Great & Crap Driving Roads
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@voodoo said in Happiness Scale:
@mariner4life @NTA
I fucken HATE sharing the driving. I drive 100% of the time. Never like being a passenger.I was in the passenger seat of the boss' car driving across Sydney on a road is been a dozen times before.
The new things I noticed during that drive made me realise I was missing a lot on the other roads I've done in Australia.
If I had to pull up at everything I wanted to see, it would take days to get anywhere.
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@mariner4life said in Happiness Scale:
@booboo air bnb. Ice little brand new 3 bed townhouse. Great fenced off area for the dog.
And it's only 15km off the highway. I travelled further for Airlie, 1770, or Yeppoon on the last trip.
Yeah, ok so it's not Maryborough ...
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@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
@mariner4life said in Happiness Scale:
Share the driving
That's the other thing: I do all the driving.
In part because she doesn't do a lot of Highway kilometres, but also because she refuses to use cruise control* and is nervous behind the wheel.
While I would get the chance to enjoy the passenger seat view, I think I'd find it frustrating to have the constant tension from the driver.
The Boy is old enough to get his learners licence, and that's my goal: get him behind the wheel
Jr needs to get her hours up. Needs another 20 or so.
Have not let her use cruise control until this trip. She loves it.
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@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
@voodoo said in Happiness Scale:
@mariner4life @NTA
I fucken HATE sharing the driving. I drive 100% of the time. Never like being a passenger.I was in the passenger seat of the boss' car driving across Sydney on a road is been a dozen times before.
The new things I noticed during that drive made me realise I was missing a lot on the other roads I've done in Australia.
If I had to pull up at everything I wanted to see, it would take days to get anywhere.
I'd stop at every lookout if I could. Mrs Boo just wants to get there.
If they made a look out it's obviously worth looking at ...
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@booboo said in Happiness Scale:
@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
@voodoo said in Happiness Scale:
@mariner4life @NTA
I fucken HATE sharing the driving. I drive 100% of the time. Never like being a passenger.I was in the passenger seat of the boss' car driving across Sydney on a road is been a dozen times before.
The new things I noticed during that drive made me realise I was missing a lot on the other roads I've done in Australia.
If I had to pull up at everything I wanted to see, it would take days to get anywhere.
I'd stop at every lookout if I could. Mrs Boo just wants to get there.
If they made a look out it's obviously worth looking at ...
I'm like your missus (!) - once I'm driving I hate stopping. I swear my family all have bladders the size of peas.
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@booboo said in Happiness Scale:
@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
@voodoo said in Happiness Scale:
@mariner4life @NTA
I fucken HATE sharing the driving. I drive 100% of the time. Never like being a passenger.I was in the passenger seat of the boss' car driving across Sydney on a road is been a dozen times before.
The new things I noticed during that drive made me realise I was missing a lot on the other roads I've done in Australia.
If I had to pull up at everything I wanted to see, it would take days to get anywhere.
I'd stop at every lookout if I could. Mrs Boo just wants to get there.
If they made a look out it's obviously worth looking at ...
That was the beauty of my solo trip to NZ in 2017 driving around: "Fuck that looks interesting!" and "Another tourist sign eh?" as well as "what is the second best way to get from A to B" on the assumption it was more scenic than the best way.
Yeah the drive from Taupo to New Plymouth took me most of a day instead of under 4 hours, but fucking hell what a drive.
And no, I will never get sick of sharing this photo
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hmm. Six years ago we went to the opening day of the Ashes Test at the MCG and then drove up to the GC . Four days of unrelenting tedium.
Yes it is a fucking big country. Full of fucking road works. We did the coastal route because everyone raved about it. Sorry but yeah sand, sea, gum trees gets real samey, real quick. We did get to see a bush fire from way closer than we would have liked ( 200 metres) which was spectacular. Otherwise....
I have also done the great ocean road from Melbourne - Adelaide. "One of the great drives of the world" In your fucking dreams cobber. Only one of the three words is accurate. It is a road.
I did drive from Port Douglas to Undarra Lava Tubes and back in a day once. That was a good drive.
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@dogmeat said in Happiness Scale:
hmm. Six years ago we went to the opening day of the Ashes Test at the MCG and then drove up to the GC . Four days of unrelenting tedium.
Yes it is a fucking big country. Full of fucking road works. We did the coastal route because everyone raved about it. Sorry but yeah sand, sea, gum trees gets real samey, real quick. We did get to see a bush fire from way closer than we would have liked ( 200 metres) which was spectacular. Otherwise....
I have also done the great ocean road from Melbourne - Adelaide. "One of the great drives of the world" In your fucking dreams cobber. Only one of the three words is accurate. It is a road.
I did drive from Port Douglas to Undarra Lava Tubes and back in a day once. That was a good drive.
Beat me to it. Should be renamed Road. What a fucking let down.
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On the subject of long tedious boring Strayan roads I present the Hay Plain.
So long, so flat, so boring and so featureless it transcends tedious and is actually a really cool experience.
None of the rest of the trip between Adelaide and Hervey Bay was worth comment (unless you turned off to the Warrumbungles or Wonganurgles or whatever they're called ... )
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@voodoo said in Happiness Scale:
@booboo said in Happiness Scale:
@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
@voodoo said in Happiness Scale:
@mariner4life @NTA
I fucken HATE sharing the driving. I drive 100% of the time. Never like being a passenger.I was in the passenger seat of the boss' car driving across Sydney on a road is been a dozen times before.
The new things I noticed during that drive made me realise I was missing a lot on the other roads I've done in Australia.
If I had to pull up at everything I wanted to see, it would take days to get anywhere.
I'd stop at every lookout if I could. Mrs Boo just wants to get there.
