Thread: Tarcutta andV8Ian

Hi dave
google brings up this
Razorback Blockade - Ted Stevens tells the real story

Originally Posted by Hogarthde

We stopped at Tarcutta for smoko yesterday,and I mentioned to Ricki that this was halfway Melbourne .. Sydney, and the site of “the blockade”. So of course the why and when questions where asked and to my eternal embarrassment, I couldn’t quite elucidate . So V8Ian, can you help? I thought late 70s, and the protest was re intra state road tariffs and tax, and really nothing much changed, and was the chief protagonist a chap called green dog?

Dave

'79 IIRC, I was a new local driver at the time and too niave to understand the business and politics, I 'll do some research and get back to you.

Truckies set up blockade

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Greendog publishes ‘real’ story of Razorback | News
I've made enquiries about purchasing this book, quite happy to mail it to you to borrow, subject to it still being available.

Originally Posted by Hogarthde

We stopped at Tarcutta for smoko yesterday,and I mentioned to Ricki that this was halfway Melbourne .. Sydney, and the site of “the blockade”. So of course the why and when questions where asked and to my eternal embarrassment, I couldn’t quite elucidate . So V8Ian, can you help? I thought late 70s, and the protest was re intra state road tariffs and tax, and really nothing much changed, and was the chief protagonist a chap called green dog?

Dave

Is protagonist a big word for hero or legend?

12 Apr 1979 - THE AFTERMATH OF THE BIG BLOCKADE - Trove

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Ian is probably old enough to remember the Tarcutta bog in the 1950's.

Righto, thanks men.

Razorback.......Yass.... Ted Stevens, ‘‘tis stirring the cells a bit.

I refuse to believe Ian ,that you where young and naive, next thing you will tell us you rode a B.S.A. to work. Thanks for the offer re book, but will try online when we get back to Encounter Bay.

Yass , was Tote living there all those years ago? And has the truckies lot improved much, I know the trucks and trailers have, but are you fellows still getting clobbered .

And yes Ian ,Ted was indeed a working man’s legend.