Re: SER1 Across the Top with malcom Douglas

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From: Brett Pritt
Subject: Re: SER1 Across the Top with malcom Douglas
Date: 15:47 on 08 Oct 2004

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<P>Aha, that sounds interesting, I think 1 DVD&nbsp;in european PAL system for me.</P>
<P>The title of the film is: Across the Top with &nbsp;Malcolm Douglas?!</P>
<P>Greetings from the foggy wet green pan of Germany(the lower Rhine area)</P>
<P>Uli<BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;From: "Diana Alan" &lt;dianaa@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Reply-To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;To: &lt;series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Subject: Re: SER1 Across the Top with malcom Douglas 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 00:32:09 +1000 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;For a precis of the movie all I can offer is the following, it is many years 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;since I last saw the flick. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;In the mid 1960's Malcolm Douglas and a friend David ????? went on a trek 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;from Darwin in the North of the Northern Territory Australia (that's the big 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;bump in the middle), they travelled through the region called Arnhemland in 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;their SWB Series 1 Station Wagon.&nbsp;&nbsp;This was and still is, essentially an 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Australian Aboriginal reserve covering millions of square miles of Northern 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Australia, to this day it is almost completely undeveloped.&nbsp;&nbsp;Entry to this 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;region was restricted to individuals who could justify a bona-fide reason 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;for being in the region and needed a permit from the Federal Government (yes 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Australia is a federation of individual states and has a "Federal 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Government" too).&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Aboriginals at the time were not considered 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;citizens, could not vote and were protected much like endangered species are 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;today, a very unfortunate part of Australia's history from colonial times. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;The journey traverses Arnhem Land through to the Gulf of Carpentaria (the 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;dip between the big bump in the middle and the pointy bit on the East) along 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;lines on the map that were considered roads but many had only been pushed 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;through years before and never maintained.&nbsp;&nbsp;In many parts the road 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;disappeared completely. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;The journey ends after they traverse to the top of Cape York (the pointy bit 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;on the East) getting caught in the "rainy season".&nbsp;&nbsp;Along the way they have 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;to ford rivers up to the windscreen, get stuck in the mud and winch 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;themselves out and do things with an extremely overloaded Land Rover that 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;many now wouldn't even consider. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;To the same journey today, you can get a ticket on a tourist coach, cross 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;the Jardine river on the back of a barge and stay in every night in tourist 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;parks which include cabins and dozens of other tourists in their BMW, VW, 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Ford and GM sports utility vehicles. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;The film is a bit of Land Rover history that we can never find again. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Aunti Kinus 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;From: "Mark Strangways" &lt;mark.strangways@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;To: &lt;series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 11:07 PM 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Subject: Re: SER1 Across the Top with malcom Douglas 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Hi Diana, 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Can you let us have a bit more information on what this film is all 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;about please......? 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Cheers 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Mark 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Halifax UK 
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