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THE MILITARY JEEP CLUB OF QUEENSLAND |
| Bundaberg Swim-In 2009 |
A four day event held over the Queen's Birthday long weekend, June 2009 at the Walker property on the Burnett River, Bundaberg, Queensland Australia. This event was huge! The LVT-4 Buffalo amtrac (used in Spielberg's upcoming tv series 'The Pacific') was the star of the show, along with a DUKW and GPA jeeps constantly giving joyrides. The events were a beach drive, a forest trip, a WW2 jeep trailer race across a dam, floating a WWII jeep in a tarpaulin (incredible!) and using a WWII Kenworth wrecker to lift a jeep into the DUKW. The club extends its grateful thanks to the Walker family for the massive effort in putting on what would have to be one of the most exciting and enjoyable HMV events held in a very long time (we think!). A video of the event is in preparation which will be redacted from some club members' videos. If you were there and have any footage, let me know!
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Rod and family cruise around in the early morning fog |
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The beautiful half-ton Dodge WC-21 going through a mud puddle |
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Rest stop on the beach |
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Picturesque beach stop |
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Same from another angle |
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View from the back of the half-ton Dodge, Arron driving |
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Beach stop |
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Some of the vehicles on the beach |
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At the top of the dune where the track leads down to the beach |
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The jet-propelled Platypus amphibian (see its website www.ozamphibian.com) |
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Half-ton Dodge |
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From the back of Jason and Danny's Dodge WC-63, a Normandy veteran |
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The Dodge WC-63 at a stop in the forest |
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Half-ton Dodge Command Car and jeep |
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Along with the mighty LVT-4, the Walkers' DUKW was taking people on joyrides virtually non-stop! |
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The local Blitz wrecker from up the road |
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An extremely rare sight in Australia, an M8 Greyhound armoured car. It performed very well offroad |
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M8 Greyhound armoured car |
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Wayne Kotz's Local Pattern LP2A Carrier. It threw a track but was back and running only a short time later |
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Sam's WWII Kenworth M1A1 Wrecker installing the roof superstructure onto the other LVT-4 |
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After the trailer race across the dam |
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Jeff's jeep in a tarp floated surprisingly level with the floor |
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Jeff's jeep being dragged ashore |
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Just a part of the lineup of vehicles that attended |