I used to have a thing for Landrovers; when I was running a school camp I had the camp's 1964 LWB ute and my own Forward Control from the same period, colloquially known as the Flying Wombat. But neither was useful in town nor in the extreme north of Oz. In town and on the highway between Steiglitz and the various capitals where I sang and played the '68 Corolla was the go. In the Territory you could wait for weeks for Landrover spare parts while Landcruisers were like buttocks; everyone had two. I still have the '78 FJ40 from Oenpelli, but it only gets used for heavy haulage; the '88 Subaru wagon is the main transport and has been for 450,000 km.

Cheers, Rowan