@@dylanwebb421 thanks Dylan, and thoroughly enjoyed both yours & Margaret’s company, always a comfy seat in the shade of your OzTent. You must have gone the long way home, we took the shortcut, which was shorter than Australia’s longest shortcut going East!

@@jbowen52 thanks James, you should definitely get one there in Florida!

You don’t know what a luxury they are until there are none anywhere near!

Norbert is well and still a Sales Director at Strida Australia. I bought a new Strida LT from him in Melbourne last year. He also still rides his penny farthing.

Glad you enjoyed it

It sure was a little on the cool side! More to come when I work out some problems with my little camera - dates show July!

I do agree that the older cars are more fun to drive, and even more demanding to keep going! Both the Series 1 Land Rover and old Citroen 2CV have manual chokes and lack synchromesh on the lower gears, just first on the Citroen, but 1st & 2nd on the Land Rover. The Metro GTA sounds like fun. Never drove the GTA version but did have an Austin Metro rental car in Jersey back in 1980 - ish. It would not do 115mph!

@@nigeljoshua394 cheers 🥂 and yeah the old Austin Metros had a non fuel injection engine so we're very slow from what I remember , my neighbour had a series 2 land Rover and that thing kept going and going , he owned it for over 40 years ! Sadly nowadays they don't make cars to last , too many electrical items and touchscreens in them , if for example that touchscreen that controls everything in the car breaks it costs £7 grand to replace it 😱

A lot of us are just hoping we will still be around for the 80th. You must set time aside for this event, I don’t think I’ll be able to do another Series 1 trip for the 80th, but hope to bring my Heritage 90, caravan, wife and dog, like we did for the 70th!

No overdrive, and typical cruise about 75 to 80kph! That’s all you get from a Series 1!

85kph is about max, typical cruise around 75kph.

Steering really well sorted in this 107. My old 80" was a lot worse with about 100mm of slop, and that was with a rebuilt steering column!

No problem, and you may just have that 2A ready for the 80th anniversary! It is well worth attending these events.

Thank you, and yes that was the only moving vehicle I passed in the nearly 8000km trip🙂!

Hello to you, envious of your 1951 80”. I regret selling my 51 80” lights through the grill several years ago. Great that it’s staying in the same family.

Thanks, plenty of old Land Rovers in Thailand & Malaysia, so you can have plenty of long trips in Asia. That old blue Oxford vehicle recently completed the reverse trip from Singapore to London, with lots of assistance from the Malaysian & Thailand Land Rover owners clubs.

Hi Richard, thanks for your comment, regarding the paint colour, it is RAF Flight Blue, ICI part number 2718. The 107 pick up's were only available in RAF blue with light grey (Herbert's ref 37262), or Light grey with RAF blue wheel's! Mine has 69 years worth of wear & tear so May have faded a little!

No overdrive, just the standard crash gearbox, with 2ltr spreadbore engine.

Last years event attracted 750 vehicles, they reckon they topped that this year.

64 ltrs, between 10 & 12 kgs depending on days between resupply.

Hi Colin, You will enjoy that section. Just hope the rain holds off for you. All the best Nigel

Probably correct, but got my pack weight down from 22+ kgs to around 12 max, which has made a huge difference to my hikes. Shame no one in Australia makes the tough lightweight stuff. I have used a lot of sea to summit stuff but even that doesn’t always compare weight wise, and most isn’t made in Australia anyway.

Nigel Joshua I understand. The comment was made in jest. The problem is, these items are increasingly difficult to source from the US, with the poor exchange rate and high freight charges. I gets bittersweet feeling when carrying US made products, whilst wishing for local equivalent. With respect to sts, I’ll just say that I hope the intellectual properties stays local.

Michael Lee I agree with your feelings on this. I had a 6 month break in my Bibbulmun e2e due to a broken ankle/fibula, so had a little down time to research, and I was lucky to get some of the Zpacks stuff from their bargain bin - just have to check often, and at the time shipping was reasonable & quick. SToS are literally around the corner from us in Perth, so I do support them when I can, they also do good things for the Bibbulmun track foundation.

