[pand65au]

i was in 2nd cav regt when we got the "trials" lav here in australia and on the road they are impressive. we were told that the marines had framed a speeding ticket they recived that showed a speed of over 70mph. they even shocked the road train drivers here in nt and wa by overtaking them off the side of the roads. some of the cav officers did not realise just how fast they can go. on the gib river road they could go over 90 kph the loaded macks could do just 80 and the rovers and mogs could only manage 60 - 70 due to the rutts and corrogations. the poor old officer had to wait over 4 hours on the side of the road to tell us were we had to harbour up.

peter h