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| jomara Member Since: 26 Oct 2009 Location: Lanarkshire Posts: 1790   
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Look forward to the read
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24th Jul 2014 8:52am |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8582 
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Well that makes at least three Defender 2 forum users who have shipped their Defenders to Australia and had very little issues.
Rob, your big problem now will be getting rid of the sand out of your vehicle.  Yes am still finding red sand in ours!
Now then Rob, get your finger out and start putting some of your photos up on here. Might encourage some other Defender 2 users to go and explore Australia
Brendan |
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24th Jul 2014 9:28am |
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| farmer giles Member Since: 09 Feb 2011 Location: worcestershire Posts: 1299 
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I will buy that issue - always love stories about travel in Oz.
I would like to say that I still have red bulldust on my mountain bike after cycling up the Mawson trail from Adelaide to Flinders Range, but the mountain bike gets cleaned a bit more thoroughly compared to my Land Rover. |
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24th Jul 2014 2:40pm |
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| Landyrob Member Since: 07 Jul 2011 Location: Switzerland Posts: 93 
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hi brendan, yeah it was amazing, btw i could not have done it without the Engine Watchdog from you......cheers LANDROVER Defender Best 4 x 4 x Far
Defender TD4 90 Hardtop 2.4 Defender TD4 110 Hardtop 2.2 |
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24th Jul 2014 8:16pm |
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| borderterrier Member Since: 09 Dec 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 1677 
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Impossible, its not a 300tdi 
Well done guys  |
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24th Jul 2014 8:26pm |
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| Pam W Member Since: 25 Oct 2011 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1169  
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Don't usually buy any of the mags but will buy this one to compare notes, you might say!
We did our 15k miles with a td5 auto 90 - and no major probs. It is on it's way back at the monent (ie. somewhere at sea) and as Brendan has reminded us, full of red dust! So looking forward to having it back, but not so much the cleaning 
landyrob - did you write a blog as well? We've found ours to be a brilliant way of remembering the trip, and is fantastic to look back through now we are back and getting on with our normal lives! Our blog - http://landytravels.com/ Yorkshire Off Road Club - http://www.yorkshireoffroadclub.net |
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25th Jul 2014 8:48am |
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| newhue Member Since: 28 Apr 2014 Location: Brisbane Posts: 351 
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good on you. Hope there wan't too many head shaking experiences. Got a top 5, alway interested in hearing what the tourist like. My Defender and travels
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29th Jul 2014 6:33am |
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| Landyrob Member Since: 07 Jul 2011 Location: Switzerland Posts: 93
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here a link to an album with lot's of pictures from our trip around Australia
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a....103dff8cac LANDROVER Defender Best 4 x 4 x Far Defender TD4 90 Hardtop 2.4 Defender TD4 110 Hardtop 2.2 |
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13th Sep 2014 3:14pm |
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| Eduardo Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: Región Metropolitana Posts: 2110  
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Nice pictures an what a nice trip
Eduardo
MY 2007 110 SW PUMA 2.4: Big Fog of 64' MY 1994 Jayco 1207 Folding camper: "El Tremendo"  Click image to enlarge |
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13th Sep 2014 3:27pm |
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| Tillerman56 Member Since: 22 May 2013 Location: In a Dutch polder, below sea level.... Posts: 41  
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Nice pictures of a nice trip.
We traveled from Perth to Darwin in 2001 with two hired 110 300 Tdi's. Videos: https://vimeo.com/user874416/videos/sort:a...:thumbnail Wat did you do to get your vehicle clean enough to get it into Oz? They are quite fobic about bacteria, insects and dust particles from other countries, I understood. We might ship our own Defender there in a container one time, so I'm interested in how you did get your car clean enough. Just the steam cleaner? Tillerman. |
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9th Oct 2014 1:15am |
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| Landyrob Member Since: 07 Jul 2011 Location: Switzerland Posts: 93
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well we gave it a proper wash down that means up on the lift and get in every corner if you can.
the quarantine officer put his hand up near the inside of the mudflaps and checked. The even looked at the cooler in the front radiator for flys etc. so i suggest give it your best shot, take your time and ask someone to check your cleaning for dirt, they will find something you have missed... inside has to be clean too and no soft WOOD
oh and last but not least when you load into container make sure it is clean before you drive in, i had to give ours a proper sweep before i drove the spotless landy in... good luck LANDROVER Defender Best 4 x 4 x Far Defender TD4 90 Hardtop 2.4 Defender TD4 110 Hardtop 2.2 |
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25th Oct 2014 8:29am |
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