Deb Gittins thanks. I did make a separate video of just the flowers, which I did zoom in editing. You can view that anytime.

@@nigeljoshua394 Brilliant looking forward to that.

Deb Gittins I hope you enjoy them. The early episodes lack a lot of video content, and don’t whatever you do break anything like I did. The respite did allow me to watch a lot of KZbin hikers & learn a lot. Wish you all the best for your hike in a year or 2. I plan to do the South to North in a couple of years.

@@nigeljoshua394 I have an addiction to watching thru hiking videos on youtube... for videoing goals I watch Quicksand on the AT 2019/2020. He has amazing content.

@@turtlemummatreks9786 I have a similar addiction, and learnt a lot from Darwin on the trail, Home-made wanderlust, and Frozen when he did the AT last year. I had 6 months whilst my broken leg bits healed. Also enjoyed some of Hawkes videos on the AT - Craig Mains on KZbin.

Deb Gittins thanks Deb. It was truly a wonderful journey.

Probably get around to those one day, but loving the Altra Timps.

Hi Kerry, I just used my Galaxy S8 for the part from Kalamunda to Collie, & updated to a Note 8 for the Collie to Albany section. They are both waterproof, fall on proof and just great cameras- not a bad phone either. I was disappointed with the wind noise and have recently invested in the Rode wireless Go microphone, early test results are good, just have to make sure the “dead cat” wind furry thing stays in place. Looks like an elastic band will be the fix. Good luck on your E2E and enjoy.

@@nigeljoshua394 Good stuff. I will be using a Samsung S10+, which should be good. Was your phone just hand held? You kept it pretty steady - I was impressed.

@@kgnbrisbane just hand held when walking, and using an Ultra Pod tripod with me in view, either as a tripod on the ground or strapped to a tree with its built in velcro strap. Note is handy as you can use the S-pen to trigger video or photos. Only problem I have with these phones is getting a finger in the way, the lens is very close to the edge in landscape mode.

No problem & pleased to hear that you enjoyed them. I have included my lighter pack list in the description which is what I left Collie with for the 664km section to Albany. I hope you & Tina enjoy your walk next year.

Hi Graham, I did replace most of my 12 year old heavy gear with Zpacks products. Back in Sep 18 when I left Kalamunda my pack was around 22kgs, which with hindsight was too much. During the 5 months or so recovery from my broken leg, I had lots of time to watch KZbin gear reviews & hiking videos. So yes I do love my Zpacks gear, the classic sleeping bag being a favourite, very light, warm enough & packs down small. Arc haul pack worked well as did the Duplex tent. One of my poles fell in half when the glued joint failed & left half the pole stuck in thick mud - Zpacks customer support is great & a new pole was waiting at home. I did fix the old one with superglue. The shoes for the final 660km section from Collie to Albany were Altra Olympus 3.0’s. Great shoes except not much feel thru the 33mm stack sole - this made gum nuts a problem as you couldn’t feel them. Always dry in the morning after puddle sections, unlike my Gortex boots that stayed wet for days on the Bannister to Collie section. I really did enjoy this walk, the few people I met, and the solitude the rest of the time. I will do it North bound in a couple of years, and in the meantime will do lots of 4 to 8 day sections.

Nigel Joshua Hi Nigel thanks for you reply. We have been wearing Altra Lone Peak and they are very good but a little too thin and feely on the ground. We now use Altra Timp and the cushioning is in between the lone peak and the Olympus. Graham

Graham Porter I wear Timps as my everyday shoe, & have a new pair ready for my next few hikes. I love them. They really do ruin you for anything not Foot shaped!

Matthew G thanks Matthew, just wish I’d taken more video early on at the beginning of my hike. I guess recovery from the broken leg gave me the time needed to watch KZbin, & in particular Darwin on the trail who gave me the inspiration, and Frozen (Outdoor adventures) who I followed on his AT hike this year.