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On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:11:38 +0100, Simon Pleasants
wrote: On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:37:00 +1000, "Jeff" wrote: I have heard many stories from tourists and people from other cities who are frustrated with Brisbane roads, though I find it no different to any other city. I try to avoid driving in cities if I can though I have experienced Glasgow during rush hour - probably about half the size of Brisbane and less traumatic because I am more familiar with its road system and British road systems in general. What got me most about Brisbane was the number of roads which go in one direction only. I don't mean dual carriageways, like we get here, I mean roads that literally appear to go in one direction and to go in the other means taking a different road entirely which doesn't necessarily even follow the same route. A number of roads were shut for the Goodwill Games at the time I was there as well, which cannot have helped! Did you know there is some stunning rainforest within 30 kilometres of Brisbane CBD? No I didn't. I used to live (for a short time) in Townsville with an ex. She was a local girl and felt that the Daintree was the place I must see. Ever since then it's always been that area which I think of in terms of rainforest, though I will be visiting some forest areas on the west coast come October. So tell me about the rainforest near Brisbane then? There are still patches of rainforest all over this country in the ranges. Several national parks between me and Jeff - Springbrook, Lamington, Border Ranges have pockets. Even much, much further south. The majesty of the forest of giant Mountain Ash in the Tarra Bulga NP (25km due south of Traralgon in Victoria) is something I found awesome. Rainforest doesn't have to be tropical, like the Daintree, or even sub-tropical like my district. Cheers, Alan, Australia |
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"Simon Pleasants" wrote in message ... On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:37:00 +1000, "Jeff" wrote: I have heard many stories from tourists and people from other cities who are frustrated with Brisbane roads, though I find it no different to any other city. I try to avoid driving in cities if I can though I have experienced Glasgow during rush hour - probably about half the size of Brisbane and less traumatic because I am more familiar with its road system and British road systems in general. What got me most about Brisbane was the number of roads which go in one direction only. I don't mean dual carriageways, like we get here, I mean roads that literally appear to go in one direction and to go in the other means taking a different road entirely which doesn't necessarily even follow the same route. A number of roads were shut for the Goodwill Games at the time I was there as well, which cannot have helped! Did you know there is some stunning rainforest within 30 kilometres of Brisbane CBD? No I didn't. I used to live (for a short time) in Townsville with an ex. She was a local girl and felt that the Daintree was the place I must see. Ever since then it's always been that area which I think of in terms of rainforest, though I will be visiting some forest areas on the west coast come October. So tell me about the rainforest near Brisbane then? WA South west - the areas aroung Pemberton and Stirlling Ranges are good. |
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"Alan S" wrote in message ... On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:11:38 +0100, Simon Pleasants wrote: On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:37:00 +1000, "Jeff" wrote: I have heard many stories from tourists and people from other cities who are frustrated with Brisbane roads, though I find it no different to any other city. I try to avoid driving in cities if I can though I have experienced Glasgow during rush hour - probably about half the size of Brisbane and less traumatic because I am more familiar with its road system and British road systems in general. What got me most about Brisbane was the number of roads which go in one direction only. I don't mean dual carriageways, like we get here, I mean roads that literally appear to go in one direction and to go in the other means taking a different road entirely which doesn't necessarily even follow the same route. A number of roads were shut for the Goodwill Games at the time I was there as well, which cannot have helped! Did you know there is some stunning rainforest within 30 kilometres of Brisbane CBD? No I didn't. I used to live (for a short time) in Townsville with an ex. She was a local girl and felt that the Daintree was the place I must see. Ever since then it's always been that area which I think of in terms of rainforest, though I will be visiting some forest areas on the west coast come October. So tell me about the rainforest near Brisbane then? There are still patches of rainforest all over this country in the ranges. Several national parks between me and Jeff - Springbrook, Lamington, Border Ranges have pockets. Even much, much further south. The majesty of the forest of giant Mountain Ash in the Tarra Bulga NP (25km due south of Traralgon in Victoria) is something I found awesome. Rainforest doesn't have to be tropical, like the Daintree, or even sub-tropical like my district. Cheers, Alan, Australia Some of these that Alan has mentioned ( also many in the Sunshine Coast area) are within an easy 2 hour drive from Brisbane, Closer afield is Mt Tamborine and very close to Brisbane is Mt Nebo and Mt Glorious. Regards Jeff |
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On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 06:54:20 +1000, "Jeff"
wrote: WA South west - the areas aroung Pemberton and Stirlling Ranges are good. That's exactly where we're going this October. A friend of ours recently arrived back from spending about 6 months in that area. She has drawn us up a list of things we must do based on her experiences. As a photography "student" of mine she was also keen to show me her pictures and there's a few things I am certainly looking forward to seeing myself. I've taken a note of your (and Alan's) comments about the rainforests around Brisbane and I'll attempt to include something about it in the blurb on Brisbane on my site - though it'll likely be a few weeks before anything actually happens. Thanks for the info. |
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"Simon Pleasants" wrote in message ... On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 06:54:20 +1000, "Jeff" wrote: WA South west - the areas aroung Pemberton and Stirlling Ranges are good. That's exactly where we're going this October. A friend of ours recently arrived back from spending about 6 months in that area. She has drawn us up a list of things we must do based on her experiences. As a photography "student" of mine she was also keen to show me her pictures and there's a few things I am certainly looking forward to seeing myself. I've taken a note of your (and Alan's) comments about the rainforests around Brisbane and I'll attempt to include something about it in the blurb on Brisbane on my site - though it'll likely be a few weeks before anything actually happens. Thanks for the info. This may be helpful... http://www.brisbane-australia.com/103362.php |
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On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 18:21:32 +1000, "Jeff"
wrote: This may be helpful... http://www.brisbane-australia.com/103362.php Thanks - I've booked marked that, even though it's guilty of the heinous crime of not formatting properly in Firefox. |
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On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:56:08 +0100, Simon Pleasants
wrote: On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 21:23:00 +1000, "Jeff" wrote: I didn;t think it was pathetic, i just noted that you were not quite taken by Brisbane,. so obviously you didn't feel the need to elaborate on much We didn't really do anything, that's the problem. When I look back on it I wonder why we didn't, but we didn't. I can only assume that after several weeks of travelling around we actually needed to catch our breath. I was decidedly not taken with Brisbane's roads - particularly at rush hour, but that's another story (bridge). I'd love to go back and do what we didn't do before - but because we loved the rain forests and the reefs so much whenever we go back we tend to go back there. I'll be going to Perth in October - that's new territory for me. When I checked out your site I was puzzled by that. You didn't have any parts of Western Australia listed as having been included in your travels, yet you have what appears to be a picture of Wave Rock in Hyden (Western Australia) on your front page..... Just wondering ??? Tony |
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Cairns to Airlie Beach for the Whitsundays takes a days driving.
Whitsundays to Hervey Bay for Fraser Island takes a longer days driving. Hervey Bay to Brisbane is around 4 hours. This website has loads of options for Cairns, Whitsundays, Fraser Island, Ayers Rock, Kakadu and some other stuff. www.ozmagic.homestead.com Good Luck |
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