Yes that is right your not seeing things we are stupid enough to drive 5130.7kms from Townsville in Qld to Perth in WA. And we going to do it in a 1986 VL Calais Turbo! When: Friday 20th March, 2009 Where: Townsville, QLD Why?: To collect RB30DEBT v.2 So if you live in any of the following towns: Charters Towers, QLD Roma, QLD Walgett, NSW Bourke, NSW Cobar, NSW Broken Hill, NSW (Any members want to show us the nightlife on Saturday the 21st?) Port Augusta, SA Eucla, WA Kalgoorlie, WA or any town in between give us a wave as we boost through over the 4 days of our trip/fail in our attempt. We will be updating this thread as we go. EVL aka Chris will post up some vehicle details shortly! Cheers, Oliver. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Oliver this is an awesome idea haha cant wait to see this! make sure you guys take photos and stuff coz it will be awesome to see Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

that is the most romantic thing i have ever read. kudos to you guys. priscilla styles.

omfg that's awesome, i'm going to watch this thread, good luck guys

Haha that's awesome! I was trying to convince my friends to do this with me when I was looking to buy my most recent from over East. Will be wicked fun. How are you initially getting over there?

Can we donate coin?

We're flying over on the Thursday night Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

i bet you wont make it back in 4 days.... its alright to have it all planned out that your going to drive *this* fast for this man hours a day, but it rarely works like that. plus its a VL, so it'll break down heaps. make sure you carry a couple of jerry cans full of water (one for you, one for the car) few basic tools etc mad props for havin a crack though

Wait for the car details The 4 days is at a legal pace nothing crazy... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

When you drive through Pt Augusta, lock the doors. Don't make eye contact

that seriously is a very cool idea. sounds like fun, and be another chapter to say you have done. just take lots of cds and stuff to keep you busy. surely it must get pretty boring on that drive haha. just one question... taking one sleeping bag or two you can zip together?

Do not stop in Walgett either it's a F U C K of a place

One sleeping bag each Jack... Cheers for the comments guys its going to distract me from uni for the next week and a half! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by pmac When you drive through Pt Augusta, lock the doors. Don't make eye contact And dont stop at red lights and fill up in the town before so you dont have to stop..lol

I'll give you a heads up. A mate got back to echuca last night from charleville in inland qld. A lot of the roads around bourke have been washed away, as well as a bridge, due to recieving 10 inches of rain in a small period of time. make sure your car has a 2" spring and shackle lift, and 35 inch muddies. Also, the only fuel is unleaded or diesel, no gas or high octane, for hundreds of kays also, a couple of jerry cans of fuel, my mate had 6. and watch a certain group of people when you are stopped, if you know what i am saying

Yeah cheers for the info, we arent stopping at Bourke just driving through We have a couple of alternate routes in place if needed too, not going as far east as Charleville. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

wow thanks for that info mulkers! very helpful! we have a couple of alternative routes to get down south but that way is the quickest we'll have to watch what happens there over the coming week. We will be taking as many jerrys as we possibly can, tools, spare, oil, coolant, afm, cas, ignitor box etc. I can't wait for it gonna be a hell of a trip and we'll keep you all updated New car is currently owned by Jubs11 and is the beautiful blue VLCT in this thread http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/showthread.php?t=157338 If anyones keen that doesn't know about my original car - thread is here http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/showthread.php?t=128035 Keep the tips coming too guys, we're trying to plan it all out as well as possible to avoid disaster. Stop overs will be in Roma, Broken Hill and Eucla if we go the route we have chosen tonight. Cheers, Chris Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

have fun and ignore the BS posted about various NSW towns and the people in them I've been, to and through them, in a VLCT prev Just watch out for kangaroos later in the day

g/l guys sounds awesome but it will take you 3 days to get there unless you drive non stop then you will do it in 2 days.or were you planning 4 days to get there? what are the other routes?alot of th rds in western nsw are crap you mite be better going from route4 strate thru mildura then cut across

Make a pit stop passed Adelaide Some original photos have not been recovered yet.