reversed.