Land Rover Holiday Photos

Some may have seen this pic before.

All packed ready to go,another Fraser island camping trip.Early 70s.
Bloody hopeless in the soft sand,underpowered,shovels,the winch,snatch blocks,recovery gear got a continual work out,with lots of colourfull language from the old Man.[bigrolf]
Not many around to help in those days.

We got one bogged over on the Western side of the island,trying to get off the beach and stayed the night,didn't get it out until the next day[biggrin][bigsad]

All fun and games.



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Holidaying in Alice last year and found these in the Transport Hall of Fame.
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Holiday, Land Rovers, do these fit with your title, Paul?

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Holidaying in Alice last year and found these in the Transport Hall of Fame.
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Holiday, Land Rovers, do these fit with your title, Paul?

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Sure do,the LR theme is definitely there.
And the holiday.[smilebigeye]

These photos are great! Would love to take my landie to Fraser on day.

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Originally Posted by scarry

Same place,1969,Landy is behind the photographer.We would go weeks at times in those days and not see another vehicle.


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1969 - You must have been one of Gordon Elmer's first barge customers. Or did you do what my late father did by using a fishing trawler to get his Landy to and from Fraser on his first trip there.

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Originally Posted by Epic_Dragon

These photos are great! Would love to take my landie to Fraser on day.

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It is a great place,well it was in the 70s,but still great today.
Make sure you go off season.[smilebigeye]

I got a couple more Fraser pics,if I can find them,with Landys that is.

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Originally Posted by Xtreme

1969 - You must have been one of Gordon Elmer's first barge customers. Or did you do what my late father did by using a fishing trawler to get his Landy to and from Fraser on his first trip there.

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All trips on Gordon’s barge,my late Father did a lot of environmental research on the island.
From 1969 to 1974.
He became great friends with Gordon.
I think the barge started late 1968.

The surf fishing there in those days was unbelievable.

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Hi,
Near 4 mile creek, Tas

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Originally Posted by scarry

All trips on Gordon’s barge,my late Father did a lot of environmental research on the island.
From 1969 to 1974.
He became great friends with Gordon.
I think the barge started late 1968.

The surf fishing there in those days was unbelievable.

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We got stuck into a school of Taylor in 1970 - released over 30 into the Champagne Pool. Great times.
Unfortunately, I lost my camera on day 1 when driving from the barge to Happy Valley so no photos. However, I did get the camera back as a guy picked it up before the incoming tide got it, and he kindly left his contact details with Gordon.