10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROO BARS»
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roo bars in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Straying from the Flock: Travels in New Zealand
Roo bars had been outlawed in England after some stylish people started putting
them on their jeeps. There aren't too many kangaroos on English roads, but a roo
bar is just as efficient at killing hapless pedestrians. A water bag hung from the ...
2
Land Rover Discovery, Defender & Range Rover: How to Modify ...
Aluminium 'show' cages offer no protection and in an accident the tubes can
crease up and form potentially lethal razor sharp edges. They have no place on
real cars. BULL BARS Front protection bars, known as bull bars, brush bars, roo
bars, ...
3
Adventures Underwater - 10 watery tales of excitement under ...
Most people who have to travel in darkness have roo bars on the front of their
vehicles to protect them from damage, as an impact with a big roo can be
devastating for both vehicle and occupants, as well as to the roo itself, of course!
4
Macropods: The Biology of Kangaroos, Wallabies and Rat-kangaroos
2002). Insurance companies report the typical cost of repairing damage from a
collision with a kangaroo as A$2000–7000. A vehicle-accessory industry has
developed vehicle adornments in an effort to reduce vehicle damage (roo-bars)
and ...
Graeme Coulson, Mark Eldridge, 2010
Options are many, including 'roo bars tor the cylinders, tog lamps and mil-spec
metal luggage-have to say, though, the Land itovar-esque headlamp grille does
look a little ponoy. Sadly, tiara guns, emergency beacons and v solar water stills
...
6
Still Holden Together: Stories of the First Holden Model
We actually came across a guy who had hit a six-foot kangaroo and, despite the
fact that he had roo bars on his ute, the front of his vehicle was completely
knackered, with the fan through the radiator and the bonnet crumpled. We gave
him a ...
This was the reason for the heavy-duty roo-bars (bumper bars). Basically, a
kangaroo shoot was a piss-up. At closing time the participants piled into jeeps
and headed for a billabong. It was then a deadly quiet waiting game. Once the
roos had ...
Kevin Noble, Kevin Noble and Chris Foote Wood, 2007
During the daytime, moving from warren to warren, we kept the gutted carcasses
in a wet sack, hung over the 'roo bars in front of the old truck. Then, when nightfall
came and we retired to camp, each took our turn at skinning, dressing out, ...
9
A Season in New South Wales
Where are the swirling dust storms, or the smoke and flames of the bush on fire?
Where are the gold mines, the opal and sapphire diggings? Where are the Land
Rovers equipped with roo bars to protect headlights and radiator grilles from ...
10
When Love Abounds: A Novel of Faith, Hope, and Love
The Aussies had sturdy “roo bars” on the front of their vehicles to prevent major
damage to their radiator and other parts, in the event they hit a kangaroo.
Understandably so; Lou Ellen thought they drove way too fast! Burt had shipped
their ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROO BARS»
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The Holden story (part 2): from Roo bars to robots
The Holden story (part 2): from Roo bars to robots. Australian car manufacturing boomed in the 1960s and '70s, but after the oil shock and the floating of the ... «ABC Science Online, Nov 14»
