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yeah that open bit of I10 in texas is apprently notorious for high speed drug runners
An end to one of the last great speed zones in the world.
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And then the venemous spiders scuttle in through the broken windscreen and bite the feck out of the survivors..........
I must say that the last time I was in Australia I was tanking along about 3 hours out of Perth in a hired 3 ltr Toyota at well into the 200 kms at dusk and started seeing all the bloated roadkill along the roadside ( In Aus for the unitintiated in the outback the roads are single track with gravel each side.....when vehicles are approaching each other they move over to the side of the road so that two wheels are on tarmac and two wheels are on gravel......an interesting experience at high speeds).
Anyway somewhere in my brain I remembered the advice that the Roos come out at night and so I slowed down.............
Only to be caught by a speed camera in Perth...........
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Tony
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google image search, you are bound to find some pics!! That is just a bit of a poem, and its kind of "taking the piss" we have a lot more snakes than they mentioned in there.
the salt flats are located right on the border of utah/nevada. aprox 90 mins from my house.
I 15 passes right by where they do the testing. Awfully boring strech of road. I normaly don't do high speed runs as 1. I'm a *****, 2. I've been trying to keep my insurance rates low as the SC bends me over on insurance. But the last time through I think I touched 120, and its still like your not even moving beacuse there are no land marks to equate the speed to.
I 15 passes right by where they do the testing. Awfully boring strech of road. I normaly don't do high speed runs as 1. I'm a *****, 2. I've been trying to keep my insurance rates low as the SC bends me over on insurance. But the last time through I think I touched 120, and its still like your not even moving beacuse there are no land marks to equate the speed to.
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Spinal - you got it good...Hit the gas these SC's can do 145mph no problem, and maybe even a little more......I got mine upto 140mph on a California to Las Vegas run...
Thank's for the clarification on where the salt flats are, I was close I did say Nevada...
Thank's for the clarification on where the salt flats are, I was close I did say Nevada...
In Canada we got moose ! their about 8-9 feet tall mostly because ov their long legs and can weight more then a horse . Trust me if u hit a moose u dont live to tell . They are so high that they fall on the top of the car and pulverise you and if you are in a truck it will fly right in the windsheild . You guys are lucky to have no speed limit zones its been a long time since we lost that privilege
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Hey the Moose are just as bad as hitting a full grown cow, maybe worse...Do the moose just stand and get frozen in the head lights at night like deer do?
Man that would suck...You gotta be quick and use the duck, brake and quick turn technique and you might make it, but the car would surely be history...
Speaking of road kills....I hit a pigeon the other day in my SC4.....There were a bunch of them eating crap off the road and one didn't fly away in time...No injury, no damage, not even a dent....I got off lucky :smoker:
Infact, I would say I felt a little payback joy for that road kill for all the pigeon crap paint damage that I have incurred over the years...:rant: Call me ruthless I guess...
Man that would suck...You gotta be quick and use the duck, brake and quick turn technique and you might make it, but the car would surely be history...
Speaking of road kills....I hit a pigeon the other day in my SC4.....There were a bunch of them eating crap off the road and one didn't fly away in time...No injury, no damage, not even a dent....I got off lucky :smoker:
Infact, I would say I felt a little payback joy for that road kill for all the pigeon crap paint damage that I have incurred over the years...:rant: Call me ruthless I guess...
Yes jibbby they actually freeze right there and that totally sucks most people that encounter them cannot tell about it . But it limited to some places and they put Moose fences and other devices to prevent and they put warning panels and all .
And then the venemous spiders scuttle in through the broken windscreen and bite the feck out of the survivors..........
I must say that the last time I was in Australia I was tanking along about 3 hours out of Perth in a hired 3 ltr Toyota at well into the 200 kms at dusk and started seeing all the bloated roadkill along the roadside ( In Aus for the unitintiated in the outback the roads are single track with gravel each side.....when vehicles are approaching each other they move over to the side of the road so that two wheels are on tarmac and two wheels are on gravel......an interesting experience at high speeds).
Anyway somewhere in my brain I remembered the advice that the Roos come out at night and so I slowed down.............
Only to be caught by a speed camera in Perth...........
Cheers,
Tony
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how not to park the caravan! top shot cobber!
- what a top shot - how not to park the caravan! Looks like the sign came out the best!
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How come these roads are not paved in Aussie land? Is the government too cheap, not enough interest, funds need to spent in other areas? I don't get it what's the deal?
