Day Sixteen of The Great Rattler Run - Taking The Rattler to the Northernmost Point of The Australian Continent Today was the final day of The Great Rattler Run. Our adventure was drawing to it's conclusion and we would drive The Rattler to the tip of...
Day Fifteen of The Great Rattler Run - Northern Half of The Old Telegraph Track to Loyalty Beach, Last Stop Before The Tip of Cape York!!!!! If one was just to look at the kilometres alone, you would think the journey was almost over. When we...
Day Fourteen of The Great Rattler Run - The Old Telegraph Track Here we are, eating brekkie at Bramwell Junction Roadhouse, the last stop before the Southern section of The Old Telegraph Track. After leaving Archer River early this morning I drove The Rattler for the...
Day Thirteen of The Great Rattler Run - Red Dirt Day Goodbye black top, hello dirt, dust, rocks, corrigates, dust holes etc etc. Need I say more. If we could see through the dust, I'm sure the sign would say 'Welcome to Cape York'! We should...
Day Twelve of The Great Rattler Run - Cairns to Lakeland via Cape Tribulation What a day! I decided to let the crew have their one and only sleep in, as we were to be joined by our latest crew member Simon who flew in to...
Day Ten of The Great Rattler Run It certainly has been an eventful morning. I've been in The Rattler for the last 7 1/2 hours and I'm currently ahead of the support crew by over 2 hours! We left the motel at 5 am, and about 30...
Day Nine of The Great Rattler Run - Gold Coast to Rockhampton Having spent the day at home base yesterday, with a fully equipped garage, we didn't miss the opportunity to give The Rattler an oil change. After straining the oil we found very few filings...
The Great Rattler Run - the journey so far: https://www.facebook.com/VintageAdventurer/videos/1107290669378315/...
Check out the Fuso ready to join us for the Northern leg of The Great Rattler Run with Trevor at the wheel. The Fuso is going to follow us up the Old Telegraph Track. Will it survive Gunshot Creek crossing?...
Day Eight of The Great Rattler Run – Rest day at the Gold Coast They say there is no rest for the wicked! I must have been wicked in another life, or maybe I need to choose my friends more wisely (Mark -Wicked Fabrications & Engineering...
Check out this video taken by ARB 4x4 Accessories when we passed by their Head Office last Tuesday. Listen to The Rattler purring. https://www.facebook.com/ARB4X4/videos/1270774339633445/...
Day Seven of The Great Rattler Run Today was bridge day. I didn't count them, but I can tell you it felt like we either went under or over at least 20 of them! We set off from Coffs Harbour and passed by the iconic Big...
Day Six of The Great Rattler Run - Leaving Sydney With another year under my belt, today I decided to let the crew sleep in a little and eat breakfast at the hotel before we took off! Normally rally rules apply, up at 5, out by...
Day Four of The Great Rattler Run https://www.facebook.com/VintageAdventurer/videos/1102850173155698/ This morning we left Melbourne early, headed for Narooma, about 700 kms away. The weather is not holding up for us, and we have spent the morning on the highway taking on rain from the sky and spray from...
Day Three of The Great Rattler Run This morning was an early start when we rolled off the Ferry and headed off to see our sponsors at ARB 4x4 Accessories and Penrite Oil. ARB have very generously provided us with some rubber de-bogging recovery tracks that...
Day One of The Great Rattler Run This afternoon I made the call to start the journey up to Cape York a day early. So we all made the trip to Cockle Creek and backed The Rattler off the trailer where it has been since we...
Day 4 - Tasmania This morning we started the day by driving to the airport to welcome more crew to Tasmania. Kevin arrived first, flying in from Kangaroo Island, South Australia. He was followed shortly after by Mark from the Gold Coast. Mark brought his lovely young...
Made it to the Ferry! Cars are stowed away safely and I am heading down for dinner. Here I come Tasmania!...
Day 2 - Parkes to Port Melbourne Arrived in Parkes around 10 pm last night and pulled in to a motel. Starting time this morning was 5.30 am sharp, and we were out the door within 10 minutes and on the road in the dark and...
Day 1 - Wongawallan to Parkes? Departed from Wongawallan at 4.45 am and arrived at Hope's Body Repairs in Warwick where I arranged ahead of time to have the trailer strengthened for the Old Telegraph Track when we make it to the far north. This might...