Thread: Land Rover Holiday Photos

With French travellers, Martine & Robert. Spent about three months with them.

Originally Posted by scarry

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.
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

All fun and games.

That rig would be quite handy if you flipped it in the drink, Paul. The first Aussie Amphibious S3 maybe?

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.

It saddens me to see ships in that condition compared to what they were like at fitting out when they looked their smartest, but that's me. It sounds like she had a good life both in her civilian & Medical roles until fate took a hand & she is where she is.


I once walked the decks of Scott's Discovery before she was relocated from the Thames to Dundee where she was built, in fact I saw her again this a.m. as the back drop for "Antiques Roadshow," Dundee.

I recall walking in to Capt Scott's quarters & feeling a Vague presence there (maybe it was Sir John Mills??), but that was probably me returning to my History Books but one can't help those feelings of being there before, probably many WW1 Soldiers & Medical Staff have since walked the decks of your ship before the rust set in & felt much the same.


Coming on deck again it was snowing & very cold (it was January) so that did add to the atmosphere, I could not have arranged it.

The Brits also have Cutty Sark & Sir Francis Chichester's Gypsy Moth around the Globe Yacht also on Display at the same Site on the Thames & a couple at Plymouth if you happen to be going that way one day.

Originally Posted by Xtreme

Good to see plenty of support, to ensure the Tojo gets there too.
Sorry Paul.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Good to see plenty of support, to ensure the Tojo gets there too.
Sorry Paul.

Actually he left the trip early for reasons best known to him but I think he just didn't understand the Land Rover camaraderie.

Originally Posted by Xtreme

Actually he left the trip early for reasons best known to him but I think he just didn't understand the Land Rover camaraderie.

Camaraderie or empathy?