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A charity tour for orphan children

Trudy and Dirk Regter from the Netherlands go on a world tour in a 1915 Ford Model T, covering all continents of the world. They are making this trip with the aim of raising money for orphans worldwide.

To date, they have driven 64,000 miles across 31 countries and have raised more than $45,000 spent on children's projects in Colombia and Bolivia. An earlier trip by Dirk in 2007 from Beijing to Paris in the Model T raised more than $140,000, of which 2 children's projects were built in Mongolia. The last part of their world tour,about 10,500 miles, takes them back home to the Netherlands via Asia. If you support the purpose of this journey, you can take ownership of some of these 10,500 miles of this final leg.

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    on the way to Armidale

    Posted on 10 April 2018 by DirkJan

    Report 10 April
    By Dirk

    This morning early again because we have a nice trip for more than 300 kilometers to Armidale.
    Before we leave Dirk thinks that the right front tire is pretty worn, so he assembles a new one.

    new front tire

    Ralf is also up early because he has to go back to Brisbane.
    But before we say goodbye to Ralf, he teaches us how to make a hot dog in an empty milk carton.

    hot dog

    Then we say goodbye to Ralf and leave.

    say goodbye to Ralf

    After an hour’s drive we arrive in the town of Stanthorpe where we are met by Ian Smith in his Model T coupé.

    Ian and Trudy

    He invites us for a cup of coffee at the local café.
    On the wall are all names of visitors and Dirk puts our names there.

    drawing 1

    drawing 2

    On the road it is not busy but there are occasionally very large trucks.

    big trucks 1

    big trucks 2

     

    The road is sometimes pretty steep and we have to cross a very special mountain: the Bolivia hill. And we know that the mountains in Bolivia can be quite steep.

    Bolivia hill

    During a coffee break Dirk wants to check the oil of the gearbox.

    oil check

    Around four o’clock and well before it gets dark, we arrive at our motel in Armidale.

    Motel Armidale

    The second travel day in Australia has also gone smoothly.

    Keep it like that!!

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    2 Responses to on the way to Armidale

    1. Teef en Greetje says:
      16 April 2018 at 09:37

      Een groet uit Edam. Sjaak en Coby, heel veel plezier met jullie reis . Slapen jullie in de tent? goed afsluiten dan als je te bed gaat. Trudy en Dirk, wat was het mooi hè in N.Z. We gaan jullie natuurlijk volgen vanuit de leunstoel. De eerste foto’s met auto’s zijn alweer langsgekomen. Goede reis en doe voorzichtigheid.

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    2. Tiny says:
      17 April 2018 at 19:58

      Weet uit ervaring (en vele met mij) hoe lekker jij kunt koken Trudy!
      Toegegeven: een leeg melkpak is geen pan, maar je kijkt wel erg moeilijk als je wordt verteld hoe je hotdog warm moet krijgen, haha.
      Laat het Dirk maar doen, die staat erbij met een krul in z’n neus!

      Wens jullie een gezellige en veilige reis in Australië en een fijne tijd met Sjaak en Coby
      Groetjes Tiny

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