Brisbane and Mackay, Never-Never, Australia.
240 cars in Redex Round Australia Reliability Trial of 9,600 miles. names mentioned in commentary are John Crouch, Peter Anthill, Ken Tubman, P Pomroy, Granny Conway, M Parr, A Morris, Jack Davey, L Ryan, Tom Sulman, John Jones, Bob Dyer, Jack Murray
Various shots of the race continuing by day and night through the barren waste of Never-Never land. Cars driving through town and country, dusty roads, bumpy roads, cars being pushed after getting stuck, car breaking down with drivers outside. Peugeot, Austin, Beetle, Ford V8 are some of the cars participating.
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