You may have something there . When living in Darwin, if I asked how long it took to get to such and such, the reply was normally something like " it's a four stubbie trip".Quote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
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You may have something there . When living in Darwin, if I asked how long it took to get to such and such, the reply was normally something like " it's a four stubbie trip".Quote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
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Originally Posted by Homestar
The locals call it " the Kimberleys" , some of them at least. Reminds me of Mackay , Live in the town it's Mack-A, outsiders usually say Mack-I.
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My Daughter lives in Kunnanurra and she calls the area the Kimberlies [biggrin]Quote:
Originally Posted by Homestar
I've been to the Pilbaras, too[bighmmm]
Funny thing about Mackay is that the bloke the city is named after pronounced his name Mack-I, as do his descendants.
We have friends in the late 60s who are born and bred Mackavites and they pronounce it Mack-I.
FOOTNOTE: the term 'Mackavite' was coined by me when my brother and family moved there a few years ago.
Back in gentler and less law abiding times, a mate and I regularly drank a carton of cans between Coogee and New Farm via the Putty Road and New England Highway. Often stopped off for a few schooners and a countery at Bendemeer or the Red Lion or the Deepwater top pub.Quote:
Originally Posted by bob10
My memory of the Putty Road from when I did it three or four times a year in the 1960s is that it was the sort of road that I would not want to attempt with a few cans or schooners on board. :)
Still it was an easier option than the unsealed Wollombi/Broke Road.
When I worked remote DiDo, it was a 674km drive home.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigbjorn
A 6 pack of Jacks and Cola in the console and crack one every 100km was the usual return home drive - first can opened as soon as the LV turned onto the highway - at this rate it kept BAC well below 0.05%.
Was a good way to wind down at the end of the block.
When I first used the Putty Road it was still partly unsealed. Our bench mark was 2 1/2 hours Burwood to Singleton. I also used the Wollombi road a lot as it was then the best way into or out of Sydney if you were going to inner suburbs.Quote:
Originally Posted by vnx205
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Originally Posted by Saitch
Years ago, not saying how long, you could tell where some one was from by the language they used. EG, Rockhampton was always 'Rocky', Cloncurry ' the Curry', Mackay ' Mack-a' etc. This slowed down when we got the influx of southern refugees, older Qlders can usually pick a blow-in by their language. For example, no Qlder worth their salt calls the Sunshine coast the ' Sunny coast'. A dead set giveaway, that one.
What I do NOT agree with is People, & yes on some occasions it's the Police as well, who really zone in on, SPEED, SPEED, SPEED,.....easy to say, & easy to "Police"/look like ya're doing something etc, with lots of cameras, radar, demerit points etc etc etc.
What I say is, "yes, speed is factor, but the most important "aspect" of speed, where it relates to accidents, fatalities, is yes, speed was involved, BUT, WHAT "CAUSED" THE SPEEDING?...What was it that made the driver speed?
And the answer to that question is "Attitude" IMHO. I see poor driving "attitude" every day on the road, I also see it from cyclists who ride, on occasions, way out of the bike zone, impeding traffic,...these riders would definitely be a fatality if car drivers displayed the same attitude, did not "make allowance" for them, I see it from pedestrians who walk out on the road without looking, then stroll across the road expecting everyone to avoid them. They would also be a likely fatality if a driver adopted the same attitude.
And "attitude" is why I don't agree with lowering speed limits, particularly on country roads, because a driver with the wrong "attitude" is gonna speed whatever the posted limit is, these clowns are gonna speed, do whatever they do, no matter what the limit is, I mean surely no-one believes that lowering a speed limit from say 80 to 60 is gonna make any difference at all for the lunatic that's caught doing 140 etc,...these idiots don't give a stuff.
So, IMHO, driver "attitude" is the major cause of road "carnage" IMHO,...how you correct it?.....I don't know. All I can say is that I've been interested in cars all my life, yep, I've been booked a few times, but I've never done anything that even comes close to the stuff we're seeing in the media these days.
Only IMHO of course, Pickles.