I'm back and disappointed.

[1 Bravo 6]

I hope you blokes didn't miss me too much. I was rather concerned that "Our Bill" might end up in rehab due to my absence.

Why am I disappointed ???

Because for the whole 11,200 klms of the trip all I saw was two 280ZX's, both in Adelaide.

I didn't expect to see any Zeds in outback New South Wales and South Oz but I thought there would be some to see in Sand Groper country. (You blokes over there in West Oz didn't hide them 'till after I'd gone did you????). Good Grief !!!!, the Freemantle Museum doesn't even have a Datsun at all let alone a Zed. I'm tempted to send them a Zed model by Hot Wheels.

I knew there'd be no Zeds on the Nullabor Plains but imagine only seeing two 280's in South Oz !!! And none in Melbourne/Phillip Island at all. Barb kept saying, "You just drive, ......I'll look for the Zeds".

In desperation, I headed for the Princes Highway and headed for SYDNEY of all places, in the hope of sighting a Zed. (I've always said that the best thing about Sydney is the road north). (I was REALLY missing "Precious" by this time). (To add insult to injury, we stopped over at my sister's place. Her husband has a ':sick: '68 mustang. When they were up here visiting, he looked at "Precious" and said, "Why didn't you get a real car, .... like a mustang for instance". I replied, "Why would I want a mustang ?. They're like noses, .... everybody's got one").

The remainder of the trip was also Zedless so you can imagine how I felt when we arrived back home in Yeppoon, opened the garage to be confronted by the dazzling beauty of my little "Precious".

Barb reckons that we'll have to do the trip again one day as I didn't see all that much of the scenery because I was looking for Zeds.

Rick.

[hls30.com]

I figured everywhere you went the authorities would be shipping you out to the back of bourke in a divvy van or a a booze bus-can't have your technacolor laughs painting all of their property!

I expect the local papers will have a complete account of your escapades!

Personally I envisioned you(after loosing your face on a slab of XXXX) spruiking some lovely drongo that Thursday was "white tip" day in where every you were. After your success, her boyfriend(the one who actually brought her to the beach to do the naughty, and was in the short poppies) tried to give you a gobful after you cracked the fat at her dropping her top , and you put your wobbly foot up his freckle!

Glad to know the Magistrate kept his son out of the papers!

Will

PS, glad you are home ya bloody larrikan! If you will be there a while(making up for lost time with the Neighborhood ladies, the local pub, and the chook Races), I have a box ready for the postie...

Will

[Pop's Z]

Rick, You were gone? Maybe that's why there's been no jokes for a while. We are all really sorry that you saw no zeds on your walkabout. There aren't any here either...it's still Winter ya know (although it is going to be 70 here on Saturday, followed by snow on Sunday...ah, Colorado, if you don't like the weather today just wait 24 hours). But it makes you appreciate your "Precious" all the more. Hugs and kisses, mate. Mike

[ncolz]

Rick - I feel your pain and agree with Mike, no Z's running around in Colorado. Then again, I had one of mine out a couple of days ago, it was mad at me for being left in the shop. I tried to explain I was protecting her from the snow and the nasty chemicals they put down so the Californians can drive here

After a nice run down a local highway, she was much happier. Hopefully I'll run her around again this weekend - in addition to working on the 260 and the 280ZX spyder. Boy, I hope to have that toy out and about soon!

Cheers,

Glen

[Montezuma]

The up side to not seeing many Zs on the trip is that it will keep the value of your car climbing. "the Freemantle Museum doesn't even have a Datsun at all let alone a Zed" hell I didn't know Freemantle had a Museum, but then again I would I know...everything I went there I was a man on a mission: Beer and women. That did not leave much time to take in the "cultural" stuff. All kidding aside, it sounds like you had a wonderful trip, I would love to take that trip someday in an old classic Japanese car. Someday you should come over here to Yank land and take a drive like that.

[ncolz]

Wait a minute.... I thought beer and women WAS culture

[1 Bravo 6]

Well mates,

All jokes aside, the trip was fantastic !!. The South west corner, especially around Esperance, has some of the most beautiful places I've ever seen.

Beaches of pure, white sand, clear, clean ocean ranging in colour from .....

it's hard to explain, I guess, hmmmm, if you check out the post icons below, the one with the ? is pretty close to the colour close in to the beach and becoming a gradually deeper blue the further you go from shore.

The most awesome sight and experience I've ever had, and, believe me, I've seen a hell of a lot of awesome sights in my 64 years, was to stand on the edge of The Great Australian Bight, look down to the surface of the ocean some 300 feet below and raise my gaze to see nothing but water as far as the eye can see, knowing that the next land mass that way is the Antarctic.

You have to see it to believe it. Any Oz bloke who hasn't driven the Nullabor Plain SHOULD !! . It helps to make you appreciate this great country we live in.

Anyway, .... thank you all for your kind words of welcome upon my return.

Hey Will,

Booze bus???, Technicolour Laughs???, Slabs of XXXX???. Nah mate, you got the story all wrong. I gave up drinking the amber fluid in 1968. (No, I haven't discovered a way to inject it).

Spruiking some lovely shiela???. You forget mate, .... Barb was with me 24/7.

Besides, at my age I'd be hard put to even remember what to do with a young sheila.

Rick.

[hls30.com]

Rick,

This goes back to my lion post from several years ago, but in my eyes you are 10 feet tall and bullet proof!

As for Barb being with you...someone had to hold the camera!

On the shiela,

SOMEHOW I believe it would all come back to you...

Will

Honestly, it sounds like you had a far better time anyway!

[zedhead_240]

Hi rick nice to have you back on line ive missed your wit.sorry to hear off lack of zed spotting. Is Will hls30 an ex aussie or have you taught him the lingo.just for you a few sandgropper zeds . darryl

[1 Bravo 6]

HEY< G'Day there Darryl,

While we were at Esperance, (one of the most BEEEEAUTIFUL places I've seen), Barb asked me if I was sure that there were Z Car owners in W.A.

As for Will being an ex pat Oz bloke, ...... no mate, he's not. Living where he does, whenever I mention him to Barb, I refer to him as "That Southern Gentleman".:cheeky:

My guess is that he's searched the web for Australian Slang so he can understand what we're talking about.

Rick.

[EScanlon]

...snip...As for Will being an ex pat Oz bloke, ...... no mate, he's not. Living where he does, whenever I mention him to Barb, I refer to him as "That Southern Gentleman".:cheeky:

My guess is that he's searched the web for Australian Slang so he can understand what we're talking about.

Rick.

Bold mine.

Rick, you are using the term .... v e r y, v e r y, l o o s e l y......

And as far as the Aussie Slang...he was actually cloned....

E

[hls30.com]

Rick,

Watch out for E, you know E's ALWAYS at the tail end of troublE!

If you fossick the threads it's london to a brick you find good oil from that little ripper!

Are you home for a couple/three weeks?

Will

PS, any photos of the journey(even without Zs. I'd love to see them...)