Anybody live in or been to Cairns?

[LG17]

Crap day today.
Cold and wet!

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by LG17

Crap day today.
Cold and wet!

It rained a bit this morning and min temp was 23c!!

They need a good dose of real cold up here

I have noticed that Tourists outnumber real locals (not working backpackers) and rental cars seem to number local ones.

[LG17]

23's cold!!!!!!!!!

Tomorrow will be good though

"Real locals" are busy working so you won't see them

Hope you are enjoying your stay!

[Auslandau]

Bunch of girls up North ...... 23 cold!!! 18 in Melbourne tomorrow ..... very comfy!!

Aren't you supposed to be holidaying with the family instead of AFF Rog?

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Auslandau

Bunch of girls up North ...... 23 cold!!!

True, a lady in the local IGA supermarket said it got down to 19 the other night, she was so cold she was going to get a Doona!!

Originally Posted by Auslandau

Aren't you supposed to be holidaying with the family instead of AFF Rog?

Shhh, they think I'm looking up interesting things for tomorrow

[Burnout]

Rog, thought I spotted you heading North the other day:



Parked up for a log book (work diary) rest no doubt.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Burnout

Rog, thought I spotted you heading North the other day:

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Parked up for a log book (work diary) rest no doubt.

Arrgh... thats an old 'Butterbox' (the forerunner to the Argosy)

I drove one once.........once was quite enough!!

[Burnout]

Knew you'd like it!
The Photos yours mate.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Burnout

Knew you'd like it!
The Photos yours mate.

Pass

I did make another GOLFing discovery today..... this little sucker has a 7 speed auto.

[Auslandau]

You know you shouldn't put it in 'R' when going forward?

Being a rental though s'pose its OK!

[GasoLane]

Went for a drive to Mareeba today, via Mossman. They've got some serious Mango farms up there, especially the one that makes Mango Wine

We bought a dozen mixed. Fortunately they can send them home so we don't have to worry about excess baggage, what I do have to worry about is that they use StarTrack !!

Came back via Kuranda, isn't that a scary drive down the hill ?

I don't mean the road, just the idiots who think that 4WD means Four Wheeled Daredevil.
And Tradies!....I thought Tradies were bad around my place (where it's flat) but here they all think they're Craig Lowndes doing a Hillclimb whilst chatting on a mobile!

[XRGREIGHT]

+2 for mission beach. absolutely magic place.

[LG17]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

Went for a drive to Mareeba today, via Mossman. They've got some serious Mango farms up there, especially the one that makes Mango Wine

We bought a dozen mixed. Fortunately they can send them home so we don't have to worry about excess baggage, what I do have to worry about is that they use StarTrack !!

Came back via Kuranda, isn't that a scary drive down the hill ?

I don't mean the road, just the idiots who think that 4WD means Four Wheeled Daredevil.
And Tradies!....I thought Tradies were bad around my place (where it's flat) but here they all think they're Craig Lowndes doing a Hillclimb whilst chatting on a mobile!

That sure is the problem with the range these days.
It's best taken at a time when there's not too much traffic around and those times are getting few and far between.
My young fella is on his Ls and I took him up and down there last weekend. That was fun but he did really well in spite of some of the *********.

[flappist]

Originally Posted by XRGREIGHT

+2 for mission beach. absolutely magic place.

If you go to Mission and spot a big blue emu on the side of the road don't get out of the car and walk up to it to get better pics..........they are nasty.....

[galaxy xr8]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

Went for a drive to Mareeba today, via Mossman. They've got some serious Mango farms up there, especially the one that makes Mango Wine

We bought a dozen mixed. Fortunately they can send them home so we don't have to worry about excess baggage, what I do have to worry about is that they use StarTrack !!

Came back via Kuranda, isn't that a scary drive down the hill ?

I don't mean the road, just the idiots who think that 4WD means Four Wheeled Daredevil.
And Tradies!....I thought Tradies were bad around my place (where it's flat) but here they all think they're Craig Lowndes doing a Hillclimb whilst chatting on a mobile!

