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Where is 'The Orchard'?

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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#875520
So as I get the occassional Volksworld magazine I read an article of a Pom who knows this Oz guy who used to have an orchard full of VW, over 500 vehicles. Due to shipping to pom land there's meant to be only half of that left.

Anyway, I am intrigued if anyone knows where this mystical place may be so I can go see what is left?

In the photos it looked quite dry but that really only rules out Tas, southern Vic and north QLD.

Can anyone help a dubber go take a look at the VW grail?

Ta,
Mike
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matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#875545
I don't read Volksworld, but it's prolly the dude near Canberra/Cooma. Been threads on here before, may need to search a bit.
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AyeBee Seriously Crusin Dubber

155 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#875558
Yeah drove past that place last week - quite a few dubs sitting out in the back paddock, along with 1000's of other cars. From memory its on the road halfway between the Snowy Mountain airport, and Cooma township, on the left as you're driving toward cooma from the airport.

waltermitty Legend when my beer goggles are on

1,993 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#875559
Thats Flynns he is just out side Cooma cool place but not much left there to interest any one.

Mitchell
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bugsandoil Slammed & Awesome Dubber

92 posts · joined Aug 2010 ·

#875560
Or,.. Is he meaning nicks property near canberra???

Was it called volks parts or something like that???

psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#875567
Oh, there was a mention in the mag of the Oz guy being called Nick.

I also remember seeing a large field of cars from this lookout point just outside of Cooma some years back whilst travelling the area. Brother didn't want to 'waste' time investigating 😢
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679 posts · joined May 2008 ·

#875572
The wreckers just out of Cooma is " FLYNN's ",
a family owned business, now owned & run by Wayne Flynn,
a great place to look through, many interesting old cars in there, not much left in the way of vw

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bugsandoil Slammed & Awesome Dubber

92 posts · joined Aug 2010 ·

#875591
On here the AVD topic talking about nicks place is called
VW Graveyard Thread Id: 84161 under Vagrant VW's.
(I don't know how to make a link to it. It's on the second page under Vagrant Vw's

Here is the link to Nicks Site.
His photo's are out of date,.. I didn't recognise alot of the cars from the photo's.
Nothing too early there the earliest was a few very sad looking 'elephant ear' bugs.
h[url]ttp://www.volkspartsaustralia.com/[/url]

My advice would be to call him. It's by appointment only.

77dual Seriously Crusin Dubber

131 posts · joined Feb 2008 ·

#875599
Nick has quite a few VW's but as said above, not much early stuff. He's a nice fella and also works on cars too, he's located outside of Canberra.

psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#875661
Excellent. Cheers guys. When I get the chance to head to Canberra I'll give Nick a bell 🙂
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Klaus Custom Title Time!

1,439 posts · joined Aug 2004 ·

#875684
crushers there at the moment , cool to watch all the superbugs getting crushed 🙂 ha haaaa

psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#875796
Nooooooooooooooooooooo.......... No crusher!!!!!! I wanted to see what was there b4 that happened 🙁 Don't say it's true?
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bugsandoil Slammed & Awesome Dubber

92 posts · joined Aug 2010 ·

#875831
Is he crushing everything? 😢

Sounds like my bug that came from there is one lucky bugger!

Klaus Custom Title Time!

1,439 posts · joined Aug 2004 ·

#875888
just useless half cut up stuff n superbugs

phantom Wolfsburg Wizard

598 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#875889
Nick has been there a while and eventually cars need to be scrapped, either they are too rusty or have been cut to pieces for parts and there is nothing usable left. He still has plenty of cars there if you are after a project.
www.canberravw.com

psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#875926
So he still has whole beetle there? a) be cool to look around and b) whilst looking I may find bit's I want/need 🙂
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