Jimbo_AUS
30-12-2005, 07:04 AM
Just a short report, rant and rave about my recent travels.
First off I drove 3291k’s in 8 days and drove from Sydney to Burleigh Hd’s then Mooloolaba, Noosa, The Town of 1770 and then back to Brisbane then Sydney.
I used 407 litres of fuel and averaged 11.7k’s/100. I was quite happy with this actually because there was a fair bit of suburban driving as well.
The Pacific Hwy.
What a joke this is. With the exception of a couple of duel carriageways the highway is just a potholed mess. I’m sure I hit some of the same holes I hit 15 years ago. The roadworks are a joke…half assed and not completed lots all along the way. Grafton and Kempsey being the worst. Shame on the state govt. So much for our taxes being used for roads.
Cross the border to Qld and the roads become pristine and FREE as well.
The Cops.
Left on Dec 22 and didn’t see a cop for ages. Didn’t see a speed trap at all.
Came back yesterday and every second car is a cop or is being pulled over by one. They are everywhere….I’m not kidding. Double demerit points and fat bonuses must get results I guess. I did see some freaky shit though with some motorists being total tools and overtaking in 4wd’s full of kids and family while towing jet skis. Some of them are worth shooting….they are just too stupid to be behind the wheel.
I reckon I saw 5 near miss fatals yesterday on the way home….pure bloody lunacy.
Speed Cams.
WTF is going on….either side of Coff’s there is a speed cam every 5k’s for about 30k’s. There are so many money grabbers up there that it’s not funny. Thank god for cruise control.
Hoon’s in QLD.
They have anti hoon laws in force up there but that’s only for the surf beaches….so the hoons go to the burbs instead. Lots of rice with noise and bluff up there. I saw some of the fastest cars in the world up there….thats if you believe all the stickers on the cars. Lots of Nismo, rice performance, etc etc stickers. Whatever
Got a few of them trying to go me and left em standing….thanks Sonny.
Overall
Overall was a great trip and my daughter loved it as well. It was a long drive but was totally worth it. Now I have to go wash a lot of bugs away.
The funny part of the trip was meeting up with an old girlfriend of mine in Coff’s and staying at her place. She met us at the Coff’s pub and we followed her to her place. After about going 10k inland she turned into a dirt driveway. I followed her not realizing what was coming. She lives on the top of a mountain!
Her driveway is 1.3ks long and goes straight up the side of a mountain! My car was covered in dust from top to bottom and then I had to drive down the same goat track the next day. 2 runs through Carlovers sorted that out tho. I have some pics which I’ll post later.
Sorry its so long.
Cheers,
Jim
First off I drove 3291k’s in 8 days and drove from Sydney to Burleigh Hd’s then Mooloolaba, Noosa, The Town of 1770 and then back to Brisbane then Sydney.
I used 407 litres of fuel and averaged 11.7k’s/100. I was quite happy with this actually because there was a fair bit of suburban driving as well.
The Pacific Hwy.
What a joke this is. With the exception of a couple of duel carriageways the highway is just a potholed mess. I’m sure I hit some of the same holes I hit 15 years ago. The roadworks are a joke…half assed and not completed lots all along the way. Grafton and Kempsey being the worst. Shame on the state govt. So much for our taxes being used for roads.
Cross the border to Qld and the roads become pristine and FREE as well.
The Cops.
Left on Dec 22 and didn’t see a cop for ages. Didn’t see a speed trap at all.
Came back yesterday and every second car is a cop or is being pulled over by one. They are everywhere….I’m not kidding. Double demerit points and fat bonuses must get results I guess. I did see some freaky shit though with some motorists being total tools and overtaking in 4wd’s full of kids and family while towing jet skis. Some of them are worth shooting….they are just too stupid to be behind the wheel.
I reckon I saw 5 near miss fatals yesterday on the way home….pure bloody lunacy.
Speed Cams.
WTF is going on….either side of Coff’s there is a speed cam every 5k’s for about 30k’s. There are so many money grabbers up there that it’s not funny. Thank god for cruise control.
Hoon’s in QLD.
They have anti hoon laws in force up there but that’s only for the surf beaches….so the hoons go to the burbs instead. Lots of rice with noise and bluff up there. I saw some of the fastest cars in the world up there….thats if you believe all the stickers on the cars. Lots of Nismo, rice performance, etc etc stickers. Whatever
Got a few of them trying to go me and left em standing….thanks Sonny.
Overall
Overall was a great trip and my daughter loved it as well. It was a long drive but was totally worth it. Now I have to go wash a lot of bugs away.
The funny part of the trip was meeting up with an old girlfriend of mine in Coff’s and staying at her place. She met us at the Coff’s pub and we followed her to her place. After about going 10k inland she turned into a dirt driveway. I followed her not realizing what was coming. She lives on the top of a mountain!
Her driveway is 1.3ks long and goes straight up the side of a mountain! My car was covered in dust from top to bottom and then I had to drive down the same goat track the next day. 2 runs through Carlovers sorted that out tho. I have some pics which I’ll post later.
Sorry its so long.
Cheers,
Jim