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We lost two Chestnut trees. An old oak and beech got quite a kicking and sadly our ancient Fairy tree has gone to play with the Leprechauns.Biblical! Praying for you
Legit!
Even better if you tell us where you were. That is barren even for Outback Australia.
A follow up to the above.
Namibia. Bloody excellent place to visit. 3000km over 3 weeks. Desert, sand dunes, beaches, salt roads, corrugated gravel, fast highways, floods. You name it, I drove it there. All except mud. And the grenadier - flawless in EVERY terrain. Slingshotting and jumping over 30 metre dunes, dodging zebras and elephants, beach drives dodging big Atlantic Ocean waves, 166kph on highway, and all the off road modes used frequently. So much fun. Honestly couldn’t have wished for a better vehicle to adventure in.
Agreed. I still have my Bosch blue book from my apprenticeship. A great resource. I have already floated the idea that these books go into an automotive library of sorts for restorers to access. Perhaps the national motor museum or similar. Hard to know if these are rare or just old.
I can relate to your NQ problems where I have spent time in the past. Prior to that I was in The Northern Territory (my first time north of Brissy) and lost so much good gear (including manuals, certificates, photos, etc) due to creatures, heat, humidity, and mould. If you stood still for more than a minute you’d go mouldy
I love the North of Australia, some of the best places to explore but the critters and weather just seem to wreck everything.I can relate to your NQ problems where I have spent time in the past. Prior to that I was in The Northern Territory (my first time north of Brissy) and lost so much good gear (including manuals, certificates, photos, etc) due to creatures, heat, humidity, and mould. If you stood still for more than a minute you’d go mouldy
I follow several Australian historic truck and transport groups. Liz Martin runs a truck museum in south Australia, Stories from the Road Museum, from what I have read she collects old truck and vehicle literature, accessible for many to research from the museum in South Australia. She used to be a part of the Transport Hall of Fame Museum in Alice Springs but over the years that museum has had some difficulties with new management, to the point some donations have been withdrawn and sent to South Australia and also the added difficulties with the ongoing issues with locals in the area that have been documented in the Australian press.
The humidity causing an almost instant coating of surface rust on any machined surface.
That's a good lead. Thank you.
Good idea about approaching a motoring museum and if they had the capabilities to scan them to PDF even better. I spent the morning here wading through TROVE where some 400mb of historical Western Mining documents have been scanned and made available to the public.
