October e-zine 2008
 
 

October e-zine 2008

Oct ezine 

Credits

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EDITORIAL

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF David Naylor
DEPUTY EDITOR Kris Ashton
SUB-EDITOR Paul Rodger
EDITORIAL COORDINATOR Alex Elsey

ART

CREATIVE DIRECTOR Peter Sewell
DEPUTY ART DIRECTOR Stephen Dibden
SENIOR DESIGNER Steve Ah Tow
CREATIVE SERVICES DESIGNER Dudley Hogarth

PHOTOS
PHOTO EDITOR Julie-Anne Hall
PRE-PRESS Ruth Hayes

PUBLISHING
PUBLISHER Charles Blackburn
PRODUCTION MANAGER Jo McIntyre

ADVERTISING
NATIONAL SALES & MARKETING MANAGER  David Brown
NATIONAL ADVERTISING MANAGER 
Katherine Komorowski
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To encourage debate, views expressed in Open Road are not necessarily those of NRMA. Any reference to NRMA is a reference to NRMA Motoring & Services.
Open Road is published for the National Roads and Motorists’ Association Limited ABN 77 000 010 506 (trading as NRMA Motoring & Services) by its subsidiary company, NRMA Open Road Pty Limited ABN 91 000 026 844. NRMA Motoring & Services provides road and motoring services and is the owner of the registered trademark NRMA for these services. The NRMA Motoring & Services group of companies is separate and independent from the Insurance Australia Group of companies which provide insurance and financial services. The Insurance Australia Group owns the registered trademark NRMA for insurance and financial services.

Contents

EARLY WORDS

Stories from the Road
Is bibliomania the new blasphemy?

Torque back

More than 5000 words from our readers

CARS & MOTORING

Cover story: Gone in 0.60 seconds
A first-hand account of the devastating damage 64km/h can wreak.

Driver’s seat
Can a diesel donk save Holden’s Epica?

Love at first fright
Made famous in a Stephen King movie, the 1958 Plymouth is as bewitching as ever

Hans Tholstrup loves a challenge
Can the adventurer tow a camper from Sydney to Melbourne on one tank of fuel?

Go for broker
Can’t stand car salesmen? Hopeless at haggling? Why not hire a middle-man

TRAVEL

A ruined city reborn
Could war-torn Sarajevo be the new jewel in Europe’s crown?

Tracking a Tasmanian tiger
Something doesn’t smell right about this tall tale

Eye-to-eye with a humpback
Ever wanted to whale watch? Sometimes they watch back!

Australia’s other great reef
Western Australia abounds with superb camping and caravan destinations – but Ningaloo Reef is one of the best

On the road with Joe
Anything can happen when baby finds his feet – especially in a caravan park

IN THE BOOT

Helping you
Got a motoring question? We have the answer  

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