Dick815th Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Just got back from a 12 day business trip to Australia, am still not over the jet lag thing. The trip included stops in Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Mackay and Moranbah. I'll never get used to sitting in the left front seat while driving on the wrong side of the road, and not having a steering wheel or brake pedal in front of me......Anyway, while I was in Perth, the very first Mack I saw was what looked like an R model with twin crhome stacks.......and when the guy put his foot in it off of a traffic light, I heard the unmistakeable whump whump of a V-8 engine, along with lots of black smoke.........it was great. Saw many other Macks, including a new cab-over sitting on a dealer's lot in Perth. Must be a Renault design or something. There were several heavy haul rigs up in the Mackay and Goonyella mine area. It all seemed to me that Mack is alive and well down under.The Aussies are great hosts , and I had a great time down there.Dick Bowman Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/1267-australian-visit/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaddeusW Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Just got back from a 12 day business trip to Australia, am still not over the jet lag thing. The trip included stops in Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Mackay and Moranbah. I'll never get used to sitting in the left front seat while driving on the wrong side of the road, and not having a steering wheel or brake pedal in front of me......Anyway, while I was in Perth, the very first Mack I saw was what looked like an R model with twin crhome stacks.......and when the guy put his foot in it off of a traffic light, I heard the unmistakeable whump whump of a V-8 engine, along with lots of black smoke.........it was great. Saw many other Macks, including a new cab-over sitting on a dealer's lot in Perth. Must be a Renault design or something. There were several heavy haul rigs up in the Mackay and Goonyella mine area. It all seemed to me that Mack is alive and well down under.The Aussies are great hosts , and I had a great time down there.Dick BowmanMaybe a V8 powerd valueliner. Quote -Thad What America needs is less bull and more Bulldog! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/1267-australian-visit/#findComment-6396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Wright Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 It's a shame I missed you mate. I live in Perth and could have shown you around some good stuff if you had the time. Been pretty busy so had to drop off here and ATHS.If you're headed down here in the future (applies to anyone on here) and will be in Perth, please give me yell.CheersAndy Quote Whatever rubs your buddah. The Mack E Model Registry - 103 entries The Mack A Model Registry - 14 entries Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/1267-australian-visit/#findComment-6684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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