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Originally Posted by motto
A subject was touched on here that though being off topic deserves a little more recognition. During WW2 by dint of incredible effort a vehicular track was carved through the Owen Stanley Range to Wau on the northern slopes. It was known as the Bulldog Road.The story of its construction over an 8 month period is little known as it took place in what soon became a backwater as the war moved on.
Hats off to the unsung Diggers and Natives involved.
Beautiful job on the truck Wayne!
David
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My Uncle by Marriage was a Sapper on the Bulldog road and there is a chapter on the hardships of building it in a book called Maker and Breaker by John Grover.