The documentary covers a world wide journey that took six years to film across six continents, including fifty six countries utilizing only one film camera and an initial budget of only four hundred dollars.
The start date of this adventure when adventurers Alby Mangels and John Field departed on their two motor-cycles from Adelaide, South Australia was the 10th of March 1971. This documentary was first released six years later in a rough form in 1976. Its first major release was in 1981.
Originally titled "Happy Go -Lucky Highway".