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25-12-2006, 07:32 PM | #1 | ||
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Just a bit of question for any of you locals or those in the know, now the state of a few roads and whether they are a reasonable alternative for the slightly more adventorous to the good ole New England Highway on a trip up to QLD.
Mainly i was wondering on the status of Thunderbolts Way from Glouster to Uralla and the old Mount Lindsay Highway, east from Tenterfield? What condition are they in and whats the speed limit like?
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25-12-2006, 08:45 PM | #2 | ||
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I travelled across the mount lindsay hwy last year and it was OK, some dirt and an interesting drive across to the back of the gold coast. About the same time as going via Casino and Ballina.
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25-12-2006, 09:38 PM | #3 | ||
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Pacific is the easiest and smoothest route now...
Bypass balluna by going through tevern. It's mainly 2 lane dual carriageway now... New england is slower alternative... going at night is best time to head up... most of teh shortcuts and altenatives take longer now, as the pacific is becoming that good. new coopernook bypass shaves off another 20mins.... Cheers
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25-12-2006, 09:54 PM | #4 | ||
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just the traffic thats all, i have driven the Pacific before and have done it quicker, but considering the holiday traffic and all i was considering a few alternatives to my standard run up the New England
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25-12-2006, 09:56 PM | #5 | |||
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if you can go up over night... best time, nothing but trucks, and all they do is sit on their limits.... very tame on pacific.... overnight I have done sydney to brisbane on 8 hours, it's that good now.
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25-12-2006, 10:08 PM | #6 | |||
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25-12-2006, 10:09 PM | #7 | |||
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25-12-2006, 10:10 PM | #8 | ||
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Oh and you may like to bring your mpeg box as well, ive got 120mb plus of gear if you like?,.,,,,,
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25-12-2006, 10:11 PM | #9 | ||
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be very very wary of whole sawtell, uranga coffs area... more speed cameras than gondy knows what to do with, and a very bad area...
tip, go the back road via bellingen and coramba up to grafton, shaves off another 1/2 hour. Pacific any other time than night, forget it....
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25-12-2006, 11:26 PM | #10 | |||
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25-12-2006, 11:58 PM | #11 | ||
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Hmm, coast is boring, go new england just watch all the coppas.
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26-12-2006, 12:31 AM | #12 | |||
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That would depend on which way one is traveling. Coming from New England via Lismore you can go straight through to Bangalow which is the "usual" way. The trip depends on traffic and can be a hassle. Coming north from South Grafton you'd go through Ballina in preference to going up Wardell Road, through Alstonville and out through Teven. |
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26-12-2006, 12:34 AM | #13 | |||
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26-12-2006, 07:13 AM | #14 | ||
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We've pretty much always travelled the New England if we are going to Brisbane or further north otherwise the Pacific if we are heading to the Gold Coast. I'll have to give this new pacific hwy a go though, its been a while for us.
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26-12-2006, 07:43 AM | #15 | |||
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Traffic was that bad on Pacific i decided enough was enough and took this alternate route Apparently i heard Ballina was a parking lot with all the Xmas traffic so i'm glad i took this route on Saturday |
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26-12-2006, 08:05 AM | #16 | ||
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[QUOTE=Bill_R]Bypass Ballina by going through Teven????QUOTE]
Bluehoon is refering to a turn off past the Alstonville road that cuts across via Teven and rejoins the P. Hwy north of Ballina. |
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26-12-2006, 09:03 AM | #17 | |||
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quickest i have done the 1300k's is 11 hours so is this at the "legal" speed limit of mostly 110 in qld and 110-100-80 zones etc on the same stretch of hwy? the back road os worst then the front road back road has cameras and imho more police lot of single lanes bits etc roads vay from very smooth to a tad bumpy in places but is a better drive the only thing going for the front road is close to facilities mostly cheaper fuel etc (unless you stop at the servo just on the border which is always the cheapest i have found)and you normally see the police/cameras etc a mile away ;) oh and its quicker then the back road ;) |
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26-12-2006, 11:54 AM | #18 | |||
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The worst part about any trip north from Bangalow up is the roadworks to bypass Brunswick Heads. They seem to be taking forever. Regardless of traffic you can really bottle up there. One of the new bridges opened two weeks ago so it might be a little better or a little worse. I think there's a way around it if you go New England then Lismore - Bangalow - my sister takes a turn somewhere around Clunes and (I think) joins north of that. How long has the Ballina bypass been talked about? Two pet hates are the speed cameras going down the hill just before the Byron turnoff and the speed camera at Clunes on the Lismore to Banglow road. |
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26-12-2006, 12:02 PM | #19 | ||
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Ballina bypass is a long way off. Biggest problem is finding stable soil and avoiding too many hills.
Coffs Harbour is a long way off, as the problem there is too far out past city, its huge costs with hills as well. Coffs also has the "not in my back yard" syndrome.... Yes, past bruxner highway turn off, turn left onto tevern road, over the bridge and up the hill, then turn right and rejoin pacific north of ballina. can cut off over 45 mins in peak.... My grandparents live up there.... Another shortcut, if not going back way to grafton (massive time saver), as you come over the hill into grafton there is a right hand turn lane, turn right and follow the road, it runs around the hills across grafton, bring you out north of grafton and wipes off another 15 mins... Can't use this if using the backway but.... Cheers
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26-12-2006, 12:21 PM | #20 | |||
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*oh yeah, im seeing as that ill be on my own, im not really game enough to risk a night time run
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26-12-2006, 01:00 PM | #21 | |||
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26-12-2006, 02:13 PM | #22 | |||
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It used to crack me up. I'd allow cars to pass me then take that shortcut and crack up when they'd catch up and probably wonder how I got in front. |
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