Anyway, I don't think I would hit the NOS on those roads...Might just get a little too squirly and wipe out...Then the vultures would come, oops I mean Eagles.......I also didn't know wedge tail Eagles prey like vultures..You guys got the poisonous spiders too...Man you guys got it tough...
We have no real dangerous species out here in LA, California, USA...The worst you may encounter in the local mountains is a bob cat or something...We have had some mountain cat attacts, but that doesn't happen very often...We have rattle snakes, scorpions, and alot of nasty poison ivy, that's it... The big black Crows help us with the smaller road kill cleanup...
Anyway, I don't think I would hit the NOS on those roads...Might just get a little too squirly and wipe out...Then the vultures would come, oops I mean Eagles.......I also didn't know wedge tail Eagles prey like vultures..You guys got the poisonous spiders too...Man you guys got it tough...
We have no real dangerous species out here in LA, California, USA...The worst you may encounter in the local mountains is a bob cat or something...We have had some mountain cat attacts, but that doesn't happen very often...We have rattle snakes, scorpions, and alot of nasty poison ivy, that's it... The big black Crows help us with the smaller road kill cleanup...
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our country is not much smaller than the lower 48, with less than 1/20th of the population, funding, greedy fat cats and lack of use, lack of population all add to the dramas, road deaths in aussie kill more people than heart attacks, or crime, or murder, or even cancer!! FULL ON!! An ageing population also contributes as they are getting blinder!
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Well that's not good...I can only imagine cruisiing freeway speeds on a long dirt road then having to move over to soft gravel while an on coming car passes...It get's hairy, then you spin out, roll and die....Game over..:684:
They need to pave those outback roads that's crap.....Old folks for sure will lose it in that type of situation...Throw a roo into that mix, then you got a real hazardous situation for sure..:shock:
They need to pave those outback roads that's crap.....Old folks for sure will lose it in that type of situation...Throw a roo into that mix, then you got a real hazardous situation for sure..:shock:
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Jibby,
My Avatar was taken on one of our bush roads.
This road crosses the Simpson Desert and during the crossing has to climb up and over a 70 metre (around 230')sand dune called Big Red for obvious reasons. You can take a detour to avoid it.
Few 2wd vehicles will get up it.
My old Porsche did and we launched it off the top and flew it 20 metres down the other side.
We have some very remote roads (that are still major to the communities who use them) that may never be sealed.
My Avatar was taken on one of our bush roads.
This road crosses the Simpson Desert and during the crossing has to climb up and over a 70 metre (around 230')sand dune called Big Red for obvious reasons. You can take a detour to avoid it.
Few 2wd vehicles will get up it.
My old Porsche did and we launched it off the top and flew it 20 metres down the other side.
We have some very remote roads (that are still major to the communities who use them) that may never be sealed.
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ever. period.
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I was looking for a poem which sums this thread up quite nicely, but I cannot find it, here is something similar
Australia: The Confusing Country
Australia is a very confusing place, taking up a large amount of the bottom half of the planet. It is recognizable from orbit because of many unusual features, including what at first looks like an enormous bite taken out of it's southern edge; a wall of sheer cliffs which plunge deep into the girting sea. Geologists assure us that this is simply an accident of geomorphology and plate tectonics, but they still call it the "Great Australian Bight" proving that not only are they covering up a more frightening theory, but they can't spell either.
The first of the confusing things about Australia is the status of the place. Where other land masses and soverign lands are classified as either continent, island, or country, Australia is considered all three. Typically, it is unique in this.
The second confusing thing about Australia are the animals. They can be divided into three categories. Poisonous, Odd, and Sheep. It is true that of the 10 most poisonous arachnids on the planet, Australia has 9 of them. Actually, it would be more accurate to say that of the 9 most poisonous arachnids, Australia has all of them. Though, there are curiously few snakes, possibly because the spiders have killed them all. Even the spiders won't go near the sea. Any visitors should be careful to check inside boots (before putting them on) under toilet seats (before sitting down) and generally everywhere else. A stick is very useful for this task.
Strangely, it tends to be the second class of animals (the Odd) that are more dangerous. The creature that kills the most people each year is the common Wombat. It is nearly as ridiculous as it's name, and spends it's life digging holes in the ground, in which it hides. During the night it comes out to eat worms and grubs. The wombat kills people in two ways: First, the animal is indestructible. Digging holes in the hard Australian clay builds muscles that outclass Olympic weightlifters. At night, they often wander the roads. Semi-trailers (Road Trains) have hit them at high speed, with all 9 wheels on one side, and this merely makes them very annoyed. They express this by snorting, glaring, and walking away. Alas, to smaller cars, the wombat becomes an asymmetrical high-speed launching pad, with results that can be imagined.
