100th Anniversary of Pioneering Event
Retracing an Incredible Journey
In 1925, a small Citroën (Bubsie) made history by being the first car to travel right around Australia, and this year, 2025, The Incredible Journey celebrates Nevill Westwood’s achievement by travelling RIGHT AROUND AUSTRALIA with a similar Citroën 5CV.Just as the Apostle Paul’s missionary journeys captured the imagination of Nevill Westwood, so Nevill’s missionary journey has captured our imagination at ‘The Incredible Journey‘. 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 by retracing this incredible Journey.
“Bubsie” is coming to Central Coast 08 and 09 March 2025!
You can find it at 71/73 Deane St, Narara.
2025 Mission Journey: Right Around Australia
Join us in retracing the mission trip of 22-year-old Seventh-day Adventist Nevill Westwood on his exhilarating 1925 journey around Australia. Just as Nevill set off in his trusty Citroën 5CV, we are retracing the expedition he and Greg Davies undertook a century ago, in an identical restored vehicle, on our 2025 journey “Right Around Australia“.
The Men – Nevill Westwood & Greg Davies
After becoming an Adventist in 1921 at the age of 18, Nevill Westwood enrolled in the missionary course at Darling Range School; today it’s called Carmel Adventist College. It is here where he met the two-years-older Greg Davis. Nevill responded to a call for missionaries to travel through the northwest of Western Australia to sell a book explaining the prophecies of the Bible. It was entitled “Our Day in the Light of Prophecy”. He also had a keen interest in automobiles and possessed exceptional mechanical skills, which served him well during his journey. There he made some fascinating experiences and learned a lot about his fellow Australians during the journey.
The Citroën 5CV – “Bubsie”
The Citroën was a 1923 5CV model. Nevill bought this car second-hand in Perth. He named the little car Bubsie and left Perth with his friend, Greg Davies, in the Citroën on 4 August 1925, on his trip around Australia. See his original trip and our planned journey in the graphics below. The original Bubsie can be seen in the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. Go here to find out about the reconstruction of our Citroën 5CV for the 2025 journey.
08 March: Community Breakfast at 9:30 a.m.
Hear the story by the host of The Incredible Journey, Gary Kent.
09 March: Family Fun Day from 10:00 – 2:00
There will be a jumping castle, a climbing wall, food,
photo op with “Bubsie”, and more!
Both days are FREE entry to the community!
For more information visit tij.tv/raa
