Monday, November 9th, 2009
The Military Jeep Club of Queensland (MJCQ, http://www.mjcqinc.com) annual swap meet and display was held at Canungra, Queensland Australia from the 13th to 15th October 2006.Duration : 0:9:10
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
(Part 2). Amphibious vehicle swim-in held over the first long weekend in winter. Arrival at the campsite was Saturday afternoon, after a 5 hour drive. Sunday morning was a 110km (70 mile) drive through local state forest in the jeeps, weapons carrier, half-ton Dodge, GPA seep. That afternoon saw the ...
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Saturday, October 24th, 2009
A weekend trip over the 17th and 18th November 2007 by the Military Jeep Club of Queensland through some of the temperate rainforests and forests of northern New South Wales, Australia.
Six vehicles came along, all World War Two vintage. They were:
3 Ford GPW jeeps
2 Willys MB jeeps
1 Dodge WC-52 Weapons ...
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Commissioned for the war effort, by 1943 the "General Purpose" (Jeep) had become so much of a military mainstay, it's hard to believe it wasn't around before that.
It hasn't changed a whole lot visually, it's as distinctively ugly-utility as ever.
The movie is an old rah-rah piece, ...
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
A fun day for the Military Jeep Club of Queensland held on the 2nd and 3rd December 2006 near Brisbane. The main event was a time trial to complete the course which started with a log crossing, through a dip and a mud pit, along two logs, reverse slalom, dirt ...
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