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The detail is staggering. Note the Lego jar of Vegemite.
remarkable van of plastic blocks was, both in size
and shape, including the curved windows, but
also matching the wide strip around the outside.
Despite the replica costing in excess of $100,000,
compared to a Viscount vintage van that might set
you back something in the vicinity of six to eight
thousand dollars, the build team has no regrets.
Beyond picking up a world record, this little van
of plastic blocks is a reminder that not everything
about caravanning is about the nuts and bolts, but
how things click together. Nor is it just a reminder
of childhood.
After all, it represents an early heyday of
Australian caravanning, a time when around $200
would get you a piece of the Australian dream.
And like the little plastic block out of which it is
built, they remind us that caravanning is built of
so many small but interconnected pieces – family
and friendship, memories, loss and love, past,
present and perhaps future.
Ben Craig (far right) and Jason Plant of
Caravanning Queensland (second from
left) join in the acceptance of the new
world record.
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