What better way to kick off my Moke blog than with some pictures from our local International Moke Day event. International Moke Day is a day to bring Moke owners together and to get as many Mokes on the road as possible. Moking is a lot of fun, but its even better when there's a few of you together.
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| Here's Paul and Tania showing what its all about. |
We had six Mokes turn out for a terrific drive on a near-perfect spring day. Our circuit down through the channel area was fantastic. The roads are perfect for Moking, winding, quiet and very scenic. The road passes through farms and orchards with the apples and cherrys in blossom, and the mountains in the backdrop covered with a good dusting of snow.
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| Patsy's blue Moke is a 1976 Californian. |
Patsy came along, despite having to be towed home the day before. Its OK though, we like to plan ahead and bring James, our personal mobile Moke mechanic with us. James quickly swapped an alternator off a nearby race-car and fixed the problem
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| Stuart and Amy's Late model Moke |
Stuart and Amy joined us for the first time in their 'new' Moke, a nice 1981 model, they have been involved with Minis for a long time (and something called "Datsuns"), but this is their first Moke. Even though Stuart was driving, I think its really Amy's Moke.
Mini and Moke mechanic James came well equipped with tools and spare parts, luckily he has a Moke ute. What is really neat is that he also has a number of strategically placed workshops scattered around Southern Tasmania, so if the Moke is still moving you can just roll to the nearest one and he can give it a full going over, or just fit a new alternator.
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| Paul's purple toy |
Paul and Cheryl came along in their purple fun-machine. Paul had made up a very neat top for it, but the weather remained fine so he didn't get to test it properly.
I was there too but I didn't bother to take any photos of mine.
And to finish off, a slideshow of the day.
