The shake down trip is done and dusted, two drawers that keep openening and a seal that needs replacing on the pop top. The van towed well and the missus behaved herself.
One thing I picked up on was the wave from all the other couples towing vans or driving motorhomes. Nothing dramatic, just the raised finger or two to friendly acknowledge another pair of souls on the way to escape and freedom. Soon picked up those who had a carload of kids and wanting to get from A to B. Never a return of a wave. Felt sorry for them towards the end of the trip.
And to all those who waved to greet us, thankyou.
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In SA it's called "The West Coast Wave". It is the greeting to other motorists as they pass each other on isolated highways. In this case, the Eyre Highway. But I've found it happens everywhere, particularly from truckies. Don't be perturbed by those who do not reciprocate. You know you've done your bit to share the moment on the road with fellow motorists.
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Yep - we wave to all - motorhomers, caravanners, etc - get acknowledged most of the time, but the "tourists" and "weekend warriors" are not so keen on waving, I have noticed.
Glad it all went well, Boothie. When's the BIG trip???
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Used to be called the"kombi" wave. Other people who owned kombis used to wave at you when you passed.It does happen with other vehicles , but not as often. Bill
To be honest, sometimes it can be a bit.... ummmm.... well I'm not sure what the word is. When you get vehicles 5 minutes apart on a 36hr drive and they all wave, you find yourself just raising the one or two fingers and not really feeling the spirit of the thing. OK if it's a road where you only pass a car every half hour or so, it's nice to "say g'day" and acknowledge that it's good to see a fellow traveller. Hmmm maybe I'm just getting grumpy in my older age. And I must appologise to some we past where, when they waved, we both responded with the two hand wave with idiotic grins on our faces. I think it frightened one or two of them.
In SA it's called "The West Coast Wave". It's the recognition of fellow travellers on long, isolated highways. I do it out of habit, and I've seen it all over the country, including truckies. It just takes that little effort of lifting a finger off the steering wheel, and you're in. Keep up the good work, and travel safely.
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Management makes the decisions, but is not affected by the decisions it makes.
My first experience of the wave was over 20 years ago on our honeymoon, yes, were both late developers and we are still blooming. Adelaide to O'Reilly's Guesthouse. We found out a couple of years later when visiting friends at a station above Wilcannia that the wave we recieved was the Silver City wave. Began somewhere in red sandy stuff and actually ended at Nyngan, I think the stoned effect kicked in. Funny thing is I have travelled that route by car several times and as soon as you hit the red stuff going from Adelaide, you get the wave. I don't think I will ever tire of it, even as you say 03 troopy, a bit ho hum at times, responding a bit Birko is okay, after all, realistically you are laughing at yourself by waving like that.
And to Bucko, can you remember that, I thought foil caps on milk bottles was ancient, are we showing our age or what the kids of today are missing out!
And Bill12, when I was 18, a Kombi meant surfing, chicks and dope, no wonder they waved at each other, they had just scored, either on the weed or in the sack, I spent a couple of years there! Rabbit Bartholmew was still in the water, Crystal Cylinders was a pipe dream!
Seriously, I really did appreciate the wave and I will continue doing it, hopefully one day the wave will turn into a sideways point to indicate that someone wants to touch base over a camping spot and a meal.
Cheers all, just keep waving.
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