A BIT OF TRIVIA FOR S.E. QLD PEOPLE

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Originally Posted by Saitch

I'm opening myself up to criticism here but, I can't say that I've even noticed any numbers on Exit signs[bigwhistle]
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Steve

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Gee I hope you notice other more important signs.

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Originally Posted by hodgo

Gee I hope you notice other more important signs.

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Why? There are far too many these days. Distraction. How fast I can go, and something dangerous ahead, are all I need. Oh, I like the exit numbering, and once I'd seen it always used it.

I always used to notice the signs that the roads mob have up on the Cunningham, supposedly to keep the yobs awake by playing trivia. Things like " What is Queensland's highest mountain?", or "What coin did the frilled neck lizard appear on". They would change these around every two months or so, and, for someone like me, were truly boring. Until one day, when the question was "What is Queensland's largest living organism?", and on the board a few hundred metres later , under the correct answer ( The GBR ), someone had written "Clive Palmer". Priceless.

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Originally Posted by hodgo

Gee I hope you notice other more important signs.

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Of course Hodgo.

Im not sure if its a uniquely FNQ thing but freehold lot numbers on long rural roads are numbered by the number of metres the driveway is from the start of road.

So you could be at "3116 blahblah rd" and your neighbour could be 3120 with a drive right next to yours or if their drive was located at the other end of their block the same neighbour would be "3407 blahblah rd".
The lot numbers are stamped on a friendly yellow pole near the drive - if you dont know the system its mighty confusing but the system is clever when looking for an address on a road that is 70km long!

This could of course be more prevalent in Cookie as we have no mail delivery service so no-one has letter boxes and as such people often their lot number as opposed to a street number???

anyways - thats what the little yellow poles represent up this way!

S

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Originally Posted by roverrescue

Im not sure if its a uniquely FNQ thing but freehold lot numbers on long rural roads are numbered by the number of metres the driveway is from the start of road.

So you could be at "3116 blahblah rd" and your neighbour could be 3120 with a drive right next to yours or if their drive was located at the other end of their block the same neighbour would be "3407 blahblah rd".
The lot numbers are stamped on a friendly yellow pole near the drive - if you dont know the system its mighty confusing but the system is clever when looking for an address on a road that is 70km long!

This could of course be more prevalent in Cookie as we have no mail delivery service so no-one has letter boxes and as such people often their lot number as opposed to a street number???

anyways - thats what the little yellow poles represent up this way!

S

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Do that in Victoria as well. My folks were 1360. So, not far. I just wish they were consistent.

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Originally Posted by roverrescue

Im not sure if its a uniquely FNQ thing but freehold lot numbers on long rural roads are numbered by the number of metres the driveway is from the start of road.

So you could be at "3116 blahblah rd" and your neighbour could be 3120 with a drive right next to yours or if their drive was located at the other end of their block the same neighbour would be "3407 blahblah rd".
The lot numbers are stamped on a friendly yellow pole near the drive - if you dont know the system its mighty confusing but the system is clever when looking for an address on a road that is 70km long!

This could of course be more prevalent in Cookie as we have no mail delivery service so no-one has letter boxes and as such people often their lot number as opposed to a street number???

anyways - thats what the little yellow poles represent up this way!

S

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I believe that system was introduced to aid emergency services, in response to an ambulance being unable to locate a rural property, in the dark.

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

I believe that system was introduced to aid emergency services, in response to an ambulance being unable to locate a rural property, in the dark.

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Probably the ambos, the fierys usually don't have the same problem..

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Originally Posted by johntins

Probably the ambos, the fierys usually don't have the same problem..

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Unless it's too late. [biggrin]

What a coincidence, I learned that listening to the ABC only this morning.
Kenley