Herbie goes to South Australia.

Herbie · 2003-10-04T15:22:48+00:00

Lets play a game! Herbie and I are going for a drive to look at some split Kombies. Everyone will recognise me driving Herbie, I will be going down through lismore, casino,armidale, Dubbo , Broken Hill and Port Augusta. and who knows where on the way back. I think it would be cool to post a message here if you spot me. My number is 0411637286 if you see me and want to say hello etc. I am leaving now, Hope to log on from a remote location during my trip, See yaz all next week. Cheers Tony.

Herbie 53 Bugs are not nearly enough

764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Oct 2003, 10:31 pm

#100035

My first discovery

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Oct 2003, 10:35 pm

#100039

I really wish I owned a better quality camera, these are from my digital 8 sony video camera, I took film shots of some of the nicer shots but kombies only got digital shots and besides I havent processed the film yet.

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ByronBug High Priestess of Unequaled Coolness & Flower Child

1,446 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Oct 2003, 10:42 pm

#100041

:sandrine
Hi T,
Great to hear you & Herbie made it home ok....wondered how you were goin'.
Hopefully can catch up with you soon
Judy

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Herbie 53 Bugs are not nearly enough

764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Oct 2003, 10:50 pm

#100043

about 50 klms out of Broken hill
this is where Herbie first told us about his dieing battery.

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Oct 2003, 10:53 pm

#100044

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Oct 2003, 10:55 pm

#100047

Had chrome wipers but I couldnt get the off.😀

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Oct 2003, 11:01 pm

#100053

We stopped to take a bit of footage and shoo him off the road so he didnt join his many dead mates,
He made off into the grass and was fine, you can see him just in front of Herbies passenger side tyre

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Oct 2003, 11:03 pm

#100056

along the way, some were stuffed but some were very rare and were good bases for a restoration

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Oct 2003, 11:06 pm

#100057

closer

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Oct 2003, 11:09 pm

#100058

and then

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Oct 2003, 11:12 pm

#100059

what a choice

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Oct 2003, 11:13 pm

#100062

& more

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Oct 2003, 11:14 pm

#100064

and

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Oct 2003, 11:16 pm

#100065

and an old Blitz

I Think

and were not even anywhere near the target at this point

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Oct 2003, 11:17 pm

#100066

On the open road

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Oct 2003, 11:20 pm

#100069

Lets jump forward a bit,
{i saved these pics from the second tape first}

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Oct 2003, 11:23 pm

#100071

No prizes guessing what city I am in.

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Oct 2003, 11:24 pm

#100073

Another

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Oct 2003, 11:34 pm

#100077

and finally,
I have many more photos but havent ripped them from the footage as yet.
I will post some more later but bussy planning my collection of the camper and one of the splitties.
I fly back to Adelaide on Sunday Morning.
If I can get a light weight Car trailer
I will be bringing home a 66 panel, then going back for the two in the first 2 photos
Wish me luck.

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Flying VW Wolfsburg Wizard

680 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 17 Oct 2003, 6:35 am

#100106

Fark you're getting around, good work.
Our Melbourne Herbie is in London at the moment, but it would of been good to see both your car's together when you were in Melbourne.
Seeing your photos has just inspired me to drive my Baja to work, instead of the XR8. 😉

Herbie 53 Bugs are not nearly enough

764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 18 Oct 2003, 5:27 pm

#100746

The order of these shots is now all over the place but this was one I took along the great ocean road.

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Kai.A. Fahrvergnugen

915 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 18 Oct 2003, 7:19 pm

#100781

great pics 😀

how many more have ya got?

kai

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 19 Oct 2003, 12:13 am

#100890

I havent even got any of the Desert or any of the other kombies on here yet, but its a bit of a slow process as I have to capture them from Digital video, I wish they were sharper, I took Film shots too of stuff like the shot above.

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 25 Oct 2003, 1:45 am

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Herbie and the Hunter gratzner, wich is the space ship from Pitch Black, I actually made parts of the space ship when we made the movie so I thought it was fitting to take this pic with both creations together.

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 25 Oct 2003, 1:47 am

#103694

This is the opalbug from the shop out at Coober Pedy

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 25 Oct 2003, 1:51 am

#103695

Click here for pics of the Splitty I found

and here we go heading out of town, just look at all those kilometres on the sign:cry

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 25 Oct 2003, 2:03 am

#103696

We stopped at the end of the runway for the Royal Flying Doctors service

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 25 Oct 2003, 2:05 am

#103697

Stopped at Coogee beach to see a friend, but they were not home

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 25 Oct 2003, 2:07 am

#103698

Any Fans of the movie, "Two Hands"
will know Herbie is out front of the unit where Heath Ledger was supposed to deliver the $10,000 to the lady but took a Swim and Lost it

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764 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 25 Oct 2003, 2:09 am

#103699

At Bondi Beach.

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