10 week trip to australia

[jred321]

ok so now the plan we have right now for this trip i'm going on is:

fly into melbourne march 7
fly to brisbane march 9
bus to surfer's paradise
stay there til the 13th
melbourne doing work for the australian bureau of statistics and stuff until easter break
probably fitzroy (sp?) island over easter break
work again until may 5
then we're either going to new zealand or cairns for like a week

should be a good time hopefully http://www.astina gt.com/forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

p.s.- are skyline gtr's around a good amount or are they fairly rare? i've never seen one in person and need to

 

[AZDriftR]

lucky basterd!

 

[twilightprotege]

nice trip! i live in brisbane and you'll see plenty s13/s14/s15, gt-t's, gts's...and a few gtr's (r32/33 and 34's)

 

[jred321]

sweeeeeeeeet, gonna have some good pictures

 

[twilightprotege]

oh and go to a nissan dealer and test drive an s15.

 

[twilightprotege]

oh i should add, we call them 200sx's here

 

[jred321]

oh and go to a nissan dealer and test drive an s15.

haha, sounds like a good time to me

 

[twilightprotege]

if you're interested as well, go to a ford dealer and take a falcon xr6 turbo for a drive

 

[Critter]

I can't help thinking how much...."fun"....the sales dude would have riding with a test-driver used to the other side of the road! LOL

 

[jred321]

I can't help thinking how much...."fun"....the sales dude would have riding with a test-driver used to the other side of the road! LOL

hahahaha, plus you guys have some crazy way to make turns down there that i have no idea about.

 

[twilightprotege]

just watch out for kangaroo's and crocodiles. they are all over the roads, especially in the cities.

 

[jred321]

just watch out for kangaroo's and crocodiles. they are all over the roads, especially in the cities.

i really hope you're joking(crazy)

 

[twilightprotege]

nah, totally serious. esp the kangaroo's.



hehehehe....j/k

 

[jred321]

you crazy australians

 

[twilightprotege]

well we do have 9 out of the 10 most venomous snakes in the world (we have 1-6), the top 4 venomous spiders, and steve irwin. we live in a dangerous country

 

[jred321]

so i've heard, my friends are working at the victoria zoo, i'm definitely going to visit them at work. i'm not so sure i like the idea of some of those animals just walking around though

 

[Critter]

Don't laugh.
I actually have a sign in my street warning people to look out for Kangaroos on the road!
The sign is a kangaroo sign but it is actually for wallabies. What are they?
Kinda small kangaroos that are nocturnal, and they will come out at night and graze on people's lawns when the pickings are slim in the forest. Lots of them where I live.

Seriously cute things, but when you come flying around the corner late at night and there's a couple of dozen wallabies all over the road.....whoa!!!
I can tell you if you hit a kangaroo (bigger) at any kind of speed, life has just gone pear-shaped on you.
In the real outback of Australia, people have "roo bars" on the front of their cars......

This IS the truth! Can send you a pic of the sign if you like.

Oh yeah, in Australian "the truth" is "fair dinkum"

 

[twilightprotege]

yeah i've gone close to taking out kangaroo's in country queensland and new south wales.

in the northern territory it gets a little worrying when a dead kangaroo (hit by a road train - ie big truck with 4 trailers for you yanks) takes up half of the road and you have to drive on the wrong side of the road to miss it and the wedge tailed eagle eating the roo

 

[Zed]

Haha, most of the animals in Australia are pretty harmless if you leave them alone and don't do anything to provoke them.

Up my way (suburban Sydney), I've got signs to watch out for wombats on the road. Plenty of swamp wallabies around too. Melbourne zoo is nice, you should enjoy it.

 

[jred321]

Oh yeah, in Australian "the truth" is "fair dinkum"

speaking of which, do you know of any sites with australian sayings and what they mean or could you put together a quick list so when people say things to me i don't just sit there and look at them like they're crazy? cause if someone said "fair dinkum" to me, i'd think they were talking gibberish