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Experiences in Record Attempt.
B.S.A. Round the World Tourists.
The latest advices received from the World tourists, Messrs.
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It has been said that "Fortune on the road. The effect is purely Cathriek and Catley, who are favours the brave." From this psychological," "For example," story of the experiences of Messra. he went on, I saw across the circling the globe on B.S.A. Mayor and Woodward, the two road in front a gate outlined with 9.86 h.p. machines, speak of their intrepid motorists, who recently perfect distinctness, I jammed on wonderful "no trouble" run across created a now record by driving the brakes and got out of the car, India from Bombay to Calcutta, a a standard model Buick around but peering down the road the distance of 2,000 miles.
From Australia, It would appear that gate was no longer to be seen Calcutta they called for the F.M.S. they fully qualify for the favours it had disappeared like a mirage, and the Dutch East Indies, pass- of good fortune. To complete a Similar experiences with Imagining through Penang, circuit of the continent-9656ary horses and people happened Lumpur, Singapore, Batavia and miles--in 37 days, 19 days' actual both during day and night driving. Sourabaya, much interest being driving time, requires more than This was probably because we shown in the tour in all theso úaual resourcefulness and courage drove alternately until exhausted, towns.
the motorist. The when we pitched our camp. on the part ronds round Austraila vary from
"We had sleeping bags with us, the concrete or macadmised roads and more often than not, we put of capital cities and suburbs to the black soil bogs in parts of where the tariff is nil, and one la Queensland, to the dusty camel up at the 'Star and Moon Hotel, pads and creek crossings with repaid with moat refreshing re the pose even although sleeping on the hidden quick-sands Northern Territory, and the wild hard ground. north-west of Western Australia.
record around Australia.
of
We owe
"Here is a hint for others who may be caught on the sandy camel No car driver whose experience pads in the far North. We could of touring is limited to a week not possibly get through a 16-mile end jaunt along well-made roads, stretch of sand with the tyres at replete with sign-posts and other full pressure, so we pulled up and traffe guides and "Safety First" flattened the back tyres, reducing signa, can fully appreciate the the pressure from 35 to 20 lb. Wo nerve-racking ordeal confronting then pulled through on top gear, any man who sets out to break a The Dunlop balloon tyres we were For a using stood up to this terrific test tour, on which the motorist can remarkably well, as our gross take his or her time the trip weight was 24 tons. around around Australia would much of the success of this record not hold anywhere near the same tour to Plume Motor Spirit and exciting experiences, such as were Gargoyle Mobiloil, and we could recounted by Messrs. Mayor and not speak too highly of the ser- Woodward in a recent interview
vice of the Vacuum Oil Company, on their return to Melbourne.
which was wonderfully efficient throughout the whole circuit of Australia. Supplies had been in-laid down for us everywhere and of representatives of the company met us at the varicus stopping places and rendered us valuable service.
Rond Blindness,
Mr. Mayor gave a most teresting doseription of some their experiences.
.
"Although the trials and tribu-
scenes.
From Sourabaya the tourists sailed for Australia, landing at Fremantle on May 28, having covered 18,000 miles of their pro- jected tour.
Australia, the first British Dominion reached, welcomed them right royally, and despite the fact with that of the Duke and Duchess that their visit at first coincided of York, or perhaps because of it, much public interest was aroused and all newspapers in the districts made much of the tour and the through which the riders passed
riders.
From Fremantle the tourists
travelled across Australia by way of Perth, over 2,100 miles of desert, to Adelaide, then by way of Ararat, Ballarat and Geelong to Melbourne. At each town they were given a civic reception by the Mayor,
At Adelaide they were also officially greeted by H.M, Trade Commissioner for South Mr. Samuels. Qu Australia, arrival at Melbourne, they found a crowd of between two and three thousand people to greet them. The following day they were officially received by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, who stated that he was an old rider of B.S.A. During their stay in bicycles.
official and
"One of the worst troubles," he said, was road blindness; curious mental state brought lations of a record-breaking trip Melbourne several about by continuous driving at are severe; at times they are more semi-official functions were held high speed, which manifested than compensated for by pro-and Mr. Cathrick broadcast' a 'talk itself in a queer fashion.
One foundly interesting
from 3LO Melbourne. sees things that are not on the Across a big tract of country
From Melbourne the tourists froad and sometimes, unfortunate-known as the Cemetery Plains we crossed to Tasmania, where they ly one doesn't see things that are passed by a countiess number of received an even greater reception the mysterious magnetje ant hills. than they had in the other States There weird structures, raised by At every town through which they the tiny ant; stand 20ft. out of the passed they were accorded a Civic ground like huge knife blades, the Reception, and practically all edges of all of them pointing Launceston and Hobart turned out magnetic North and South. .By greet them on arrival and moonlight these weird ant hills departure. They were received looked like a cemetery full of by the Governor of Tasmania at giant grave stones.
Government House, Hobart, and "Station owners throughout the the Governor was algo present at route were moat hospitable. a dinner given to them at Launces- Their kindness and assistance ton. went along way towards making From Tasmania they returned our trip more pleasant. Through to Melbourne and from there com- out the whole circuit no hostile menced a 600-mile journey to blacks were seen at all, so that Sydney, where, according to sche- any one wishing to go round Aus-dule, they were to embark for New tralia on a tour need have no fear Zealand. No details of this por- on that score. We were fortunatetion of the tour are yet to hand, in having fine weather, as between but there is no doubt that they Katherine and Darwin there are would be accorded as enthusiastic 92 creeks to be crossed, and no receptions as they had during bridges. Fortunately for us they their tour from Fremantle to Mel- were mostly dry beds.
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An interesting fact common to all around Australia trips and interstate records is that they have all been done on Plume motar spirit and Gargoyle Mobiloit, with the exception of one speed record, when, however. Plume spirit was used.
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