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Thanks for that Mungus, did try NT Automotive but seemed to draw a blank and they did not list any used Landys for sale. was quite fancying a 110 TD5 as a bit of an upgrade from my 300 TDi 90 I currently have. Might have to be a T:censored:ota then mate, hope not, do you think a TD5 might be too advanced electronically?
Welcome aboard! I moved here myself from London and bought myself a Disco. You will find a good one here for sure.
Mcshadders,Quote:
Originally Posted by Mcshadders
the small plate and bracket that projects from the pass side of the vehicle on a defender is to compensate for the different angle of rotation of the earth and climate differences, the defender is made in the UK for those conditions and so we fit these to compensate for that...
(or our motor registration people want to charge extra for personalised plates if you want the square ones)
Pick which ever you believe suits.
Hope all goes well, welcome to the forum..
Going to Darwin you'll need to read up on drop bears and hoop snakes.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNEeq5qGh8I]"Come To Australia" by Scared Weird Little Guys - YouTube[/ame]
cheers!!
Digger
:D:D:D Brilliant Digger, must nick that and put it on Face tube, as its well known that I'm a bit apprehensive that everything wants to kill you! I have been warned about the Drop Bears as I was in Sydney last year, I'll look up Hoop Snakes mate.
Not kill you, Mcshadders, just seriously injure, or maim. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mcshadders
Except for these, Bob
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Matt Davies inspects the chunks a crocodile bit out of the outboard motor after it attacked Dean Bennett's, 22, boat at night while Matt, 12, and John (Snapper) Curwen -Walker, 46, were sleeping on it. The croc attacked their boat twice, it bit the motor the second time in jumped out of the water. Picture: Elise Derwin Source: Northern Territory News
A FISHERMAN has told how a 3.5m crocodile took chunks out of his boat's engine in a Sweetheart-type attack.
The saltie made one big hole and six smaller holes in a 90-minute assault, The NT News reports.
Recreational fisherman Dean Bennett, 22, said: "It meant business.''
The crocodile finally disappeared after being smacked over the head with a metal pole.
Mr Bennett, his 12-year-old brother Matt Davies and friend Ian Boyle were anchored at the mouth of the South Alligator River with another fishing boat on Saturday night when they heard a loud bang and splash.
"Someone else turned on a torch and there was the crocodile at the back of my boat, " he said.
"It had taken chunks out of the engine. It didn't just have a little nibble - it took a big bite.''
Crocodiles, which are very territorial, have been known to attack engines.
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Giant crocodile Sweetheart after it was shot in 1979. Picture:Peter Bennett Source: Northern Territory News
"Sweetheart'' harassed fishing boats so relentlessly that rangers decided to catch him.
But the 5.1m male drowned while being captured in the Finnis River in 1979. He's now stuffed and on display at the NT Museum.
And then there was Elvis, the crocodile who stole a lawnmower and tried to eat it.
Read the full report at The NT News.
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A crocodile attacked Dean Bennett's, 22, boat at night while his brother Matt Davis, 12, and John (Snapper) Curwen -Walker, 46, were sleeping on it at the mouth of the South Alligator River on the weekend. The crocodile attacked their boat twice, it bit the motor the second time in jumped out of the water. Picture: Elise Derwin Source: Northern Territory News
Yup! I remember "Sweetheart" after it was caught it did a display tour of Australia's shopping centres, and we saw it a Westfield Burwood Sydney,as that was our local shopping centre, Awesome! was the only way to describe it.
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Originally Posted by UncleHo
Let you in on a little secret, sweetheart didn't die from being shot, they tied it to the side of a large boat,[ after being filled with slow down juice] and water forced into its lungs drowned it. My BIL was best mates with one of the Rangers tasked with the job. Bob
Mcshadders, Gday and welcome.
Don.
Welcome,
Spiders you squash with the sole of your shoe. The salties are what I would be concerned with, unlike the sharks that only get you in the water the crocs can come on the land and drag you back in.
Your 90 in the UK is probably as common as fish and chips, a little less so here. You may want to reconsider having a shipping agent give it a clean and stick into a container with a few of your other large favourite things. We did not get 300 Tdi here until the early to 90s my 110 was one of the first MY94. They are uncomplicated, not as much go as the Td5 but easier to look after. Hope you enjoy the Top End, the build up and the wet are not the times us southerners aim to be up there for.
Good luck with your relocation.