A Volkswagen Beetle at the Seenspace shopping centre in Hua Hin, Thailand

A Volkswagen Beetle at the Seenspace shopping centre in Hua Hin, Thailand in August 2017

Man with his pop up bar in the form of a Volkswagen combi vehicle witht the roof lifting up, in Phuket, Thailand

Man with his pop up bar in the form of a Volkswagen combi vehicle in Phuket, Thailand in August 2017

Peace, love and ice cream kombi van at the Floriade flower festival in Canberra. Ben and Jerry's

Peace, love and ice cream kombi van at the Floriade flower festival in Canberra in September 2013. Ben and Jerry's

A hippy Kombi van in Fitzroy, Melbourne in November 2016

A hippy Kombi van in Fitzroy, Melbourne in November 2016

Bags for sale by a Combi at the Chiang Rai Walking Street market in Chiang Rai, Thailand

Bags for sale by a Combi at the Chiang Rai Walking Street market in Chiang Rai, Thailand in May 2016

A VW Kombi on the road in Trang, Thailand

A VW Kombi on the road in Trang, Thailand in May 2016

A Volkswagen Combi converted into a coffee cafe in Melbourne, Victoria

A Volkswagen Combi converted into a coffee cafe in Melbourne, Victoria in October 2015

Snow on a Golf car in Vienna, Austria

Snow on a Golf car in Vienna, Austria, in January 2014

A combi and clothes at the market in Candelo, NSW

A combi and clothes at the market in Candelo, NSW in October 2014

Advert for Volkswagen in Vienna, Austria. Cute dog with blue eyes!

Advert for Volkswagen in Vienna, Austria in January 2014. Cute dog with blue eyes!

Volkswagen camper van decked out as a wedding car at Berrima, New South Wales

Volkswagen camper van decked out as a wedding car at Berrima, New South Wales in September 2013

Passat car - oops!

Volkswagan Passat car parked at too close an angle to the ground in Georgetown, Malaysia in September 2012

Surfing smiles

Sticker on the back of a van at the caravan park at Pambula Beach, NSW South Coast in September 2010. A VW Kombi and a surfboard = happiness

Kombi

A Volkswagen Kombi van in north Canberra in September 2009

Beetle

A VW in Bondi, Sydney in November 2010

Cool plate

Personalized number plates are very common in the Northern Territory. Apparently they cost no more than ordinary plates. Some of them are very funny, like this one which I photographed in Darwin in February 2008.