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Title: Where it all began in QLD well for the caravanners anyway
Post by: Raym on May 27, 2021, 05:43:06 PM

Blog by Jeff at Cobb & Co

https://blog.qm.qld.gov.au/2021/05/26/caravanning-in-queensland/?fbclid=IwAR39LM853bL_sCB4k53GDONDINcfAUoi06cPlf36pr6swEkBqEfLUReR5R0 (https://blog.qm.qld.gov.au/2021/05/26/caravanning-in-queensland/?fbclid=IwAR39LM853bL_sCB4k53GDONDINcfAUoi06cPlf36pr6swEkBqEfLUReR5R0)

Title: Where it all began in QLD well for the caravanners anyway
Post by: Pete79 on May 27, 2021, 06:25:30 PM

Interesting article.

Apparently nothing much has changed in the caravaning world for the last 70 years though..... ;) ;D

Quote

A 500CC Fiat hauls a Chesney Featherweight Caravan up the Marburg Range on the way to Toowoomba, at an average of 27 mph (42kph). Underpowered cars pulling caravans was common in the early 1950s, but even the journalist covering the story embarked on the journey with ‘a spirit of scepticism’.

(https://qmnblog.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/fiat-and-chesney-featherweight-van-2.jpg)

Title: Re: Where it all began in QLD well for the caravanners anyway
Post by: Bird on May 28, 2021, 09:51:45 AM

Quote from: Pete79

Interesting article.

Apparently nothing much has changed in the caravaning world for the last 70 years though..... ;) ;D

(https://qmnblog.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/fiat-and-chesney-featherweight-van-2.jpg)

Another pic of Speewa.... they keep popping up!

Title: Re: Where it all began in QLD well for the caravanners anyway
Post by: austastar on May 28, 2021, 04:15:14 PM

https://youtu.be/jGkG0fZbprk
Talking of under powered for the job.
Cheers

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Title: Re: Where it all began in QLD well for the caravanners anyway
Post by: Bird on May 28, 2021, 04:33:18 PM

Quote from: austastar on May 28, 2021, 04:15:14 PM

https://youtu.be/jGkG0fZbprk
Talking of under powered for the job.
Cheer

I always liked the reactions of the others.