Report 28 April
By Trudy

This morning nicely dry packed. The Model T-Ford is ready for the next three hundred kilometers.
The road to Ceduna is long, all the way across the A1. Easy, I do not need to read a map.

Highway 1

We are overtaken by a lot of big trucks with multiple trailers, the Road Trains.

Road Train

On the way the Model T-Ford is getting hot.

hot engine

But my feet are not getting so hot anymore now that the floor is extra isolated.
During a coffee break, Dirk sees that the dust seal of the left front wheel comes out, allowing the dust to enter the wheel bearing.

He puts the dust ring back in place.

dust seal

At the campsite in Ceduna Sjaak and Coby rent a cabin where Coby makes a delicious meal on a primitive stove.

nice diner

A wonderful end of this long driving day of 325 kilometers.

Report 27 april
By Sjaak en Trudy

From Gladstone to Kimba we drive through a sloping landscape.

mountains 1

mountains 2

In Welmington we stop at a toy museum.

Wilmington Mueseum

cars

We are going to Port Agusta for our phone and then the world is flat.
To come to Ceduna we can choose from 2 routes. We take the shortest.

Ceduna

The road is long but not bare. In the distance we see an A-Ford arriving.
Stop!!
We meet 2 men who makse the journey from East to West.

east to west

They also make this trip to raise money for a good cause. Information at www.East ToWest.com.au

meeting 1

They talk about their journey, show us the route and look to our route and are very impressed.

meeting 2

In Kimba we see a large image of Australia and take pictures of it.

Kimba 1

When we arrived at the campsite a man asked me: Why are you riding with an open door?
I told of the warmth of the Model T-Ford engine and a little later he gave me special insulation material that Dirk immediately put on.

warm feet

isolation

Report April 26
By Trudy

We stay one day at the campsite in Gladstone. It is flat here and a beautiful workplace.
Dirk has no day of rest, because he put 6 new tires on the Model T-Ford.

tires

Coby takes care of the laundry and Sjaak and Trudy make reports.

laundry

report

Report 25 April
By Sjaak en Trudy

Coby is surprised with a decoration on the varanda.

Coby

David and Gayl are our guides. The co-drivers have another easy day. In Mt Barker Tony and Corinne wait for us in their International 1936.

meeting

The father of Sjaak and Dirk used to have an Internatinal.

International

On a terrace we celebrate the birthday of Coby with delicious ANZAC cheesecake.

birthday Coby

We take some pictures in front of the motor museum.

Dirk and Tony

together

David guides us on our way to Gladstone and then we say goodbye.

saying goodbay

We drive to Gladstone along a beautiful route with beautiful views on both sides.

landscape

The Model T-Ford runs great.

Model T

There is a wonderful kitchen at the campsite. Coby, our kitchen princess, is delighted.

campkitchen

Report April 24
By Sjaak en Trudy

David and Gayl show us the surroundings of Clayton-Bay.
The Aboriginals made a boat out of these trees.

boab

We eat famous donuts on a terrace, walk along the bay and taste wine.

donut

bay

winery

Back at our address, Dirk is working on the T-Ford and David is looking to see if everything is going well.

lookout

Gayl prepares our dinner and we have a pleasant evening.

diner

Report April 23
By Sjaak en Trudy

This morning we see a whole colony of pelicans in the lake where we camp.

licans

When we leave the park we are lucky, because we see a kangaroo.

kangaroe

On the way Sjaak and Coby enjoy the coffee break.

coffee stop

In Tailem Bend we are met by a group of Model A-Ford drivers.

arrived 1

They drive with us to Adelaide. It is a whole procession.

escort

On the way in Mt Barker we get a tour of the restoration company Finch.

visit Finch

visit Finch 2

take a photo

Dirk finds a new project.

new project

Then we continue to Adelaide and we are happy to be able to follow the Ford Prefect to the clubhouse of the Model T Club or Ford Australia.

on the road 1

on the road 2

on the road 3

We are enthusiastically welcomed there.

arrived 2

arrived 3

arrived 4

We are treated to a delicious dinner, after which Dirk gives a presentation about our Worldtourl.

attention

We get a shirt and a hat from the club.

