Hello all:

The queen of all overland expeditions is being retraced in painstakingly restored authentic Series 1s: www.firstoverland.co.uk/, but it appears that they're falling short of their financial goals.

Check out these fantastic vids of the original FO expedition:

www.youtube.com/watch?...re=related

www.youtube.com/watch?...r_embedded

Folks, we all can help make this happen. I've been in contact with the FO2010expedition leader, Michael Geary, and he's given me the expedition's paypal address:

firstoverland2010 @ googlemail.com

Any gift, even $10, will help.

Please note that this is the only way to give to the expedition directly. If you give via Justgiving as prompted on the FO2010 website, you're only giving to the charity, not to the expedition.

Let's dig deep rover community. This is a really amazing endeavor!

Just finished Tim Slessor's book. What an amazing expedition that was.

Looks like a "please pay for my vacation" deal to me. The only thing it's missing is "Save The Children".