Aussie CMP Mystery

[Mike K]

The tree does look like a Eucalypt of some kind ... the antenna appears to be a top loaded vertical. The capacity hat ( the radials) on the top are there to make the antenna radiate more ground wave e.g., sideways than sky wave .

Looks like a faint RAAF on the door ....

HU vehicles are very rare here ... I know of less than 5 .

MIKE

[Keith Webb]

I love a good mystery. Looking at the pic I notice the absence of an Australian ARN on the front shell. I'm not convinced about the 'eucalyptus' either.
The fact the pic was originally sent from Australia doesn't necessarily mean it was taken here of course.

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

I love a good mystery. Looking at the pic I notice the absence of an Australian ARN on the front shell. I'm not convinced about the 'eucalyptus' either.
The fact the pic was originally sent from Australia doesn't necessarily mean it was taken here of course.

Keith..
Can't be taken in Australia..there would be a herd of hoons in the picture...
CMP drivers in Canada...

For the non Australia speakers....

Translation..

The term "hoon" has obtained a semi-official use in Australia, with police and Governments referring to legislation targeting anti-social driving activity as "anti-hoon laws". The term has even begun to appear in the titles of legislation, for example the Transport Legislation Amendment (Hoon Boating and Other Amendments) Act 2009 of the State of Victoria.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Alex Blair

Keith..
Can't be taken in Australia..there would be a herd of hoons in the picture...
CMP drivers in Canada...

For the non Australia speakers....

Translation..

The term "hoon" has obtained a semi-official use in Australia, with police and Governments referring to legislation targeting anti-social driving activity as "anti-hoon laws". The term has even begun to appear in the titles of legislation, for example the Transport Legislation Amendment (Hoon Boating and Other Amendments) Act 2009 of the State of Victoria.

Alex

Some yobbos had a bingle in their ute .

can you translate that for us ... MIKE

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

Alex

Some yobbos had a bingle in their ute .

can you translate that for us ... MIKE

No Problem..
What would you like it translated to...??

Spanish..??
los yobbos tenían un bingle en su ute.

Italian,...??
i yobbos hanno avuti un bingle nel loro ute.

Dutch..??
yobbos hadden een bingle in hun Ute.



Or if you want it in good old North American English,,,...

BINGLE = A car accident ... UTE = Utility truck ... YOBBO = name given to a drunken idiot ...

Probably a billylid driving..drove in a billabong..looking for for a feed of brown-eyed mullets..!!




(For Lizzies 60th anniversary,her and Phil are staying home...they are sending Chuck and Camzilla to Canada...I don't know who is going to Oz..but we'll trade you..and throw in 50 gallons of maple syrup and 20 pounds of moose nuts..to boot..
Wanna trade..?

[hrpearce]

Chuck & Camel are coming here too We'll trade you take them twice and save us the expence

[Mike Cecil]

ahhhemmm! Back to the serious topic of this thread (boring little F**t, eh?)....

Have to agree with Keef about the HU's location being somewhere other than Oz. While I don't discount that the vehicle may be in use somewhere with the RAAF (though I can't read the letters on the door...), the following points might be considered in arriving at a common understanding about the 'who what which where' of this image:
(1) there are no HUWs, HUPS, HUAs or any form of HU on the RAAF's vehicle register. (At least none that I've found, anyway, and I have a pretty good handle on such things, I think)
(2) the RAAF were assigned vehicles from other sources while overseas that didn't make the register (those few that came back to Oz with RAAF units did), and sported 'RAAF' on the doors to identify them while in temporary RAAF service. This may be the case here.
(3) The tree doesn't look like a Eucy to me.
(4) there is only one headlamp: Aust CMPs were all equipped with two Head lamps in Oz: those that arrived with one, were retrofitted as a service requirement.

Leads me to conclude that whoever the hoon is that's in charge of this 'Ute', he ain't Downunder (unless you mean down under the truck trying to fix the wretched thing ... it is a Chev after all.)

Mike C