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    Bankin’s bike

    Jul 31, 2019 4 minutes
    Story Paul Wells

    Following this wonderful article I was able to locate Mr Duckworth’s daughter Carmel, who still has some copies of her dad’s book: (cmtaig@yahoo.com), and gain through her and her brother extra information. This was to assist a recent trip by my brother Jon and I to Curtin Springs Roadhouse, the home of Peter Severin who owns the Mount Conner area where Bankin’s grave is. In essence, our visit was an integral part of a six week 8,500km sojourn in my restored original 1963 Land Rover through SA, Vic, NSW, Qld, and NT.

    Rather than go into too much detail of our trip, it was important to us to at least

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