If they made a look out it's obviously worth looking at ...
I'm like your missus (!) - once I'm driving I hate stopping. I swear my family all have bladders the size of peas.
What's it like living in the 50s dad?
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@dogmeat said in Happiness Scale:
hmm. Six years ago we went to the opening day of the Ashes Test at the MCG and then drove up to the GC . Four days of unrelenting tedium.
Yes it is a fucking big country. Full of fucking road works. We did the coastal route because everyone raved about it. Sorry but yeah sand, sea, gum trees gets real samey, real quick. We did get to see a bush fire from way closer than we would have liked ( 200 metres) which was spectacular. Otherwise....
I have also done the great ocean road from Melbourne - Adelaide. "One of the great drives of the world" In your fucking dreams cobber. Only one of the three words is accurate. It is a road.
I did drive from Port Douglas to Undarra Lava Tubes and back in a day once. That was a good drive.
I find Aussie quite annoying to drive in. Like others have said it's big bloody place, yet in there seem to be bugger all places to legally overtake (especially on the main country roads) and when you do come up to an overtaking sport you are usually stuck behind a row of motorists following each other closely yet holding no intention of overtaking.
And then when the road does become a little interesting with bends and stuff, and you are not stuck behind somebody towing a caravan, the speed limit is dropped to a ridiculously slow speed to make sure your boredom levels remain high.
Agree about the road works. They are every where.
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@dogmeat said in Happiness Scale:
hmm. Six years ago we went to the opening day of the Ashes Test at the MCG and then drove up to the GC . Four days of unrelenting tedium.
Yes it is a fucking big country. Full of fucking road works. We did the coastal route because everyone raved about it. Sorry but yeah sand, sea, gum trees gets real samey, real quick. We did get to see a bush fire from way closer than we would have liked ( 200 metres) which was spectacular. Otherwise....
Depends largely on the route you take. That and any route which includes transiting Sydney is overused and overpoliced. Even the Putty Road has too much traffic on it these days.
I have also done the great ocean road from Melbourne - Adelaide. "One of the great drives of the world" In your fucking dreams cobber. Only one of the three words is accurate. It is a road.
Only Mexicans can think it's great. The same people who have the unmitigated gall to favourably compare their city on a filthy river to the magnificence of Sydney's harbour.
They do have the Bonang Hwy which thankfully sees very little traffic and isn't all sealed.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Happiness Scale:
@dogmeat said in Happiness Scale:
hmm. Six years ago we went to the opening day of the Ashes Test at the MCG and then drove up to the GC . Four days of unrelenting tedium.
Yes it is a fucking big country. Full of fucking road works. We did the coastal route because everyone raved about it. Sorry but yeah sand, sea, gum trees gets real samey, real quick. We did get to see a bush fire from way closer than we would have liked ( 200 metres) which was spectacular. Otherwise....
I have also done the great ocean road from Melbourne - Adelaide. "One of the great drives of the world" In your fucking dreams cobber. Only one of the three words is accurate. It is a road.
I did drive from Port Douglas to Undarra Lava Tubes and back in a day once. That was a good drive.
I find Aussie quite annoying to drive in. Like others have said it's big bloody place, yet in there seem to be bugger all places to legally overtake (especially on the main country roads) and when you do come up to an overtaking sport you are usually stuck behind a row of motorists following each other closely yet holding no intention of overtaking.
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@antipodean if I recall correctly you like to ride a motorbike? I have ridden a number of the 'great' motorcycling roads on the Aussie East Coast, and holy shit they are average. Too busy, over policed and slow speed limits. I miss NZ when it comes to riding.
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Lots of bagging Aussie roads and drivers on here, but as one who has spent time recently driving both NZ and Aus, I can't separate the two. NZ was absolutely FULL of roadworks when we toured this year, and the muppet-speeding-up-for-the-passing-lane is surely a global phenomenon
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@Crazy-Horse said in Happiness Scale:
@antipodean if I recall correctly you like to ride a motorbike? I have ridden a number of the 'great' motorcycling roads on the Aussie East Coast, and holy shit they are average. Too busy, over policed and slow speed limits.
Agreed. Simply too many people, which means too many tards, which means too many police to save the tards from themselves. 25 years ago I could to the Putty Road with abandon. These days it's full of Sunday drivers which is why I like the Bonang. There's a good section of unsealed road which means you have to be committed to be able to do the rest.
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@booboo said in Great & Crap Driving Roads:
On the subject of long tedious boring Strayan roads I present the Hay Plain.
So long, so flat, so boring and so featureless it transcends tedious and is actually a really cool experience.
Ken Oath (to the first part). I did 20,000 km in the outback in Oz and lived it but the Hay Plain is like you’ve been watching Mark Richardson bat. Tedious as hell.
Had a cool drive a couple of days ago. Decided on the longer route from Kurow to Arrowtown and went over Dansey’s Pass towing the camper trailer. Nice pub at the top of the pass for a cold one. Out through the Maniotito.
Even better drive yesterday but this one wasn’t on public roads. Up the tops of the hills above the Kawarau Gorge at sunrise to do some tailing. Mountain climbing in the 4x4 -
@MajorRage said in Great & Crap Driving Roads:
Divergence from the Happiness Thread ...
Was just thinking about doing that ...
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@voodoo said in Great & Crap Driving Roads:
Lots of bagging Aussie roads and drivers on here, but as one who has spent time recently driving both NZ and Aus, I can't separate the two. NZ was absolutely FULL of roadworks when we toured this year, and the muppet-speeding-up-for-the-passing-lane is surely a global phenomenon
Worse in NZ in my experience. But cruise control was less of a thing back when I lives there - may have changed.
