DVD "Wheels Across A Wilderness"..Leyland Bros. 1966.

**Pickles2** · 28th March 2014, 06:42 PM

This is a BRILLIANT DVD of a "pioneering" film made in 1966 by the Leyland Bros before they became "famous".....travelling from the farthest westerly point of Aus, to the Farthest easterly point.
Two Landrovers involved, & just awesome scenery & just good Aussie stuff.
The long wheelbase Landrover is in the Birdwood Museum, saw it last week, & is where we purchased the DVD.
PLENTY of "historic" Landrover footage!
Pickles.

**disco man** · 28th March 2014, 07:15 PM

I think i was about 12 last time i saw them on TV and i used to love the shows. I used to look forward to alby mangels on a wednesday night as well. throw in a bit of malcom douglas on a sunday good stuff all round. I dont think the current blokes like pat callinan and the boys from 4x4 action capture the spirit of the bush like the boys mentioned above did

**123rover50** · 28th March 2014, 07:51 PM

I found their tree

**disco man** · 28th March 2014, 07:55 PM

That is very cool

**disco man** · 28th March 2014, 08:05 PM

Hey pickles2 dont be surprised if this thread gets moved to the armchair warriors section thats where dvd and movie related stuff is meant to be posted

**Carzee** · 28th March 2014, 09:54 PM

About 3yrs back my son found the dvd at Woolworths.

I was chuffed because although I had both versions of the book I had never seen the film.

In 96 I put a blurb on the web about WECE, and the 50yr anniversary is only 2yrs away... perhaps an excuse for a re-enactment tag-a-long?

1966 West East Crossing

**Jeff** · 29th March 2014, 07:55 AM

I bought the DVD at the National Motoring Museum at Birdwood in 2012. Unfortunately the end stuffs up on my computer and I haven't watched it on the telly yet.

Jeff

**The ho har's** · 29th March 2014, 08:10 AM

And another Mal & Mike Land Rover, AYI 077 is owned by a forum member

Mrs hh

**DeeJay** · 29th March 2014, 08:41 AM

Great video, first on TV just when I bought my first Land Rover. If anyone wants to know the genesis of the unreliable reputation that Land Rovers still have, just watch this DVD..
Wheels across the Wilderness, Down the Darling etc were big in their day.

**Carzee** · 29th March 2014, 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by DeeJay

...the genesis of the unreliable reputation that Land Rovers still have, just watch this DVD..

Axles & diffs don't like stress too much, like pullling other vehicles out of bogs and towing heavy things - eg, that huge trailer they took with them on WECE. They learnt though, and after that trip the LB's got into proper roof racks for the Cape York trip etc. There's another story - they were perhaps the earliest to swim Landies across the Jardine...(?)

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