This was one of the great overland journeys for under 35s - travelling in converted regional English double decker buses - a "once in a lifetime adventure". We travelled in 1985 in a convoy of two buses - Snot and Boogie. In those early days you could travel with Top Deck all the way from Sydney to London. Exotic India, Iran and the Middle East, and finally London! Times change, and now the longest trip is London to Istanbul, still a mighty endeavour. The spirit of travel lives on!

DELIVERY MODE

• Online

SUGGESTED READING

• India and the subcontinent: Overland Odyssey, Thomas E. King, 1978
• Crossing Continents with Top Deck, Trevor Carroll, Tricky Books 2017
• Top Deck Daze, Bill James

COURSE OUTLINE

• Brief background history of Top Deck
• Nepal, India, Kashmir
• Pakistan
• Iran, Syria, Jordan, Israel
• Turkey
• Italy, Germany, London

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Have a greater understanding of the once popular Overland Route which attracted young travellers from Europe and Australia.