I've also heard the stories of the tank purchases and ferrying that was done post war. Driving one and towing another I believe they drove right through Melbourne CBD, down StKilda Road and out Dandenong Road.
If driven from Bandianna to Gippsland that would be a distance of over 400 km.
It would have been interesting coming down Pretty Sally which is where the Hume Highway ran in those days. It was the scene of many disasters and exciting rides. Just ask Garry 'Third Degree' Burns who roared through Wallen at the bottom in a low loader with no brakes after pulling the innards out of the air horn valve and dumping the pneumatics. He had pulled too hard on the cord. A pair of runaway tanks doesn't bear thinking about.
David
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