I do not recall exactly when the notion arose that I should drive overland from India to England. From early school days I had wanted to...

Stuart and I departed from Sydney on the Oriana on Wednesday 12th February 1969. The final hours had not been uneventful. We found that...

We anchored in Colombo harbour at 7 am on 28th February 1969 in fine, humid weather. We decided to wait on board the Oriana until the car...

The crossing of Palk Strait took three hours and was uneventful. At Rameswarem the car was transferred onto two small barges lashed...

The ascent of the Ghats was not as severe on this route, but the heat continued and the haze clouded the volcanic landscape of the...

It is a unique experience travelling by train in India but once, perhaps, is enough. We had travelled with our backpacks to the railway...

Once out of Delhi we were again on the Grand Trunk Road which runs from Calcutta to Kabul. From Delhi it goes west to the Sikh city of...

Our two days in Kabul had been some of the most memorable so far. Leaving Kabul, the road climbed gradually to 8000 feet, before...

As soon as we entered Iran, the road turned to a gravel surface. We noticed that our car’s generator was emitting a strange sound,...

The road onward through Dogubayazit towards Erzurum was narrow and rough, with some gravel sections which were generally smoother to...

We put the car into a nearby workshop to have the fuel tank repaired. Fiats were not common in Turkey and we had seen no Fiat 600s like...

Francis Birtles’ London-Melbourne 14 hp Bean, the Sundowner The journey described here was unremarkable for its time, as many others had...