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Rewind: The 120 year re-enactment of The Pioneer Motor Car Trip of Australia (1900), Bathurst (New South Wales) to Melbourne (Victoria) - 2020
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Introduction
Our story
Day one - Bathurst to Cootamundra
Day two - Cootamundra to Albury-Wodonga
Day three - Albury-Wodonga to Melbourne
VW Polo review
Facts and figures - interesting comparisons between the two cars etc
Photos
About the author
DARRYL Starr is a veteran of the newspaper industry, having worked for 51 years at the Border Mail in Albury-Wodonga. As the award-winning regional daily's long-time motoring editor, he has road tested pretty much every new car released in Australia since 1967. His favourite road routes include some of the most scenic towns in North East Victoria and the Southern Riverina region of New South Wales, covering more conditions and test variables than any city-based motoring writer. He was the newspaper's motoring editor for 48 years and for 15 years he also wrote for Out and About and Domain, the paper's tourist and real estate supplements. Darryl is also an author, having written 'A spirit of progress - 110 years of motoring in Albury-Wodonga', and this online book, 'Are we there yet, Mr Holmes?' In 2023 he celebrates 56 years as a motoring writer, the last seven for his own publication, thecountrydriver.com. His knowledge of the roads in North East Victoria and the Southern Riverina is immeasurable. He has also ridden the highs and lows of various forms of motorsport. His wife, Julie, is also a keen traveller and an experienced co-driver/navigator.
Digital local motoring e-books free to read online
'The Thomson Diary' and 'A spirit of progress - 110 years of motoring in Albury-Wodonga' are popular local motoring history e-books that are free to read online.
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