Thread: Worlds toughest bridge

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

I can't imagine how he got so lost he mistook our street for one of the main roads leading to the abbs.

Or his girlfriend's street.

When I was a primary schooler in Brisbane I can remember coming back from a sports day at Cannon Hill State School and seeing a circus truck with an elephant stuck under the Wynnum Rd rail bridge,and watched in awe as they let the tyres down to free it enough to reverse out.from that I learnt that if stuck lower tyre pressures and also fatten the tyre print

You have got to see Majestic Outlook to believe it


Yes, Brian I did go to Norman Park State School then on to become one of the first intake at Balmoral SHS.

And also never believe a bridge or shopping centre height sign board

cheers

A mate of mine was telling me of a food delivery he made many years ago, to a mental hospital in the U.K.. He drove in and did the drop no worries, but the truck wouldn't fit through the arched gateway when empty; he had to 'borrow' a number of patients to get out.

I remember going to see a portable parking lot that had tried to go under the rail bridge on Parramatta Rd at Granville,and took the top deck load off it down onto a lady driving an early Corona yes, and they were expensive british luxury cars which belonged to the company I worked for.

Originally Posted by UncleHo

Yes, Brian I did go to Norman Park State School then on to become one of the first intake at Balmoral SHS.

cheers

Yes, I drive past the Ho-house nearly every day.

Aah! No 3 D'arcy USED to be owned by the family of Uncle Ho

But

What Ho house were you talking about Brian

one down Bulimba way ?

Originally Posted by UncleHo

Aah! No 3 D'arcy USED to be owned by the family of Uncle Ho

But

What Ho house were you talking about Brian

one down Bulimba way ?

Kev, you obviously have a greater knowledge of Brisbane night life than I

V8Ian, do you remember back in the permit days when wool could only be transported by road to the nearest railhead? I wonder how much overhead wiring, and how many bridges were collected by western men sneaking hot loads of wool down to Brisbane under cover of darkness. They usually put heaps on reasoning that if they were caught they were done anyway so might as well make the fine worthwhile. Usual load was "four square of wool". Four bales high and four bales wide, overheight, overwidth, and overweight.