NEW ZEALAND WOMEN

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 112, 14 May 1927, Page 12

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN

ACROSS THE DESERTS

Tbo difficulties of crossing Australia by car are OTidcutly more imaginary than real. Th»B has boon donioiißtrated byMrs. Gladys Sandftv-sl mid HHsh Christie, two women motorists from Now Zealand. Mm. Sandford Ihih n roputatioirin Now Zealand as a motorist:, having won a vaco on the Muriwrd Bench nt,!)o miles an'hour, and being tho (lrst womnn to receive a linensn us an aeroplane pilot in tho Dominion ■Ilor present, trip is intended to covur the greater part of Australia. Travelling by .themselves they lmv« already journeyed from Hydniu- in lVrth nml \, m)t , 0 Adelaide wiilioul, ,»,y mis hap; " 1., ft wnyi » mU} Mrß _ m , u]r lord,on lieruri'lvaHn .T'nrHi, "T urn rlisnppoii'led. -Wlumv wo loft; Now 7mliuul : w.n . ospootml to rtiul m\H \ m ) iniloH of «lo.wt. nml we live fltill loefc. '"ff Vf, "• ,„' »■*»«"«•»*■ WO WOllll] in(,p(, HomotMiiß lilso tho" down in BgviJt; ln« Mho tlmt. In .fmil. I thotigld, timt wo would Imvo to Jli\»l f,,iv avuv hv »<i sl.mcl.lty Jn.fl«.ll,i ß ,| lt3 roaih T?i tine wuuthof tho ioim! m«»t lie eutid, f»e ;;ouv B e, wo <11*1 not, Dtriko.Ane w M H,a fl Iho roiuls wero tovrlblo unO we we'i'e »»>R n np on ooenslona, but ] Mitnild imng" i»o that; in ,s ■months.-they will & good to-travel «vor.. W« m ',« „ I g«l to stay rit. JMuiulavabllla Btutlou for sis dnys■hecniif.o of ruin.. . :.lt. ' riituot) ovnr ■100 points in t.hdso.slx tlu I yti ) .«ntl lit out) blhro wo removed two pet.vel of mud fro,,, inM.io tho mutlffuiifds, We met; somo pooplo travelllim eftS t W |, fl had boon 0 Bht hours going S4 miles, >\ 0 (ivernßfd 333 miles a tiny from fejv ( l= Jioy to Adelaide, and although we went through somo of, tho country raiiJdlv. tho hospitality of tho peoitlu'nloug tiU routo was aomothhig to mam! iv, f thoußht,wo Jtuow somotMna-ftliuiif, ntlJt j nAow Zealand, but, -ulthough every, body told us that it, was unusuitl, I fie r.«n o ,v tins trip has been sou.ellilng distinctly unusual." c

t Iho only tiro trouble cxpoilcnml timing tho trip—to Perth nml" buck to AiJe> avde-vns ft . nlnohod tiiiio, onumd through the puckering of'tho loose mivns _stnp. This \vw not Hiirpriitlntf considering tho extra Keavv woi-K thrown on tho back tires, whinli for a thousand, .nnlcs wcro oontlnuttllr s'dlumng and skiddingthrough tho Wot, aliiv tracks on to B harp limcstono rock. It is a remarkablo trip for two women to take alone, and should dhmol any doubt in tho minds of motorlnts wlio contemplate touring tho length or breadth of Australia by car. It proves the wonderful reliability of tho■ prison tvs auto:«°bilo and also the safety of the* country for travellers when milos away from any habitation, during many stages of the journov.