In January 1968 i drove from Sydney to Dampier WA in a 1964 Mini Minor 850 , to start work as Train Driver for Hamersly Iron , to say the least some parts of the trip were chlallenging , 1100 miles of dirt or should say (cr*p) on the Nullarbor , and rough as gutts dirt road from Minilya road House to Dampier , there was no Karratha then.

Had no real problems , other than blowing a tyre at Lithgow , replacment cost $3.50 , bad sections of the Eyre Hwy ,( "hwy" that was a laugh) , floods and Bulldust north of Carnarvon , in which i nearly flipped end over in one patch resulting in a busted engine mount which i fixed with Fencing wire and a piece of wood .

Cost of Petrol , Sydney to Dampier $63. Only came over for 2 years to get enough money to build a house on my block at Leonay Penrith , But forgot to come Back. Got 4 grandkids in WA now so i think i will stay.