Little Wheels

Across Australia in a Baby Austin

Hector Macquarrie

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ETT Imprint
01 February 2025

Biography: historical, political & military; Autobiography: historical, political & military; Travel & holiday

A racy account of a road trip from Sydney to Cape York and Thursday Island by the author and Mathews, his mechanic mate, in 1927, over ""roads"" that had never been motored before. In those days, all roads stopped at Cooktown, so the 960 k north to Cape York was a first by any motorist - encountering quicksand, turkey-brush, melon-holes, wide creeks, little water - lonely telegraphists, outpost traders, Aboriginals and life in remote wild places. By the author of Round the World in a Baby Austin (coming ETT Imprint mid 2025
* Review - https://www.thecountrydriver.com/bill-buys
* Review - https://cars4starters.com.au/little-wheels-baby-austin-7-that-conquered-the-cape/

By: Hector Macquarrie
Imprint: ETT Imprint
Country of Publication: Australia
ISBN: 9781923205581
ISBN 10: 1923205587
Pages: 172
Publication Date: 01 February 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hector MacQuarrie was a Scottish soldier in WW1, who preference for remote places gave the world two early books of travel in a tiny Baby Austin - this one, and the bestseller Round the World in a Baby Austin (1933).