The second way the wombat kills people relates to it's burrowing behavior. If a person happens to put their hand down a Wombat hole, the Wombat will feel the disturbance and think "Ho! My hole is collapsing!" at which it will brace its muscled legs and push up against the roof of it's burrow, with incredible force, to prevent it's collapse. Any unfortunate hand will be crushed, and attempts to withdraw will cause the Wombat to simply bear down harder. The unfortunate will then bleed to death through their crushed hand as the wombat prevents him from seeking assistance. This is considered the third most embarrassing known way to die, and Australians don't talk about it much.
At this point, we would like to mention the Platypus, estranged relative of the mammal, which has a duck-bill, otter's tail, webbed feet, lays eggs, detects it's aquatic prey in the same way as the electric eel, and has venemous barbs attached to its hind legs, thus combining all 'typical' Australian attributes into a single improbable creature.
The last confusing thing about Australia is the inhabitants. First, a short history: Some time around 40,000 years ago, some people arrived in boats from the north. They ate all the available food, and lot of them died. The ones that survived learned respect for the balance of nature, man's proper place in the scheme of things, and spiders. They settled in, and spent a lot of the intervening time making up strange stories.
Then, around 200 years ago, Europeans arrived in boats from the north. More accurately, European convicts were sent, with a few deranged and stupid people in charge. They tried to plant their crops in Autumn (failing to take account of the reversal of the seasons when moving from the top half of the planet to the bottom) ate all their food, and a lot of them died. About then the sheep arrived, and have been treasured ever since.
It is interesting to note here that the Europeans always consider themselves vastly superior to any other race they encounter since they can lie, cheat, steal, and litigate (marks of a civilized culture, they say) whereas all the aboriginals can do is happily survive being left in the middle of a vast red-hot desert, equipped with a stick.
Eventually, the new lot of people stopped being Europeans on Extended Holliday and became Australians. The changes are subtle, but deep, caused by the mind-stretching expanses of nothingness and eerie quiet, where a person can sit perfectly still and look deep inside themselves to the core of their essence, their reasons for being, and the necessity of checking inside your boots every morning for fatal surprises. They also picked up the most finely tuned sense of irony in the world, and the Aboriginal gift for making up stories. Be warned.
There is also the matter of the beaches.
Australian beaches are simply the nicest and best in the entire world. Alhough anyone actually venturing into the sea will have to contend with sharks, stinging jellyfish, stonefish (a fish which sits on the bottom of the sea, pretends to be a rock, and has venomous barbs sticking out of it's back that will kill just from the pain) and surfboarders. However, watching a beach sunset is worth the risk.
As a result of all this hardship, dirt, thirst, and wombats, you would expect Australians to be a dour lot. Instead, they are genial, jolly, cheerful, and always willing to share a kind word with a stranger unless they are an American. Faced with insurmountable odds and impossible problems, they smile disarmingly and look for a stick. Major engineering feats have been performed with sheets of corrigated iron, string, and mud.
Alone of all the races on earth, they seem to be free from the 'Grass is Greener on the other side of the fence' syndrome, and roundly proclaim that Australia is, in fact, the other side of that fence. They call the land "Oz", "Godzone" (a verbal contraction of "God's own country") and "Best bloody place on earth, bar none, strewth." The irritating thing about this is they may be right.
There are some traps for the unsuspecting traveller, though. Do not under any circumstances suggest that the beer is imperfect, unless you are comparing it to another kind of Australian beer. Do not wear a Hawaiian shirt. Religion and Politics are safe topics of conversation (Australians don't care too much about either) but Sport is a minefield. The only correct answer to "So, howdya' like our country, eh?" is "Best {insert your own regional swear word here} country in the world!".
It is very likely that, on arriving, some cheerful Australians will 'adopt' you, and on your first night, and take you to a pub where Australian Beer is served. Despite the obvious danger, do not refuse. It is a form of initiation rite. You will wake up late the next day with an astonishing hangover, a foul-taste in your mouth, and wearing strange clothes. (Your hosts will usually make sure you get home, and waive off any legal difficulties with "It's his first time in Australia, so we took him to the pub." to which the policeman will sagely nod and close his notebook.) Be sure to tell the story of these events to every other Australian you encounter, adding new embellishments at every stage, and noting how strong the beer was. Thus you will be accepted into this unique culture.
