Monday, Feb 02, 2009 at 22:34
equinox, it depends on your viewpoint, even had I done a small part of such an iconic trip I would think I had done some of the Gunbarrell, not all of it though, but I know what you mean.
Riccardo! You are right, and Len Beadells books make you feel like he had dozed the road last year and you can still drive on those outback Highways like they are still in pristine condition, rather than two wheel tracks like some parts of them. But if we become too pedantic and start a bunfight we risk losing what we were fighting for like the Hatfields and the McCoys, and many other long running conflicts.... We do have a
heritage that lives, and ultimately dies with us if we don't pass it on, or lives and flourishes with embellishment AS we pass it on.
I still remember reading Lens book and he talks about
Carnegie Station and driving in from the east and the "There aint no roads there - There is Now!" statements. Then to learn that my wife's cousin married a Linke from
Carnegie, I feel somewhat attached to that bit of road.
I just want to get out there! You two rabbits have the pics to prove it, and till i also do I shall bow to your superior "been there" knowledge.
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