UK to Australia - Two Up On A Scooter
 

Oh, how I'd love to claim a link to this, but I can't, but having spent a happy day reading I thought I'd pass on the story of Michael and Nita Marriott.

http://blogs.internetscooter.com/mar...tt_cropped.jpg

In 1956 they set off from the UK on their 150cc NSU Prima, next stop Australia. They published a book, but of course it's long out of print, but it's been reproduced with their permission as a blog, which you can read HERE.

I love these kind of stories, they fill me with a "can-do" spirit while I sit here reading about which of the latest GPS systems I can't afford.

good one
 

well discovered. wanderlust is clearly a timeless affliction.

What a great read!
 

Thanks for finding this and putting it online.

Great find - It takes a special type of person to even consider a trip like this.

Is there a way to reverse a blog so you don't start at the end???
It would make reading alot easier.....

I've just started reading this - fascinating read, especially the historical elements. The world has changed in so many ways since then, but the world is also so similar in many ways.

Garry from Oz.

Fantastic find Alex - that's amazing!

I think I'm going to run the blog through blurb (Make your own book with Blurb) and have it turned into a book to make reading a little easier though.

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And thanks for that, only yesterday I was looking for POD and you've just given me a linkie, have you used them before?

I simply copied into Word and put it into corect chronological sequence. If anyone wants a copy just PM me.

Garry from Oz.

Yeap they're top notch and not that expensive really - I've done a book of my Morocco blog from them and it's turned out really nicely.

@farqhuar - quite right too - it's just sometimes I want something to put on my shelf so I can read it again later and just have something 'solid'

m

Typical, Windows Xp +, Mac but no Linux. Oh well.

Thanks for the post, a good read. Travelling the world, 2 up on a 1.5 hp scooter puts a lot of things in perspective...

Hey Faqhuar,

could you send me the wordfile? I'm not at 5 posts yet so I cant PM you.

Thanks!

Guus

For anyone interested I am nearly half way through the Peter Moore book 'Vroom with a view' In search of Italy's Dolce Vita on a '61 Vespa.

Not a bad read:thumbup1:

brilliant reg number! :thumbup1:

What a great find and an engaging read. :thumbup1:

Happy to send it on Guus, but I need to know your email address first. ;) :cool4:

How sorry!

guusvandriel AT :thumbup1: hotmail.com

Garry can I ? matthewjmason at hotmail.com thanks a million....
I've read the first chapters, its a great read and there we are ordering / dreaming of the contents from the Touratech catalog.... imagine carrying a rifle ? or even shooting your own car .... and only 10 years after WWII ...
Awesome

Cheers
Matt

Me too please Mate...
 

Hi Garry

- could I have a copy too please Mate?

Many thanks

peteconnolly (AT) xtra.co.nz

Regards

Shafty NZ

Guus and Pete, I've just mailed you a copy.

Unfortuantely I don't check this thread too often so if anyone else who would like it, please drop an email to farqhuarforever(AT)yahoo.com.au

I stumbled across this old thread doing research for something else.

A pdf copy of Michael's book can be downloaded here

I'd also love to get a copy of his adventure crossing the Sahara by taxi Desert Taxi if anyone has come across it.

Another really good read is Scooting Through by Ruth Blayne.
Two young and very naive girls left London on a 125cc Lambretta, with their picnic case for food strapped to the back as if they were going for a run to Brighton. They made it to Australia! in 1959!!
Order a copy from here

Yes thank you for sharing this, it will give me something to read on my night shifts.

:innocent:

Scootergal - you are a very dangerous person to know. Stop posting cool stuff and turning itchy feet into terminal cases of buggering off please...!

Belle, last night I watched the Hardcore Postie ride from Byron Bay NSW to Speers Point WA - straight across the middle!!!

Six and a half days of pure fun... and I wanna leave right now!!

Thanks!

A very nice read.


I wonder how a 1.5 hp scooter 2-up and with luggage goes up hill ??

Stop it...it will only get worse! We know as we watched something very similar too.