together

We say goodbye and go to our accommodation at David and Gayl Caver in Clayton Bay

Report 21 and 22 April
By Sjaak and Trudy

In Lorne at the campsite, Dirk replaced the broken bolt and lubricated and checked everything. Meanwhile, the reporter of the magazine “Just Cars” came.

reporter

Today we drive along the Great Ocean Road. It is beautiful and we drive on the coast side so we have a beautiful view.

ocean road 1

ocean road 2

ocean road 3

On the way we stop at a lake and were surprised by the relief of black swans.

black swans

Here too, large trees are already many years old.

big tree

We sleep at a campsite in Portland and get a visit from Graham and Maree from Coleraire in the morning.

visitors

Along the coast we see another piece of the worn-out rocks “the 12 apostles”.

apostles

Along the way we saw kangaroos, emu’s and lambs. We have a short stop in Robe, an old town.

Robe

We drive through nicely. We want to drive a lot today. Yet we enjoy the views over the mountains and along the beautiful flowering trees.

big tree

mountains

flowers 2

flowers 1

After a ride of more than 400 kilometers we arrive in the Coorong National Park. We set up camp on a beautiful lake and have a romantic sunset.

sunset

Report April 20
By  Trudy

After the farewell in Traralgon we head for Adelaide. In Toorading we are met and we can go after Robbie Dalton’s Model T-Ford.

meeting in Tooradin

there we go to

That is easy, then I do not have to look at the map.

following 1

A beautiful route, you can see that it is autumn here.

autumn colours

On the way we meet more people with A and T-Ford.

meeting 1

meeting 2

It is good that there is under the T-Ford looked, because there is a bolt broken.

broken bolt

inspection

Dirk repairs it and we continue.

following 2

on the road

We go to Point Lonsdale with the ferry. He is waiting for us. We quickly say goodbye and drive the ferry.

ferry

We have a cheerful captain.

captain Coby

It is only 3 o’clock, so we drive on to a campsite in Lorne. Along the way we see a forest fire, but fortunately it is under control.

fire

Report April 19
By Sjaak and Trudy

An early surprise. Last night we had met Ivon. Her father Frans was born in the Netherlands and she baked speculaas for us.

present

Today we will spend a day at Warwick and Paula, working on the T-Ford, LandRover and website.

maintenance

Dirk has another wonderful place to work.

workshop

The visitors come in the afternoon. Paul, Chris and Fiona have taken the new tires for us. They are from the Veteran Car Club and the Model T Ford Club or Victoria.

visitors Model T Club

We got pictures of Andrew and Frances McDougall. Dirk drove into the T-Ford in Edam and Andrew saw him there. It was in 2006. Andrew then went with Dirk for a ride and Frances took pictures of it. Now in 2018 in Australia we meet them during our Model T World Tour. That is very special!

foto’s Edam

The Model T-Ford is being seriously looked at.

looking

Model T 1

Model T 2

We have a delicious barbecue and then Dirk tells us about the Model T World Tour with photos and film.

presentation

Calvin plays for his new guitar for our Country Road.

song

Report April 17 and 18
By Sjaak en Trudy

Tuesday, April 17th

After a delicious breakfast Peter brings us out of town.

breakfast

We are on our way to Suggan Buggan. It started on a paved road with on the other side many cows and sheep, which turned into a gravel road. A ramble road through a fairytale landscape.

gravel 2

gravel 3

gravel 4

Many beautiful trees.

tree

Along meadows with large boulders in the country.

stone

We go so high that we reach the mountains.

mountain

Just before dark we arrive at the Jacobs River campsite.

campsite

Wednesday, April 18

After a quiet dark night it was a bit cold this morning and it turned out that it was freezing!
There was ice on the cover of the T-Ford.

ice

We go along the Jacobs River and up the mountain again.

on the road 1

on the road 2

on the road 3

Many animals live in the Koschiuszko Park, wild horses and we also saw kangaroos and emu’s.

wildlife

In Victoria there are also many winding roads.

victoria

winding road

Trudy sees what lies along the road and it is a license plate. A nice souvenir.

souvernier

The distance from the campsite to Traralgon was long. We drive into Rosedale, it is already dark and we are happily welcomed by Warwick. He brings us to his house.

arrived