Thread: interesting drive home last night!

get to the bribie island turnoff and some idiot in a dark green mazda decides he wants my lane more than i do and have to lock the brakes up again to dodge the clown..

That turnoff to Bribie from the expressway south has to be the craziest signage and structure I have ever come across.
First you have an exit sign for Bribie and AFAIR Strathpine.

Then the road splits into Strathpine and Bribie with the only sign between where the road splits. Its also counter intuitive as the RIGHT road then swings left to Bribie and the left road loops around to an overpass.
I ended up on the road to Strathpine with no way of turning for several Ks.
Coming back off the exit it was evident that I was one of hundreds as there was an "unofficial " road cut between the two roads where the Bribie road swings left, right next to the Strathpine road.
Is this a plot to keep strangers away from Bribie?
Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by Tombie

Mmmmm Lane splitting

Got tar down there yet . Pat

Originally Posted by PhilipA

That turnoff to Bribie from the expressway south has to be the craziest signage and structure I have ever come across.
First you have an exit sign for Bribie and AFAIR Strathpine.

Then the road splits into Strathpine and Bribie with the only sign between where the road splits. Its also counter intuitive as the RIGHT road then swings left to Bribie and the left road loops around to an overpass.
I ended up on the road to Strathpine with no way of turning for several Ks.
Coming back off the exit it was evident that I was one of hundreds as there was an "unofficial " road cut between the two roads where the Bribie road swings left, right next to the Strathpine road.
Is this a plot to keep strangers away from Bribie?
Regards Philip A

that is the caboolture / bribie island / woodford / kilcoy turnoff

first exit left 2 lanes off highway, then exit left to caboolture then exit left to bribie and straight ahead merged into one lane to woodfrod / kilcoy etc etc

see some goodies there and i am always on full alert...

favoutite habit seems to be stay in right lane till very last minute then cut thru traffic on left to exit to caboolture

is fun...

Yup! that Bribie/Caboolture/Kilcoy exit is a doozie,not too bad if the other vehicle's are car/ute size, but the B doubles make it interesting

and it look like there is a really bad prang just down the road from you in front of ningi appliance repairs kev...

not looking good ...

We were in Surfer's Paradise on the weekend to collect 'Sugar Crush', the new addition (95 Defender SW). That Pacific Highway road thingy was just stop light after stop light and the constant rain and idiots made getting used to a Defender (and the handbrake incision maker) after 12 years away took some focus. People were doing some dumb things in the wet and basically making you shake your head every set of lights... and there are hundreds of them. We picked up the car at Coolangatta airport and stupidly headed up the coast to have a look at Southport. Never got there. So cheesed off at the idiots we turned around and headed for Sydney before lunch time.

The good that came of our Qld driving experience includes the wife being very underwhelmed with the place ("just like Manly, only more of it"
) and saving me thousand of bucks that can be spent heading to the Simpson instead of pouring them into SeaWorld or Movie World's coffers.

errrrr......$90 bucks for an annual pass for the 3 parks.

Originally Posted by perrygamsby

The good that came of our Qld driving experience includes the wife being very underwhelmed with the place ("just like Manly, only more of it"
) and saving me thousand of bucks that can be spent heading to the Simpson instead of pouring them into SeaWorld or Movie World's coffers.

Good thinking. But please don't think that is Qld. It is not. Really. Give the Simpson a miss. Head North, BTW, when we were married, we lived in the Manly National building, 1975. A great place, a vibrant community. Just like the Gold coast was , once, before everyone turned up. Went back to Manly, a few years ago. Would not live there now. Bob