Some Travel Advice

[HarlingtonStraker]

Hi all,

Am going for a trip down south next week with the Missus,

That being from Perth to Busselton to Margaret River and Back with about 4 sleeps to be had down that way.

Renting a holiday unit in Busselton as a base for some adventuring.

I have a choice of 2 vehicles, a Hyundai Excell or a LWB Soft top 1969 2a Ex Military Landrover.

No prizes for guessing my prefered vehicle, however I would appreciate any advice on Pros and Cons of the Landy in terms practicality and possible problems of a slow vehicle on the big highways.

any thoughts ?

J

[isuzurover]

WA drivers are so slow that a landie won't be a problem.

The landie will allow you to go off the beaten track - like taking the back roads to Nannup.

Also - you can do some of the Cape-Cape track.

Have fun!!!

[vnx205]

Each to his own. Some people would not be happy in anything other than a Lexus or a Rolls Royce.
Other like me are perfectly happy to cross Australia diagonally from the South East to the North West corners in a Series III LWB.

My attitude was that in a faster vehicle I would not have gained a true sense of the enormous distances between places in the centre of Australia.
With better suspension, I would not have appreciated how rough some tracks like the Tanami and the Gibb River road can get because of the infrequent maintenance.
In an air conditioned vehicle I would not have noticed the smells of the bush and the dust.
And in a quieter vehicle I would have had to think of interesting things to say to my wife for 16,000 km.

I know which vehicle I would pick.

[Sleepy]

The Hyudai will be:
quieter,
more fuel efficient,
have a better radio,
probably wont leak,
more comfy,
faster,

Take the Landy, It'll make you smile

[Aaron IIA]

Each to his own. Some people would not be happy in anything other than a Lexus or a Rolls Royce.
Other like me are perfectly happy to cross Australia diagonally from the South East to the North West corners in a Series III LWB.

My attitude was that in a faster vehicle I would not have gained a true sense of the enormous distances between places in the centre of Australia.
With better suspension, I would not have appreciated how rough some tracks like the Tanami and the Gibb River road can get because of the infrequent maintenance.
In an air conditioned vehicle I would not have noticed the smells of the bush and the dust.
And in a quieter vehicle I would have had to think of interesting things to say to my wife for 16,000 km.

I know which vehicle I would pick.

Absolutely everything said above. Just travel at about 75km/h, and enjoy the scenery. If people want to pass, let them. If travelling at night, remember to flash trucks when they overtake you and are safely past.
Aaron.

[Olive Drab]

well you're probably back now, hopefully the trip has convinced your missus to get a landy too, mine says she wont even get in it no carpet no seatbelts your joking NO i'm not i'm enjoying myself. If the windscreen was folded down I'd have bugs in my teeth.