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Title: Where it all started.
Post by: MarkGU on January 11, 2015, 01:47:26 PM
Who remembers these two guys?
I remember watching, glued to the tv as they toured about.

This video will bring back memories im sure.  :cheers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXcFDdBxXFs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXcFDdBxXFs)
Title: Re: Where it all started.
Post by: xcvator on January 11, 2015, 01:52:11 PM
I can remember when going down the Darling was a huge adventure. :cup:
The girls in the wet tee shirts were ok too   :angel:
Title: Re: Where it all started.
Post by: oldmate on January 11, 2015, 01:53:12 PM
 :cup: thanks mark. Love it
Title: Re: Where it all started.
Post by: Bird on January 11, 2015, 01:54:00 PM
got 12 of their dvd's years ago from a $5 stall.... classic prehistoric touring that shows you don't need a good car to go remote.
Title: Re: Where it all started.
Post by: D4D on January 11, 2015, 01:57:40 PM
I can remember when going down the Darling was a huge adventure. :cup:

I can remember when going to Sorrento back beach in the summer with the old man driving the HQ that would overheat and no air con was an adventure :)
Title: Re: Where it all started.
Post by: JD-120 on January 11, 2015, 02:47:34 PM
Haha memories. Listening to the theme music had me smiling. Thanks for the link Mark!!
Title: Re: Where it all started.
Post by: baldheadedgit on January 11, 2015, 02:58:43 PM
Not bad for a couple of Pom's eh.... ;D :cup:

BHG
Title: Re: Where it all started.
Post by: xcvator on January 11, 2015, 03:03:19 PM
Not bad for a couple of Pom's eh.... ;D :cup:

BHG
Bloody racists pop up every where  >:D ;D
Title: Re: Where it all started.
Post by: Mik01 on January 11, 2015, 03:15:07 PM
Well I watched this as a kid. Great stuff!!
Lol at the wet tee shirts!
Title: Re: Where it all started.
Post by: evolution on January 11, 2015, 07:26:17 PM
spark plug pump... Never knew about that one

Managed to find one though  ;D

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-ENGINAIR-SPARK-PLUG-TIRE-PUMP-UNIVERSAL-w-GAUGE-ENGINE-PUMPS-UP-TIRES-RARE-/371224991083?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item566ebbd56b&vxp=mtr (http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-ENGINAIR-SPARK-PLUG-TIRE-PUMP-UNIVERSAL-w-GAUGE-ENGINE-PUMPS-UP-TIRES-RARE-/371224991083?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item566ebbd56b&vxp=mtr)

Cheers
Evo
Title: Re: Where it all started.
Post by: Mallory Black on January 11, 2015, 07:32:59 PM
I remember their Landrovers no their very first doco going west to east of the continent
I remember never seeing Landrovers in any of their docos again!
Title: Re: Where it all started.
Post by: McGirr on January 11, 2015, 09:21:01 PM

Boy aren't we spoilt today with our camping gear and vehicles.  ;D

Their trip to the Cape is now copyright to channel 7.

Mark
Title: Re: Where it all started.
Post by: edz on January 11, 2015, 10:10:40 PM
Thanks for putting this one up, anyone know where to find copies of their early trips, I have the west East crossing and Around Australia by boat + Ask the Leylands series ... Looking for their Cape trip / Wolf creek crater and another that they used a Dodge weapons carrier 4x4 to go into the desert, plus any other TV documentry they did . :cheers:
Title: Re: Where it all started.
Post by: alnjan on January 11, 2015, 10:24:55 PM
Hardly the beginning.   Remember watching their old docos in black and white.  Plus there was others doing it before them as well. 

Remember watching last year an old clip of a bloke, his partner and her friend and their little dog driving from Perth to the Cape in the old family sedan towing a trailer with the boat on top.  There wasn't much bitumen back in the those days, had to be late 50's early 60's I think.  Was a great show
Title: Re: Where it all started.
Post by: MarkGU on January 11, 2015, 10:32:19 PM
Hardly the beginning.   Remember watching their old docos in black and white.  Plus there was others doing it before them as well. 

Remember watching last year an old clip of a bloke, his partner and her friend and their little dog driving from Perth to the Cape in the old family sedan towing a trailer with the boat on top.  There wasn't much bitumen back in the those days, had to be late 50's early 60's I think.  Was a great show
yes Al there probably were others dong it before them,it was a light hearted look at early traveling.their shows were great to watch.
cant remember anyone else doing that sort of traveling/documenting at the time.
Title: Re: Where it all started.
Post by: Rob Mac on January 11, 2015, 10:42:43 PM
Hey Mark,I remember using a Menzel pump when I was young, dad had one in his workshop.
cheers.
Title: Re: Where it all started.
Post by: Ynot on January 14, 2015, 01:58:05 PM
Classic tv gold!


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Post by: Bongo on January 14, 2015, 03:39:03 PM
I must be old. I can remember them before their TV series. They used to tour showing their films at schools and Town Halls.
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Post by: Paul (SA) on January 14, 2015, 05:19:39 PM
Funny when he starts talking about food and cooking and then hands over to the missus cause that's her domain!
Title: Re: Where it all started.
Post by: Ynot on January 14, 2015, 06:34:52 PM
I must have been too young then, I only just noticed the wet tee shirts and one of the chicks is a bit of a babe!


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Title: Re: Where it all started.
Post by: Mace on February 11, 2015, 10:41:02 AM
The Leyland Brothers are the subject of Australian Story on the ABC next Monday night at 8PM.

 :cheers:
Title: Re: Where it all started.
Post by: HKB Electronics on February 11, 2015, 10:53:46 AM
If your watching TV in the early hours sometimes you'll find their still screening their
shows!
Title: Re: Where it all started.
Post by: alnjan on February 17, 2015, 09:03:48 AM
Hardly the beginning.   Remember watching their old docos in black and white.  Plus there was others doing it before them as well. 

Remember watching last year an old clip of a bloke, his partner and her friend and their little dog driving from Perth to the Cape in the old family sedan towing a trailer with the boat on top.  There wasn't much bitumen back in the those days, had to be late 50's early 60's I think.  Was a great show


This is the show

Northern Safari by Keith Adams

http://northernsafari.com/ (http://northernsafari.com/)

http://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/northern-safari/clip1/ (http://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/northern-safari/clip1/)