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- Doug Croker, Butler, WA Driving nirvana superb plonk? Prep the guest room, Doug, we’re on our way – Ed and

IT’S ABOUT TIME you did a road trip West to broaden your horizons. The post lockdown road trips you ran in the June issue of Wheels failed to mention Australia’s largest state, Western Australia. It bats well and truly out of its league in many things, including excellent driving roads! Having driven the lap, all 45,000km of our great nation, I can speak with authority about great drives. You will not find a better bit of tarmac than between Busselton, Margaret River, Nannup, Pemberton, Walpole, Denmark and Albany. Beautiful scenery and challengin­g

‘You failed to mention Australia’s largest state, which bats well out of its league!’ WIN!

winding roads, with romantic evening stops to down some of the best wines in the world. So come on guys, leave your comfortabl­e eastern nests and wing your way West to the true state of excitement. Also, your tyre test was very informativ­e although I’d like to add one extra criteria: longevity. The Continenta­ls on my 2017 Touareg have only done 36,000km but need replacing because they were ‘scalloped’. My driving has been gentle and on bitumen, making it the worst mileage I’ve achieved in 50 years of driving.

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New drive routes are always appreciate­d. Have a year’s worth of free mags on us, Doug!
LETTER OF THE MONTH PRIZE New drive routes are always appreciate­d. Have a year’s worth of free mags on us, Doug!

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