Ain't that the truth, everytime I have been up there it has also been the same, so is the road up into the mountain's (Mt Molloy Rd) just north of Pt Douglas, the last time I was up there, there was a car into the tree's with police tape around it.

[marcyeo]

I'm a doctor in Cairns Base, just had a guy got wiped off his motorbike by a car in the Kuranda range come by us - totaled his spine in 3 places, dislocated 3 fingers in his right hand, cut his thigh and smashed his knee.

He's a paraplegic.

Beware the range...

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by marcyeo

I'm a doctor in Cairns Base, just had a guy got wiped off his motorbike by a car in the Kuranda range come by us - totaled his spine in 3 places, dislocated 3 fingers in his right hand, cut his thigh and smashed his knee.

He's a paraplegic.

Beware the range...

We're departing here (Pt Douglas) tomorrow and going down to Cairns -ok Palm Cove, but it's close enough- for the next week.
We'll be going back up to Kuranda but the tourist way, Train up Skyrail down.

So if we see you Doc it'll be for Stinger or Sunburn treatment only.......... hopefully

[351EL]

I had to come down the range the other day in my tipper fully loaded with no jake/exhaust brake with every moron behind me flashing there lights trying to get me to go faster.

[marcyeo]

I admit that I do like having a bit of a spin up the range but if you wanna do that kinda thing you have to pick your times - usually early in the morning if that's your prerogative, but you should share the road with everyone else.

It's sad that nobody's got any patience these days and if you get stuck behind someone slow then tough luck!

At least you arrive alive at your destination..

[GasoLane]

For the locals up here this is old news but I wonder if it's been told down south (Even a Camry driver like Auslandau isn't this dumb.)

It seems someone missed the ferry across the Daintree river by a few feet and finished up in the river. This is the same river we were watching 3metre Crocs this week just 500metres from the ferry.

Yes he was from Vic and slightly over the limit PCA was .165!

http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx (thats a photoshop'd front page btw)

[XR6_661]

Originally Posted by marcyeo

I admit that I do like having a bit of a spin up the range but if you wanna do that kinda thing you have to pick your times - usually early in the morning if that's your prerogative, but you should share the road with everyone else.

It's sad that nobody's got any patience these days and if you get stuck behind someone slow then tough luck!

At least you arrive alive at your destination..

Reminds me of late night blasts up Kuranda in the XR6 against my mates VL.

I'm one of the crazy downhillers you see on the range too....driven that road hundreds of times!

[Auslandau]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

For the locals up here this is old news but I wonder if it's been told down south (Even a Camry driver like Auslandau isn't this dumb.)

It seems someone missed the ferry across the Daintree river by a few feet and finished up in the river. This is the same river we were watching 3metre Crocs this week just 500metres from the ferry.

Yes he was from Vic and slightly over the limit PCA was .165!

http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx (thats a photoshop'd front page btw)

Can't see where the link is? Wanted to have alook ....... just to make sure I didn't make the paper!

[WASP]

Pt Douglas, The Hot Pot restauant just off the main street. The best burger I have every had in my life and the biggest donut I have ever had to. Damn thing was massive!

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Auslandau

Can't see where the link is? Wanted to have alook ....... just to make sure I didn't make the paper!

Hmm, strange way to link things.....Ok, try Google's http://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&q=po...w=1543&bih=910

Second entry down .... Port Douglas & Mossman Gazette online - PressDisp

The Headline should be DAINTREE DONKEY, with a photoshopped pic of camry swimming

[Auslandau]

LUCKY! Mine was baby blue ..... and I wasn't as drunk!!!!

[galaxy xr8]

Maybe he was listening to the GPS as like the Chinese tourists up in Queensland not long ago that rented a vehicle and the GPS told them to go straight ahead at a dead end road, to which they did and ended up in the ocean, Must be something in the water up that way..

[GasoLane]

With his blood alcohol level he wouldn't have seen the screen.

I can imagine panic though.... rentacar + all clothes + River full of Crocs = Major undie soiling