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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2741 Post by Opsboi » Tue Nov 29, 2022 9:09 pm

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What type of vehicle did Tom Kruse drive in Australia?
A Land Kruser

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2742 Post by John Hill » Wed Nov 30, 2022 1:11 am

Opsboi wrote:
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John Hill wrote:
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What type of vehicle did Tom Kruse drive in Australia?
A Land Kruser

'Fraid not.
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2743 Post by Karearea » Wed Nov 30, 2022 2:23 am

A Holden Cruze?
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2744 Post by John Hill » Wed Nov 30, 2022 2:33 am

Not one of those either!
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2745 Post by John Hill » Wed Nov 30, 2022 2:45 am

There is a famous pub in the story.
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2746 Post by John Hill » Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:55 am

I will be back tomorrow to see if anyone has managed to sort this out!
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2747 Post by John Hill » Wed Nov 30, 2022 6:39 pm

The mail must get through.
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2748 Post by Rossian » Wed Nov 30, 2022 10:45 pm

With that clue it's got to be "postie bike" - OH if right.

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2749 Post by John Hill » Wed Nov 30, 2022 11:28 pm

Postie bike is close but in reality hundreds of kilometres off in location.
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2750 Post by John Hill » Thu Dec 01, 2022 1:18 am

The pub in the story...

Image

.... somewhat of a change from what we often see here, certainly far removed from the Parson and His Ferret at Little-Piddling-in-the Marsh.
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2751 Post by Hydromet » Thu Dec 01, 2022 6:11 am

Ah, I should have read the question (and looked at the spelling). Tom Kruse drove the mail truck on the Birdsville & Strzelecki tracks, in far north of South Australia. He was quite a legend when I met him while working in the area in the mid-'70s. He had a service station in Hawker then, and a display of some old flying doctor equipment, including a Traeger pedal radio.

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2752 Post by John Hill » Thu Dec 01, 2022 6:45 am

Ah yes, but what was the (hybrid?) vehicle he drove?
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2753 Post by John Hill » Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:05 am

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Tom Kruse's 1936 Leyland Badger, diesel, with the frame and double drive rear axles of a 1924 Thornycroft grafted on. This obviously is not a mail run but it is a good picture of the vehicle in it's early days whereas most pictures on-line show it in a very travel weary condition.


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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2754 Post by John Hill » Thu Dec 01, 2022 11:57 pm

A short clip from the 1954 movie, The Back Of Beyond, an award winning documentary which was shown in NZ schools at the time.

https://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries ... ond/clip1/


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#2755 Post by Hydromet » Fri Dec 02, 2022 1:10 am

Nothing to hand, so OH please.

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2756 Post by Ex-Ascot » Mon Jan 16, 2023 11:15 am

Not going to let Mike's thread go down the tubes.

What is Prince Harry's dog called. No prizes for 'Megan'.
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2757 Post by Karearea » Sat Jan 21, 2023 12:03 am

Ex-Ascot wrote:
Mon Jan 16, 2023 11:15 am
...What is Prince Harry's dog called. ..
Pula?

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2758 Post by Ex-Ascot » Sat Jan 21, 2023 6:47 am

Correct Mam. It is due to his love of Botswana. Please don't come back mate. Very special word here. In Setswana it means 'rain' in other words the meaning of life. So our currency is also Pula.

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2759 Post by Karearea » Sat Jan 21, 2023 7:47 am

Thank you, Ex-A.

I haven't cluttered up my mind with the names of their chooks. :))

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2760 Post by Rossian » Sat Jan 21, 2023 9:03 am

Mornin' K - my word that was a long time ago, must be at least 50 years ago. and they're all dead. Sigh.

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