ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
To Dave and Fred, without whom this story wouldn’t have happened.
To Graham, Larry (Lufus) and Ian – three of the Yorkshire boys. We all lived together in Cairns for a short time a year or so after we arrived in Australia. (More about that on the "Perth and Beyond" page)
To Rachel Amphlette for her encouragement to complete this work and helping with all things ‘Weebly’.
To my wife and best friend Gayle for putting up with me throughout the whole process.
To my daughters Cassie and Kirsty, and grand-daughter Chloe who provided the inspiration for getting the story ‘out there’.
And finally my thanks to the following people, who at some stage in their own travels followed the same routes that we travelled, at roughly the same time. With their permission I have re-published a few of their photos to enhance my story. Their narratives convey so much more of the countries and peoples we both encountered than I have done. So if you are interested, I recommend you visit the following sites.
Bruce Thomas (Blog of his trip in 1969, plus a “flickr” set of photos for the trip – he’s a talented photographer)
https://bmthomas6.wixsite.com/overland
https://www.flickr.com/photos/96982658@N05/sets/72157633942678814
David and Janet Ribbans (travelled in Afghanistan in 1974/5)
https://jcribbans.blogspot.com/2010/01/arriving-on-1-dec-1974.html
Eddie (his descriptions of the Goldfields and the Nullarbor are way above my fast fading memory)
http://www.darkblueknight.com/nullarborplain.html
To Dave and Fred, without whom this story wouldn’t have happened.
To Graham, Larry (Lufus) and Ian – three of the Yorkshire boys. We all lived together in Cairns for a short time a year or so after we arrived in Australia. (More about that on the "Perth and Beyond" page)
To Rachel Amphlette for her encouragement to complete this work and helping with all things ‘Weebly’.
To my wife and best friend Gayle for putting up with me throughout the whole process.
To my daughters Cassie and Kirsty, and grand-daughter Chloe who provided the inspiration for getting the story ‘out there’.
And finally my thanks to the following people, who at some stage in their own travels followed the same routes that we travelled, at roughly the same time. With their permission I have re-published a few of their photos to enhance my story. Their narratives convey so much more of the countries and peoples we both encountered than I have done. So if you are interested, I recommend you visit the following sites.
Bruce Thomas (Blog of his trip in 1969, plus a “flickr” set of photos for the trip – he’s a talented photographer)
https://bmthomas6.wixsite.com/overland
https://www.flickr.com/photos/96982658@N05/sets/72157633942678814
David and Janet Ribbans (travelled in Afghanistan in 1974/5)
https://jcribbans.blogspot.com/2010/01/arriving-on-1-dec-1974.html
Eddie (his descriptions of the Goldfields and the Nullarbor are way above my fast fading memory)
http://www.darkblueknight.com/nullarborplain.html