George, Stan & Rover Reunion

This is to update everyone on the telephone and email “goss” which has come my way in the last few weeks.
1. Chrissie Jobson, who was on the Aussie leg of the trip and now works for a large broadcasting company in the UK, will be coming to Melbourne to cover the Formula 1 Grand Prix next year. The race is provisionally scheduled for March 1 to 4, but needs to be officially confirmed. This date pretty much fits in with the time I suggested in my first email to everyone.
2. I am being pressed by Queenslanders to set a definite reunion date. Seems there’s been a sale of cheap airfares going on up North recently.
3. Peter and Jean Ide have been doing some great sleuthing work in NZ. They are hot on the trail of Rae (Lancaster) Drake and Don Clark, and have also got a lead on Colin and Carol Francis who were on the Turkey to India leg of the trip, travelling with Wendy and Barb Thomas in the Bedford van.
4. As I mentioned in the last post, Graham Strachan has sent me his journal/scrapbook of the overland trips, which will make recalling things a bit easier when I get around to writing something on the Africa and Aussie trips.
5. Marg Curry has been overseas for the last month, attending a wedding in the UK and taking a holiday in Europe. I believe she is due back in Oz next week.

That’s all for now folks. Need to get some sleep. I’ve got the watching of 64 World Cup matches to fit into the next month. Most of them late at night, or early in the morning.
Go the Socceroos.