The world's longest taxi fare : Geelong to Darwin and return in Charlie Heard's Hudson / Taxicab drivers Taxicabs Automobile travel
O'Toole, Larry,
The world's longest taxi fare : Geelong to Darwin and return in Charlie Heard's Hudson / Larry O'Toole. - 224 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits ; 26 cm.
"...and the family re-creation 78 years later" -- cover.
Includes bibliographical references (page 224)
Motor Service Provider, Charlie Heard, was engaged to carry three ladies on a daring outback adventure in 1930. Ada Beal, Lil Wilmot and Eileen Glenny were Charlie's intrepid passengers. He drove them in his Hudson taxi from Lorne in Victoria, up through the red centre to Darwin, and back down to Victoria via Brisbane and Sydney. A real outback adventure before made roads existed outside the main cities. Charlie's Hudson travelled just over 7000 miles on the trip and it took almost three months to complete the journey. Charlie's grandchildren re-created the trip 78 years later in a 1928 Essex. This book has been produced in two parts, the initial adventure as experienced by Charlie Heard and his passengers and the second part, the re-creation of the trip by Charlie's grandchildren in 2008 and recorded in a diary by Ron Heard.
9780949398994
Heard, Charlie--Travel--Australia.
Taxicab drivers--Australia--Anecdotes.
Taxicabs--Australia--Anecdotes.
Automobile travel--Australia.
Australia--Description and travel.
388.4132140994 919.4
The world's longest taxi fare : Geelong to Darwin and return in Charlie Heard's Hudson / Larry O'Toole. - 224 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits ; 26 cm.
"...and the family re-creation 78 years later" -- cover.
Includes bibliographical references (page 224)
Motor Service Provider, Charlie Heard, was engaged to carry three ladies on a daring outback adventure in 1930. Ada Beal, Lil Wilmot and Eileen Glenny were Charlie's intrepid passengers. He drove them in his Hudson taxi from Lorne in Victoria, up through the red centre to Darwin, and back down to Victoria via Brisbane and Sydney. A real outback adventure before made roads existed outside the main cities. Charlie's Hudson travelled just over 7000 miles on the trip and it took almost three months to complete the journey. Charlie's grandchildren re-created the trip 78 years later in a 1928 Essex. This book has been produced in two parts, the initial adventure as experienced by Charlie Heard and his passengers and the second part, the re-creation of the trip by Charlie's grandchildren in 2008 and recorded in a diary by Ron Heard.
9780949398994
Heard, Charlie--Travel--Australia.
Taxicab drivers--Australia--Anecdotes.
Taxicabs--Australia--Anecdotes.
Automobile travel--Australia.
Australia--Description and travel.
388.4132140994 919.4