We get some strange vehicles on Magnetic island, but here is an interesting one 1974 Kombi, owned by some travelling artisans, on the beach at Arcadia.They were going to the RSL markets tonight.I love old Kombis, having owned one myself. Stands out a bit, eh.
-- Edited by bill12 on Friday 15th of July 2011 11:04:02 AM
My palm is aready red from working! I,m going to the markets , tonight, and will try to get some more details.
Esmeralda said
12:24 PM Jul 15, 2011
When I drove down the Mornington Peninsula the other week there was a van similar to a Transit for sale on the side of the road - it was covered completely (except for the windows) with fake grass. I should have taken a photo.
Vic said
01:14 PM Jul 15, 2011
bill12 wrote:
My palm is aready red from working! I,m going to the markets , tonight, and will try to get some more details.
Good one Bill, look forward to the details etc. See if you can find out if they are from overseas and bought their vehicle with them, I have never seen anything like that in Oz before, mind blowing !!
_wombat_ said
03:57 PM Jul 15, 2011
Vic wrote:
That is great Bill,
Did you get your fortune told? Palm read? etc?
love your wombat Av especially the glasses
Happywanderer said
04:33 PM Jul 15, 2011
I don't like the sound of the one covered in grass Esmerelda, sounds too yucky to me.
Ma said
04:43 PM Jul 15, 2011
Would be high maintenance if you had to mow it too Es.....................
Vic said
05:14 PM Jul 15, 2011
_wombat_ wrote:
love your wombat Av especially the glasses
I'll put another up later, you can tell you have been drinking in the next one!
_wombat_ said
05:30 PM Jul 15, 2011
fanks Vic
jules47 said
05:37 PM Jul 15, 2011
Almost a gypsy caravan, I reckon.
Gerty Dancer said
06:05 PM Jul 15, 2011
Love that Combi!!!
The Av's are ok too....
bill12 said
06:12 PM Jul 15, 2011
Just been to the markets, and the kombi owners said they come from Indicar(in the car), and been traveling around , living off what they make from their art work for 5 years. Sound like they should be GNS.To that they said they are traveling itinerants. The guy gave me a few tips on digital tv areials.All in all, nice people. You meet all kinds on the road.
Wombat 280 said
06:14 PM Jul 15, 2011
Way out there
Sheba said
06:31 PM Jul 15, 2011
Love it Bill. Will have to find and Post a shot of a Gypsy style van that was parked at the shop in my home town a few years ago.
Chers,
Sheba.
Vic said
08:01 PM Jul 15, 2011
Thanks Bill for the feedback, did you invite them to join GN?
Have a look at the old motorhomes also, especially the 2nd link;
http://home.comcast.net/~robmorg/oldmh/oldmh.htm
http://www.gregsgypsybowtops.co.uk/
HeadnHome said
08:02 PM Jul 15, 2011
Wow good on them ..
Sheba said
08:15 PM Jul 15, 2011
Finally found it. Name is The Gypsy Storyteller, taken at Glasshouse Mountains. Don't remember the exact year.
Been trying to fix Placement of Pic, but can't get it, and can't delete it. Sorry.
Cheers,
Sheba.
-- Edited by Sheba on Friday 15th of July 2011 08:28:55 PM
sandsmere said
08:33 PM Jul 15, 2011
These people have been doing the rounds of SEQld for quite a while . They go to markets and sell lots of hippy type gear . Not bad stuff either .
Very nice people . The Kombi is a classic . Even has a small wood stove / heater built into it .
A few months ago they were at the Cooroy markets , and they have a small dog . She had just had 8 pups .
On the back of the van is a small herb garden .
Different . But we need different people . We really do .
Good luck to them !
Cruising Granny said
09:26 PM Jul 15, 2011
A family has been going to Broome every year that I was there (9) and frequented the markets with their wares. They had school-age kids and all sorts of stuff in their mobile home which looked like a huge slide-on on a 4 tonne truck. It was painted by hand. They camped wherever they liked for free, much to the disappointment of the Council. To each his/her own.
Cruising Granny said
09:28 PM Jul 15, 2011
That Kombi must weigh a tonne or 2, plus freight. It's registered in Vic, so it must pass their specification laws. Pull up a chair man. Read your palm man? It's all cool man.
bill12 said
09:29 PM Jul 15, 2011
They said that they were going north to the markets at Mission beach and up to the Atherton Tablelands. Its certainly a hippy looking affair. Good luck to them. I asked them to join the forum, but thet reckon thet aren,t Gns.So keep your eyes open up north.
epicure said
06:10 AM Jul 17, 2011
Surely a standout. Seen it about 1 year ago in Melbourne.
glassies said
07:09 PM Jul 20, 2011
thats taken outside the shops at glassy sheba wow nice lookin gypsy wagon, and the one covered in grass maybe it was smokable lol lol lol
i love the kombi im a fan of kombis got around in one in the old days cruisin around dee why ,palm beach area, oh them was the times .
-- Edited by bill12 on Friday 15th of July 2011 11:04:02 AM
Did you get your fortune told? Palm read? etc?
When I drove down the Mornington Peninsula the other week there was a van similar to a Transit for sale on the side of the road - it was covered completely (except for the windows) with fake grass. I should have taken a photo.
Good one Bill, look forward to the details etc. See if you can find out if they are from overseas and bought their vehicle with them, I have never seen anything like that in Oz before, mind blowing !!
love your wombat Av especially the glasses
Would be high maintenance if you had to mow it too Es.....................
I'll put another up later, you can tell you have been drinking in the next one!
fanks Vic
Love that Combi!!!
The Av's are ok too....
Love it Bill. Will have to find and Post a shot of a Gypsy style van that was parked at the shop in my home town a few years ago.
Chers,
Sheba.
Have a look at the old motorhomes also, especially the 2nd link;
http://home.comcast.net/~robmorg/oldmh/oldmh.htm
http://www.gregsgypsybowtops.co.uk/
Finally found it. Name is The Gypsy Storyteller, taken at Glasshouse Mountains. Don't remember the exact year.
Been trying to fix Placement of Pic, but can't get it, and can't delete it. Sorry.
Cheers,
Sheba.
-- Edited by Sheba on Friday 15th of July 2011 08:28:55 PM
These people have been doing the rounds of SEQld for quite a while . They go to markets and sell lots of hippy type gear . Not bad stuff either .
Very nice people . The Kombi is a classic . Even has a small wood stove / heater built into it .
A few months ago they were at the Cooroy markets , and they have a small dog . She had just had 8 pups .
On the back of the van is a small herb garden .
Different . But we need different people . We really do .
Good luck to them !
They had school-age kids and all sorts of stuff in their mobile home which looked like a huge slide-on on a 4 tonne truck.
It was painted by hand. They camped wherever they liked for free, much to the disappointment of the Council.
To each his/her own.
Pull up a chair man. Read your palm man? It's all cool man.
Surely a standout. Seen it about 1 year ago in Melbourne.
i love the kombi im a fan of kombis got around in one in the old days cruisin around dee why ,palm beach area, oh them was the times .
great pic of that one though what a treat to own.