Hi all i am trying to find info or pics to show the kiddies.
Does anyone remember the Baja Bug that crossed the oceans around the world, u know I think it was in the early to mid eighties.
If i remember correctly it was a world record round the world crossing by sea and land...
I remember it was a red maybe 60's mod Beetle with Baja fitout.
It was on the news and all..
Cant remember the year for sure but i know i wasnt dreaming it......
The Sea Bug...? Red thing? I was talking about this just yesterday! I think it went nowhere after its media splurge, if I recall correctly.. 
Yeh for some reason i was telling the kids and i cant find anything under any of the major search engines.
But It was definently real????
Havent heard much about it since, where is all the info??
Here's a pic of it at Valla some years ago.
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LOL he crossed the seas
He didnt even make it out of Port Phillip Bay on the way to Tassie
it ended up havin too much drag and was unstable in the seas
Paul Green was his name from Sydney
hehe at least he would have had fun trying
yeah the Seabug got swampped a few times nearly killed himself
A offshoot of blue peter called duncan dares had this guy trying to cross the english channel in a bug I think he failed too.
Memory is well hazzy of it ;-)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/years/1985/gallery/duncandares.shtml
was involved with this project in the bass staight attempt..the real dramma was the tv stations who insisted he depart on a certian day..the weather was very rough the tv guys carried the cost of the support boat etc etc with a threat to pull out there was no other choice.....i travelled around sydney harbour a number of times and pittwater was such a blast and a great memory........RIP sea bug the salt water has claimed another cheers steve
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This reminds me of Ben and Eleanor Carlin who went around tha world in 1950 in an amohibious jeep named Half Safe, which is now retired with honour at Guildford Grammar School in Perth W.A.
Any more pics anywhere?
So the mental pictures i have in my head are apparent of the Bass Strait attempt
Overcast day huge swell, really rough seas, not the best day..
But better it happen there than 20,000 nautical K's from land..
So what year was it???
It was at Valla in 89 I think. The ill fated voyage was probably shortly after that.
That late hey??
I was thinking early 80's but late is good as i dont feel that old now...
56astro
I cut your pic down to size
And found one i took myself I think my young boys n wife were both in the car in this pic
I saw a beetle in the Volkswagen Museum in Wolfsburg that had crossed a few oceans. I have a picture of it...will find it and post.
a guy that works in a panel shop said he was the first in it and his boss, who worked for a vw dealership that paid for it for promo work ...he also
said he used to drive karmmans of the boat and other brand new vw of that era
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