LIVING UP TO ITS NAME
It had just gone 6:30am as we checked the hitch a final time and rolled out the gates from Austrack HQ, Caboolture, bound for the sandy stretches of Bribie Island. With the rising sun due to peek out from below the horizon any minute, we would be airing down and hitting the beach just after daybreak. The thirty minute drive to Woorim on the bitumen gave Robin (who’s been with Austrack for over 10 years) and myself an opportunity to chat about the new steed from the Austrack stable, and to get a feel for how the Tanami X13 behaved behind the Patrol.
Austrack started life in Hervey Bay, but decided to change scenery six years ago. When the space at Caboolture became available, they relocated, and since then, they’ve expanded to two other premises nearby, with a view to acquiring more floor space in the not too distant future.
Robin says, “We were late to the hybrid party. It took us a little while to get on to the hybrids, but now that we have,
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