'She'll be right mate - just watch out for the 'roos, and take enough water.'
Take 40 old bangers and buses (one of them with tennis's John Newcombe at the wheel), line them all up outside the Sydney Opera House, wave the whole circus off to an obscure destination on the other side of the continent.... and you've got a 2,500-mile Outback Bash. It's all in a good cause - organised by round-the-world-flyer Dick Smith. After six days, there's a winner - the oldest car in the race. There's a runner-up and everyone else comes equal third.
Producer TONY SALMON Series editor TIM SLESSOR