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henzie

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Yet.. your avatar is a photo of a rave... lol

True.. quite observant of you.. if you look at the full photo it's actually taken in 2003 and is in memory of a mate..

Still love the music - just found as I get older have started to grow out of going to raves/parties like transmission and so on and so forth which is where we took the photo..

anyways - moving on.. yeah - if your tire - take a break think we did sydney to byron in about 9 hours.. with stop for lunch and change of drivers.. love the cruise into byron nice long windy roads..

dangerous_daveo Grand Master

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just get a shit load of speed.... just kidding  

no doze or gurana tabs  

ive got a mate who's done it from melb to toowoomba in one go with no sleep... 15 hrs just pump tunes that wake u up like tekkez or sumfin like that not somthing that will put u to sleep

15hours to do that drive? That is fing white lighting.

boj01 Experienced

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The problem with flying up there and hiring a car if you are under 25 is the fact you can't hire a car as most places have a policy of 21 or 25 and older. I drove from Brisbane to Newcastle in 9.5 hours with one 30 minute stop at Buladelah for a refuel and food stop.

If you leave early in the morning, i.e 5am, you run the chance of falling asleep at the wheel a few hours into the trip as well.

saff_cossie Grand Master

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The problem with flying up there and hiring a car if you are under 25 is the fact you can't hire a car as most places have a policy of 21 or 25 and older. I drove from Brisbane to Newcastle in 9.5 hours with one 30 minute stop at Buladelah for a refuel and food stop.  

If you leave early in the morning, i.e 5am, you run the chance of falling asleep at the wheel a few hours into the trip as well.

That was exactly the problem I had with the g/f. We had an apartment in surfers but wanted a car so the only way was to drive up. I drove all the way there and she drove part way back. We did 12 hours straight to coonabarabran (sp?) with a few fuel stops and then 8 hours to the gold coast the next day.

Plenty of water for you and the car, spare oil and a basic tool kit. Also check your wheel nuts can actually be undone i.e not done up with a pressure gun so when you get a flat you are stranded.

Lots of CD's. We had an esky in the back running off the cigarette lighter as well for cool drinks.

Fantastic country for road trips.

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red bull is excellent stuff. once you start losing concentration pull over. every weekend i am awake 52 hours straight and driving 35 hours of that, red bull is unreal as is music you love to sing along too. also if you have a small steering wheel a pair of motorbike gloves makes it easier on the hands and whatever you do, dont turn on the heater! it will make you tired.

race_snooze Grand Master

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and that has what to do with anything.... you shouldnt be 'in' boost on the highway anyways.... you need load to produce boost.... if you are maintaining a constant speed, you will be in vacuum

lots of slight hills from canberra, and as soon as i touch the acc it goes into boost, it would wind its self straight to 12 psi (r33 gtst modded).

As for the hole sleep thing i drove to sydney stayed with family on newyears tryed to sleep but fireworks kept me awake till 4 got up at 5 and drove to surfas, lots of stops.

on the way back left bris vages and drove straight to canberra 12 or 13 hours. middle of the night and almost ran out of fuel, I didnt even know that r33s had fuel lights till it came on.

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Mate take the New England Hwy. The Pacific is packed with roadworks and a lot of single lane stuff that is frustrating. Then add all the little towns along the way where you reduce 100-80-60 for 10 mins then back to 100kmh.

The New England Hwy is 110kmh, no stops. It ends a fair way west of Brisbane but the drive is sooooo much easier and far less tiring. I have lived in Tamworth and now in Newcastle, and having to drive the Pacific (last weekend) sucked bigtime. My 2.2c

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Id have to agree with mark the New England is alot better to travel along.

You go through towns such as Stanthope, armidale etc etc.

Im thinking you would go as far as my home town of Toowoomba and then from to Brisbane and or Coast. Takes me about 1.5hours from Toowoomba to Surfers paradise.

Gl matey.

neil_se Experienced

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I drove from Coffs Harbour to the Gold Coast today and roadworks are terrible, many 5-10min stops and stacks of 40/50/60km zones. If you took the New England then you could probably take the Cunningham Hwy from Warwick across to Ipswich rather than go all the way to Toowoomba then down, or there's probably a route from the New England to the Gold Coast through Murwilimbah.

fLipKnot Community Regular

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Ask your GF to give you a Blow Job every 3 hours while on the wheel. That'll keep u goin :cheers:

Kidding...=)

Check your coolants, tyres and make sure u have a spare tyre with the tools as well. Don't want to get a flat in the middle of nowhere. Please let us know how did your petrol consumption go?

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