Most Australians are now urban dewllers, having discovered the primary use of electricity, which is airconditioning and refrigerators.
Typical Australian sayings
Australia: The Confusing Country
Australia is a very confusing place, taking up a large amount of the bottom half of the planet. It is recognizable from orbit because of many unusual features, including what at first looks like an enormous bite taken out of it's southern edge; a wall of sheer cliffs which plunge deep into the girting sea. Geologists assure us that this is simply an accident of geomorphology and plate tectonics, but they still call it the "Great Australian Bight" proving that not only are they covering up a more frightening theory, but they can't spell either.
The first of the confusing things about Australia is the status of the place. Where other land masses and soverign lands are classified as either continent, island, or country, Australia is considered all three. Typically, it is unique in this.
The second confusing thing about Australia are the animals. They can be divided into three categories. Poisonous, Odd, and Sheep. It is true that of the 10 most poisonous arachnids on the planet, Australia has 9 of them. Actually, it would be more accurate to say that of the 9 most poisonous arachnids, Australia has all of them. Though, there are curiously few snakes, possibly because the spiders have killed them all. Even the spiders won't go near the sea. Any visitors should be careful to check inside boots (before putting them on) under toilet seats (before sitting down) and generally everywhere else. A stick is very useful for this task.
Strangely, it tends to be the second class of animals (the Odd) that are more dangerous. The creature that kills the most people each year is the common Wombat. It is nearly as ridiculous as it's name, and spends it's life digging holes in the ground, in which it hides. During the night it comes out to eat worms and grubs. The wombat kills people in two ways: First, the animal is indestructible. Digging holes in the hard Australian clay builds muscles that outclass Olympic weightlifters. At night, they often wander the roads. Semi-trailers (Road Trains) have hit them at high speed, with all 9 wheels on one side, and this merely makes them very annoyed. They express this by snorting, glaring, and walking away. Alas, to smaller cars, the wombat becomes an asymmetrical high-speed launching pad, with results that can be imagined.
The second way the wombat kills people relates to it's burrowing behavior. If a person happens to put their hand down a Wombat hole, the Wombat will feel the disturbance and think "Ho! My hole is collapsing!" at which it will brace its muscled legs and push up against the roof of it's burrow, with incredible force, to prevent it's collapse. Any unfortunate hand will be crushed, and attempts to withdraw will cause the Wombat to simply bear down harder. The unfortunate will then bleed to death through their crushed hand as the wombat prevents him from seeking assistance. This is considered the third most embarrassing known way to die, and Australians don't talk about it much.
At this point, we would like to mention the Platypus, estranged relative of the mammal, which has a duck-bill, otter's tail, webbed feet, lays eggs, detects it's aquatic prey in the same way as the electric eel, and has venemous barbs attached to its hind legs, thus combining all 'typical' Australian attributes into a single improbable creature.
The last confusing thing about Australia is the inhabitants. First, a short history: Some time around 40,000 years ago, some people arrived in boats from the north. They ate all the available food, and lot of them died. The ones that survived learned respect for the balance of nature, man's proper place in the scheme of things, and spiders. They settled in, and spent a lot of the intervening time making up strange stories.
Then, around 200 years ago, Europeans arrived in boats from the north. More accurately, European convicts were sent, with a few deranged and stupid people in charge. They tried to plant their crops in Autumn (failing to take account of the reversal of the seasons when moving from the top half of the planet to the bottom) ate all their food, and a lot of them died. About then the sheep arrived, and have been treasured ever since.
It is interesting to note here that the Europeans always consider themselves vastly superior to any other race they encounter since they can lie, cheat, steal, and litigate (marks of a civilized culture, they say) whereas all the aboriginals can do is happily survive being left in the middle of a vast red-hot desert, equipped with a stick.
Eventually, the new lot of people stopped being Europeans on Extended Holliday and became Australians. The changes are subtle, but deep, caused by the mind-stretching expanses of nothingness and eerie quiet, where a person can sit perfectly still and look deep inside themselves to the core of their essence, their reasons for being, and the necessity of checking inside your boots every morning for fatal surprises. They also picked up the most finely tuned sense of irony in the world, and the Aboriginal gift for making up stories. Be warned.
There is also the matter of the beaches.
