Right Around Australia 'Bubsie' Promo Full

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In 1925 a small Citroen made history by being the first car to travel right around Australia. The car was a 1923 5CV model. Now, what makes this little car, and this event of special interest to us at The Incredible Journey, is that its owner and driver was Nevill Westwood, a 22-year-old Christian missionary/evangelist from Carmel College, Western Australia. Nevill wanted to share the Good News of Jesus – the Everlasting Gospel – and the grand truths of the Bible. He decided that he would start by undertaking mission work in the remote bush of the northwest corner of Australia. So, Nevill bought this car second-hand in Perth. It had already traveled 48,000 kilometers. He gave the little car a nickname – Bubsie – and left Perth with a Bible student, Greg Davies, in the Citroën on 4 August 1925 on an incredible missionary journey. Just like the Apostle Paul’s missionary journeys captured the imagination of Nevill Westwood, so Nevill’s missionary journey has captured our imagination at TIJ. And so, after 2 years of planning and discussion with Citroën Australia and the National Museum in Canberra, where the original ‘Bubsie’ is on display, THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY has big plans to celebrate the 100th anniversary of this pioneering event in 2025.