In the 80s we took a family road trip up the middle of Australia, along the Oodnadatta Track.
In a Peugeot 504 station wagon.
The people in big 4WDs were saying "Oh god, turn back, this is barely a road" and we were saying "This is fine"
And it was. Bit bouncy at times, but the puggy (as we call them) was a beast.
