Summary Rocks and Rollers This week's Australian Story offers a new view of outback Australia ... from the front seat of a Rolls Royce! We join nine of the classic cars and their devoted owners as they make their stately progress across Australia from Sydney to Fremantle. It's a trip organised by the Rolls Royce Owners Club to raise money for the National Epilepsy Association. It attracts a disparate group of owners and cars. The nine cars range from the former Australian Vice Regal vehicle used by Governor-General Sir John Kerr when he sacked Gough Whitlam, to a 1947 Silver Wraith found wrecked and abandoned in a Queensland paddock. The owners are equally diverse. They include builder and self made man Bob Green (who restored the Silver Wraith) and neurosurgeon Dr John Matthieson. They are accompanied by various friends and relatives. But, even in a Rolls Royce, things don't always go smoothly. There are breakdowns in engines and breakdowns in communication ... will they all make it to Fremantle with their relationships and their vehicles in one piece? PLUS: Silent Nights Film critic, David Stratton introduces the story of the only remaining silent movie picture theatre in Australia (and possibly the world) and the devoted couple who own and run it. Set in picturesque Pomona on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Ron and Mandy West thrill new generations of picturegoers with such star studded epics as Rudolph Valentino's "Son of the Sheikh".
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Caroline Jones Leigh Sales Eddie Perfect Jimmy Barnes
Genres : Biography Documentary
Release date : Apr 18, 1997
Countries of origin : Australia
Official sites : ABC iView Official Australian Story Website
Language : English
Filming locations : ABC Studios, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Production companies : Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Summary Rocks and Rollers This week's Australian Story offers a new view of outback Australia ... from the front seat of a Rolls Royce! We join nine of the classic cars and their devoted owners as they make their stately progress across Australia from Sydney to Fremantle. It's a trip organised by the Rolls Royce Owners Club to raise money for the National Epilepsy Association. It attracts a disparate group of owners and cars. The nine cars range from the former Australian Vice Regal vehicle used by Governor-General Sir John Kerr when he sacked Gough Whitlam, to a 1947 Silver Wraith found wrecked and abandoned in a Queensland paddock. The owners are equally diverse. They include builder and self made man Bob Green (who restored the Silver Wraith) and neurosurgeon Dr John Matthieson. They are accompanied by various friends and relatives. But, even in a Rolls Royce, things don't always go smoothly. There are breakdowns in engines and breakdowns in communication ... will they all make it to Fremantle with their relationships and their vehicles in one piece? PLUS: Silent Nights Film critic, David Stratton introduces the story of the only remaining silent movie picture theatre in Australia (and possibly the world) and the devoted couple who own and run it. Set in picturesque Pomona on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Ron and Mandy West thrill new generations of picturegoers with such star studded epics as Rudolph Valentino's "Son of the Sheikh".
Genres : Biography Documentary
Release date : Apr 18, 1997
Countries of origin : Australia
Official sites : ABC iView Official Australian Story Website
Language : English
Filming locations : ABC Studios, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Production companies : Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
