Land of the 8 wheelers!

VicHung,
it was not me driving the Morris 8. I was only up to driving pedal cars at that time.

On my first day at the Kaitawa school, another pupil came up to me and asked "Hey, you fulla, what your name called?"

About all I remember of the road was the "Devil's Elbow" an extremely tight turn where some cars and all trucks and busses had to back up and take a second bight at it. The road was dirt all the way.

All mail and freight for the shop was carried on the Railways Road Services bus which had a cargo section at the rear. One weekend, a big party was to be held in the hall-come-picture theatre, the only public building in the village. Two hogsheads (56 gallon barrels) of beer were unloaded from the bus and when the organisers came to roll the second one up to the hall, it was nowhere to be found. One of the town characters, named (probably by my Father) as "Tommy the Pig" said that he had seen two Maori women rolling it away over the hill.

Tommy the Pig was too drunk to go to work for the next two weeks! :ohmy:

I hope to travel that road again, next time I am in Aotearoa.

mactaylor wrote: In NZ at the moment, every second truck is a twin steer! Plenty of different makes. Ill try and get some pics!

You may have a surprise if you ever visit Israel or Palestine, lol...

pic by Pinui Uzan (who own the truck)

In Palestine, via Y. Shabtai.

By Amit Sade