Australian beaches are simply the nicest and best in the entire world. Alhough anyone actually venturing into the sea will have to contend with sharks, stinging jellyfish, stonefish (a fish which sits on the bottom of the sea, pretends to be a rock, and has venomous barbs sticking out of it's back that will kill just from the pain) and surfboarders. However, watching a beach sunset is worth the risk.
As a result of all this hardship, dirt, thirst, and wombats, you would expect Australians to be a dour lot. Instead, they are genial, jolly, cheerful, and always willing to share a kind word with a stranger unless they are an American. Faced with insurmountable odds and impossible problems, they smile disarmingly and look for a stick. Major engineering feats have been performed with sheets of corrigated iron, string, and mud.
Alone of all the races on earth, they seem to be free from the 'Grass is Greener on the other side of the fence' syndrome, and roundly proclaim that Australia is, in fact, the other side of that fence. They call the land "Oz", "Godzone" (a verbal contraction of "God's own country") and "Best bloody place on earth, bar none, strewth." The irritating thing about this is they may be right.
There are some traps for the unsuspecting traveller, though. Do not under any circumstances suggest that the beer is imperfect, unless you are comparing it to another kind of Australian beer. Do not wear a Hawaiian shirt. Religion and Politics are safe topics of conversation (Australians don't care too much about either) but Sport is a minefield. The only correct answer to "So, howdya' like our country, eh?" is "Best {insert your own regional swear word here} country in the world!".
It is very likely that, on arriving, some cheerful Australians will 'adopt' you, and on your first night, and take you to a pub where Australian Beer is served. Despite the obvious danger, do not refuse. It is a form of initiation rite. You will wake up late the next day with an astonishing hangover, a foul-taste in your mouth, and wearing strange clothes. (Your hosts will usually make sure you get home, and waive off any legal difficulties with "It's his first time in Australia, so we took him to the pub." to which the policeman will sagely nod and close his notebook.) Be sure to tell the story of these events to every other Australian you encounter, adding new embellishments at every stage, and noting how strong the beer was. Thus you will be accepted into this unique culture.
Most Australians are now urban dewllers, having discovered the primary use of electricity, which is airconditioning and refrigerators.
Typical Australian sayings
- "G'Day"
- "It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick"
- "She'll be right"
- "And down from Kosiosco, where the pine clad ridges raise their torn and rugged battlements on high, where the air is clear is crystal, and the white stars fairly blaze at midnight in the cold and frosty sky. And where, around the overflow, the reed beds sweep and sway to the breezes, and the rolling plains are wide. The Man from Snowy River is a household word today, and the stockmen tell the story of his ride."
- Don't ever put your hand down a hole for any reason whatsoever.
- The beer is stronger than you think, regardless of how strong you think it is.
- Always carry a stick.
- Airconditioning.
- Do not attempt to use Australian slang, unless you are a trained linguist and good in a fistfight.
- Thick socks.
- Take good maps. Stopping to ask directions only works when there are people nearby.
- If you leave the urban areas, carry several lites of water with you at all times, or you will die.
- Even in the most embellished stories told by Australians, there is always a core of truth that it is unwise to ignore.
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Dudes, I am moving to Australia, it sounds like a good challenge just to survive the daily hazzards.......Should I bring sunblock?:boggled:
Is there really a little burrowing beast called a Wombat? The Wombat sounds like a stout little bastard, I wonder how many pushups it can do at one time?...You guys surely have some rediculous critters to speak about...:hypnotized:
Is there really a little burrowing beast called a Wombat? The Wombat sounds like a stout little bastard, I wonder how many pushups it can do at one time?...You guys surely have some rediculous critters to speak about...:hypnotized:
hungryforinfo
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google image search, you are bound to find some pics!! That is just a bit of a poem, and its kind of "taking the piss" we have a lot more snakes than they mentioned in there.
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An update on my previous post. The new speed limits and fines came into effect on 1 Jan 07. Already, (sadly) there have been 6 deaths on Territory roads compared to 1 this time last year. The Opposition Party has vowed to repeal the speed limit law if it gains Govt. at the next election. A committee has been formed by angry citizens to fight these laws, and are currently studying the "Report" the Govt. used to justify their introduction. The Report is apparently full of holes (although I have not seen it myself). Last week there was a protest rally outside Parliament House which was fobbed off as a political stunt by the Govt. A meeting was arranged with the responsible Minister but they were "stonewalled". This further highlights the arrogance of this Govt. A petition is about to be circulated. I will keep you posted.
