That bus was garaged at a car dealer located a 2 minute drive from my place. He has a few rare Porsches as well. He drives a 356 as his daily.
He makes his big bucks selling Land Rovers at one site and Mitsubishis at another.
The red bus has been on the market for about 3 years and the price has fluctuated from 55 to 75,000 Aussie bucks. There are all sorts of stories doing the rounds about the condition of it and not many are flattering.
I met the P.O. at the 2001 Bug In, which was held in Clare South Australia. (80km north of Adelaide) and he was an bloke about 60, had a red 23 window on his t shirt and jacket, even an enamel belt buckle with the bus on it. He left the bus at home though because there was a forcast of rain that day! Fekkin eeedjit, my mates and I had made the road trip from Melbourne and were not impressed with him. I think some of us may have had a few drinks and let him know about it.
It was a pretty wild weekend.
My tip after that weekend to anyone who will listen is this
"ALWAYS assemble the tent before comencing drinking"