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BOAB MYSTERY

My mate Bill Edwards and I drove a split-screen VW Kombi to Port Hedland in 1968. Here is a photo of Bill topping up the tank while parked in the centre of Highway One somewhere near Broome. No need to pull over, there were very few vehicles before the highway was tarred.

My recollection is that boabs

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