Time to Roam Magazine Issue 4 - August/September 2013 | Page 21

Mellow Yellow
By Susan and Keith Hall
Gabby Bray is not exactly someone
you’d describe as ‘modern’. She
admits to leading a ‘retro’ life since
about the age of 15 and has been
dressing in classic outfits from the
50s and 60s for the best part of a
decade.
The original inspiration came from the music
from the era, especially the Beatles, but interest
soon spread to all manner of objects (from the
era) and collectables from the era ranging from
Tupperware to a Modern caravan.
“Back then things were really made to last,”
she says.
We met up with Gabby at a vintage caravan gettogether in the southwest of Western Australia
where she was camping with husband Carey and
baby Lucille in their yellow-striped 1973 Modern
caravan, towed with a yellow Holden from the
same era.
The folding chairs were yellow and the interior
of the caravan was kitted out with a yellow theme.
Gabby explained that her first car happened to
be yellow and she liked it so much, she’s had a
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fascination for the colour ever since.

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