Blasts From the Past, Oz style.

[Bruce_in_Oz]

I did my driver's course on Series 2A Landrovers and the International "Mk 3" trucks. These trucks were "functional", but not exactly fun to drive. Big, noisy, petrol engine barely hidden under a flimsy cover in the cab. Not too bad off road. The "big brother" 6 x 6 variant was just as noisy but had remarkable off-road and hill-climbing capability if you took it carefully. The signals folk used them to put gear in places the Land Rovers couldn't go.

The old parade ground / sports field at Enoggera actually started out as the rifle range, way back when. The big ridge to the south-west, now adorned with a couple of antennae and a SEALED road, was the backstop, to prevent most strays landing in the farms that used to be on the other side of the hill.