Old Caravan Park Photos 1965

[Steve and Vicky]

This was in a caravan park in Coo (Belgium) in 1965, Frank (of Frank & Brenda fame) knows this area.

The car is an Opal Caravan, yes I'm sure that model was called that!

[pelbo]

In 1974, packed my family into a VW Kombi, which I built into a 'Motorhome', complete with cot for our almost one year old daughter. Spent 12 months doing the big circle.

Photos taken from Super 8 film, projected onto sheet with video camera, converting to DVD. Then digital camera photo of DVD still frame on computer.

Nullarbor in 1974, when a lot of it was a rough dirt road. This is the town of Nullarbor. Notice that the new bitumen road enters the town on the other side - the town is now on your right as you come in. Bit bigger now, too!


Reading a story to my daughter, bush camped at Naracoorte. No disposable nappies in those days. Hand washing was a big, every day chore! Napisan was the go in those days too!


Road to Broom. 1,000k of corrugations and bulldust. Used to cover everything with sheets when driving. Daughter slept in cot behind our seats. Took the sheets off at night and shook them out - including daughter!


Thinking about it now - it was doing it a bit tough with such a young baby. But we had a great time. I was 27 at the time. She is now 37 and gave us a beautiful granddaughter 3 years ago. We grew very close on that trip, being together 24/7 and we still are. She slept in the Kombi for a month after we got back! Took that full month to wean her out of her cot in the car.

[Alan 41]

[quote="pelbo"]

Nullarbor in 1974,


Hi pelbo.
We did it in 1972 as per previous photo.
I see you also did it in a "real" Kombi, although yours was earlier than mine with the small back window.
Mine was a1965 model with the bigger rear window. Fantastic vehicle , wish i still had it now they're worth a sqillion $$$$ these days.
Al.

[FransH]

A bit off topic.

The old





The new

[pelbo]

How true!!!

And they still have the hide to complain if you don't try to book in and use them....a manufactured shortage of van sites so they can push up the prices.

[gazman1951]

G'day
I found some more old camping / caravanning photos
NOT taken by myself or family but on the internet on a great website ,
doing a search for Rudd Park Burleigh Heads gives this result

http://www.pictureaustralia.org/apps/pi ... ode=search

going back to the home page and doing different searches will pass many an hour

If the above link will not work for you try the home page here
http://www.pictureaustralia.org/index.html

and search for " Rudd Park Burleigh Heads "

Garry

[bevel19]

Thanks for that link Gazman, that's got to be one of the best picture search sites I've seen for archived older pics.

[Legweak]

Offtopic - 48-215 Tail Light Switch

Half way down this page

http://members.iinet.net.au/~campbell1/fx_fj.htm

[Groovy]

Offtopic - 48-215 Tail Light Switch

Half way down this page

http://members.iinet.net.au/~campbell1/fx_fj.htm

It seems the switch may have been a state thing or for those who had to park their car overnight on the street.

Whoever wrote that page didn't bother to much about accuracy, there was never an ammeter fitted to early Holdens from the factory, the guages were not a white background, but TT with a sort of gold and I forget the other colour but it wasn't white, the numerals were white, also what he calls an ammeter was 3 idiot lights, oil pressure, water overtemp, and a no charge light, incidentally, the oil pressure light was used to set the idle speed, it has to be flickering with the engine idling, this gave a 500rpm idle speed.