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Didn't see a single Mitsubishi Eclipse. Thought they were for the USDM?
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thought thats what those 2 door lancer coupe things were called ? just googled a picture, and thats not what i remembered them being over in oz.
They're not sold as lancers though, whats their proper name ?
not to but in, but having been there several times, i love the place. Its a completely different culture over there. Everybody is so much more sociable, you only have to start talking in a supermarket and the cashier will chat with you about where you're from etc..
And the meat is ridiculously cheap over there too. Massive fillet stakes for £2 each at the supermarket and stuff.
And the meat is ridiculously cheap over there too. Massive fillet stakes for £2 each at the supermarket and stuff.
It seems a lot more laid back and a lot less red tape (Except for motoring, where there is lots of it*). As you drive into Cairns, you run alongside the railway line for a bit. It is unfenced. No signs, no fences, just a railway line about 20 feet away from the road seperate only by some grass. People just seem to know that if they stand there, a train will squash them. Here, there would be a 10 foot high fence with razor wire.
A lot of it I think is because of the weather - it relaxes people, it chills them out, you can't get too hot headed because its often too warm to get into a fuss about nothing. Many of the people I met were very friendly and approachable, but there was still the fair share of rude people.
*OMG @ Parking. They have the most complex parking spaces ever. You can't just find a space and park in it. You need to read the signs to find out which way to park your car. It'll be either nose in, or tail in. And OMG, a fine if you get it wrong, because hey guys, this is serious business. And there is no pattern to it. In Hay, a guy had an annurism because I parked nose in. On an empty street. At 9pm at night. In Bathurst, 400km down the road, you've got to park tail in. In another town half the spaces were nose in and half were tail in. Then once you've mastered that you need to realise that you can only park on the left hand side of the road - so you can't drive across traffic to park in a space. I got that one wrong as well. You park in the direction of travel otherwise I presume small children die or something.
A lot of it I think is because of the weather - it relaxes people, it chills them out, you can't get too hot headed because its often too warm to get into a fuss about nothing. Many of the people I met were very friendly and approachable, but there was still the fair share of rude people.
*OMG @ Parking. They have the most complex parking spaces ever. You can't just find a space and park in it. You need to read the signs to find out which way to park your car. It'll be either nose in, or tail in. And OMG, a fine if you get it wrong, because hey guys, this is serious business. And there is no pattern to it. In Hay, a guy had an annurism because I parked nose in. On an empty street. At 9pm at night. In Bathurst, 400km down the road, you've got to park tail in. In another town half the spaces were nose in and half were tail in. Then once you've mastered that you need to realise that you can only park on the left hand side of the road - so you can't drive across traffic to park in a space. I got that one wrong as well. You park in the direction of travel otherwise I presume small children die or something.
See you there!!!
What car would you have?
If i could get hold of it in the UK before I went, a 530i/540i Sport or an M5.
If I had to buy it out there, probably a Falcon XR6 Turbo.
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Fox: Nice to see you went to see the Mount Panorama race track, I was there at the start of this year, I was lucky enough to get a ride around the track in a Ford Ute driven by the Director of the Motor Museum just next to the start/finish line.
After the lap I wanted to take some shots around the track so I decided to walk around it all, it's a few KM's but it's well worth it.
After the lap I wanted to take some shots around the track so I decided to walk around it all, it's a few KM's but it's well worth it.
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Excellent write up and insight to your holiday there.
It's somewhere everyone should go at least once, I've been 3 times. I've got cousins who live in Brisbane and Melbourne, plan on going next year. And eventually move out there.
One question though, why did you and your GF go during the Aussie winter?
It's somewhere everyone should go at least once, I've been 3 times. I've got cousins who live in Brisbane and Melbourne, plan on going next year. And eventually move out there.
One question though, why did you and your GF go during the Aussie winter?