Long weekend

Smokeydk · Guru

Long weekend

Ma · Guru

and don't forget DOUBLE DEMERIT POINTS apply in NSW. Don't know about other states.

Ma

Cruising Granny · Guru

There's no long weekend in Qld or WA, and Qld and WA are in the last week of school hols.
We live in the same country but celebrate historical milestones on different dates.
We're a weird mob which is probably what prompted the movie.

drongo & wendy · Senior Member

Talking about a wierd mob Granny.
While on our travels we stayed over night at the Daly Waters Pub, during the coarse of the night a chap with a new Holden ute and a bloke with a copter had a bet to see who could get to MT ISA first. So came morning the ute lined up the copter hovered overhead and away they went, was a flash as the ute shot passed ( by the way the ute won, we rang a few days later to get results)
Later on we were at Exmouth and was talking to a pommie guy and his girl , I told hi
m about the race he just sat down and what he said and the way he said it got me all he said was "Only in Australia, only in Australia' as i was told Your a wierd mob

-- Edited by drongo & wendy on Thursday 1st of October 2009 05:26:49 AM

whoppa · Veteran Member

Reminds me off the "Smokey and the Bandit" movie were Burt Reynolds beats the Cop in the chopper in his Pontiac Firebird

Ahh There a wierd mob (Nino Culotta) Great book ,I have not seen the movie

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They're_a_Weird_Mob

Dragonfly · Veteran Member

Oh Whoppa... you gotta watch the movie, it's such a classic!
Morag

dave06 · Guru

complete chaos on the road, melbourne for a wedding, never again shall I venture forth on such times (school hols and a long weekend)

Ma · Guru

dave06 wrote:

complete chaos on the road, melbourne for a wedding, never again shall I venture forth on such times (school hols and a long weekend)

We like to stay off the roads then too Dave. 'Specially down this way. They make a mad dash back to Sydney starting around 3pm this arvi and like you said absolute complete chaos.

Ma

dave06 · Guru

fantastic event and one that I wouldnt miss for quids and of course we had to go but oh boy I wish we didnt, the ammount of near misses and sights of near misses still has my nerves jangling, "nevermore" quoth the raven!!

Ma · Guru

Now I definitely know why we stay off the roads as much as possible during long weekends.

Just got back from Milton Hospital, visiting Guru's Mum. The traffic was bumper to bumper and to add even more discomfort it's raining cats and dogs (we sure do need it though). Trying to break into the traffic, even going the same way as us, you need the patience of a saint.

As for speed limits, to these "terrists" don't seem to think that they apply to them. 50ks an hour through Milton, yeah as if, more like 80. Maybe they are dislexic. No offence meant.

Ma