@imastawka wrote:
Circle work, lol
Why is it that young hooligans like to wear out their tyres
so quickly?
Yeah I know, it all seems a bit silly now, but it was great fun at the time !!! I know its not PC and I know I shouldnt admit it ,but I havnt got any regrets about the silly things I did in cars. We used to go down deserted outback clay based roads after rains and slide the cars round, drive down the roads sideways and end up with the roofs covered in mud. ( or occasionally actually on the roof if the tires gripped unexpectadly ) There have been several occasions as an adult when the lessons learned about controlling a sliding car in the wet have saved me from serious accidents.
As a young shearer all of the lads had hotted up bush cars. At lunch time we would mark out tracks through the scrub and have off road races. My car was a beat up old HK Holden station wagon with a 307 Chevy motor , disc brakes and raised suspension. The only downfall was the factory two speed auto trans which made gear changes rather limited.
It was a different era and learning to drive at aged eight or nine around the paddocks was common. ( my own kids where driving an old rally car around my paddocks at similar ages only a few years ago ) Another favorite pass time was "bonnet sliding". You would tie a car bonnet behind a "bush basher" with a long rope and tow it at speed across a wet grassy padock. As you turned corners the bonnet would slide out wide and you would have to lean to the inside to stop the whole thing from tipping. FJ Holden bonnets where great as they had a high front and lips along the side to hang onto.
We also used to go on bunny and roo chases. You would have a large group of young people on a ute or truck and dazzle the roo or rabbit with a spot light. The group would jump off of the vehicle and try to catch the rabbit or grab the roo by the tail. Probably not PC today but great harmless fun.
Most lads had an old beat up, unregistered trail bike. We spent many weekends exploring the bush country, old aboriginal sites, long deserted station homesteads, mallee fowl & wedge tailed eagle nests etc. Again not strictly legal, but good, honest, healthy fun.
Driving in a hoonish manner was a right of passage for most country teenagers and did not seem to result in the sort of serious injury it probably should have. I do wonder if this is because drugs where not accepted in country communities and kids actually DID heed drink driving messages, not driving while heavily intoxicated. In my social circle we always used designated drivers when going to sports club caberets and friends where actively discouraged from driving while drunk.
When I loo back, most of the things we did for entertainment are illegal and frowned upon now. It was still probably better than spending all day on the laptop or phone.
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