Tony,
Just had a Normandy Expedition board meeting and both Bev and Glen are keen on your North Africa suggestion. I did contact the Libyan Embassy and taking a vehicle in is absolutely no trouble.
My shipping man is getting prices for a box to Tripoli.
Initial discussion was about the loss of the Gallipoli visit on 25 April (ANZAC Day) but I am not really keen on sitting with a bunch of 5,000 backpacking Aussie and Kiwi kids who really know nothing about what went on. I would prefer to be there on a day when I could wander around unhindered.
So plan "B" is underway to ship to Tripoli with our AIF painted staff car and be in Tobruk (a much less embarrassing military milestone) for ANZAC Day then Alamein the next day and on through Egypt, Jordan and Syria to follow the exploits of the Australian Light Horse in their drive upon Damascus in WW1.
Can't go anywhere near Palestine/Israel if we hope to get through Syria. Would love to go to Beersheba to see where the last great cavalry charge in history took place (we claim this but I think the Russians did a bit of horsing around in 1943. The debate centres on whether it was an Australian mass charge on a defended Turkish position a la Light Brigade or flanking attacks on German supply columns by Russian mobile cavalry groups) Anyhow Israeli stamps in the passport are out.
Route then hooks up with original at Gallipoli and on to Normandy.
Hope this works out, thanks for the suggesion.
Lang
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