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A blast from the past

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  1. Necx0

    Necx0 Karting

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  2. Gizzi

    Gizzi F1 Veteran
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    Thanks for posting that Scott. Very entertaining.


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  3. Al Campbell

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    Thanks Scott.

    It's almost 4 years now since Labor closed the last unlimited speed section. :(
    This was my last run in it -


    Cheers Al
     
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  4. Ferraridoc

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    Thanks Scott, that was a good read
     
  5. kerrari

    kerrari Two Time F1 World Champ
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    I thought they had reverted back to open speed away from the cities?
     
  6. Al Campbell

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    No, worse luck.

    We used to enjoy open speed limits throughout the NT until Labor closed them all. The CLP got back in & managed to claw back a 300Km long section of open speed limit north of Alice Springs but were defeated by labor 4 years ago & the open speed section was shutdown. Labor was just voted in for another 4 years so I don't think the NT will see open speed limits ever again. :(
     
  7. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
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    NT/cities???

    A couple of small country towns more likely:D.

    140 kph limit now I think you'll find.
     
  8. Al Campbell

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    Couldn't really call them cities. :)
    130 kph is the most we have now & only on some roads - it's not even quick enough to get a 400i auto to change from 2nd to 3rd under full noise. :(
     
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  9. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
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    You'll have to come on a GG then.....
     
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  10. kerrari

    kerrari Two Time F1 World Champ
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    Oh shame... NT is the only state I haven’t driven my 308! Don’t think I would have enough fuel to get from Cammoweal to Barkly Station on such lovely bowling ball roads; amazes me that with the weather extremes and road trains NT can build perfect roads when Qld can’t even build a decent suburban road to last more than a year...
     
  11. kerrari

    kerrari Two Time F1 World Champ
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    You’ve never been there have you? Darwin is very much a city. International airport for a start...
     
  12. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
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    'sigh' it was a joke...Al got it and he lives there...
     
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  13. Maranello550

    Maranello550 F1 World Champ
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    Yeah nah it’s an international airport built next to a village of crocodile wrestling piss heads...:)
     
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  14. islerodreaming

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    Or a runway built for B-52's that you can land a civvie plane on - the old terminal was a cracker, bullet holes and all.
     
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  15. islerodreaming

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    And if you really want to see what the airport is for I highly recommend going while Pitch Black is on. Bring a chair and a beer, grab a feed from the cricket club BBQ on Amy Johnson drive at the fence beyond the threshold and hang on!

    John
     
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  16. kerrari

    kerrari Two Time F1 World Champ
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    Yeah but you have to take into account that for Simon, Cairns is the big smoke...
     
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  17. Maranello550

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    Poor Simon....:)
     
  18. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
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    Nup I live in Gods little acreage,no Covid B/S...no Pileoshyte B/S,plenty of great booze and and fresh seafood and meaty produce...thangyouverymuch!
     
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  19. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
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    ...................and it's the the 'Smoke' that's changed severely in the 32 odd years that I've been living here and 40ish years since I first came here.
    It's 'grown up' in not the most wonderful of ways .
    You wouldn't have been here in the late '70's when it was burgeoning from frontier outback/fishing/escape town for the rich and famous/politicians/nasties and anything inbetween.
    You;d never have had experience of the 'Barbary Coast' pubs,The Oceanic,The Barrier Reef and The Royal with others adding to the,then,rich attraction of the joint.
    It certainly wasn't the 'sanitised ' version of what it is now.
    Same goes for Port Douglas,once upon a time ...3 great restaurants ,1 brilliant pie shop and 2 fantastic pubs.....now....plastic.
     
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  20. Aircon

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    You've turned into such a bitter and twisted old man.
     
  21. Maranello550

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    Yeah we lived in Trinity Beach in the late 80s trying to get my first flying job...Jules and I did door to door selling rainbow vacuum cleaners to pay the bills. Every time someone let you in to give them a speel they got a free knife set. I think I gave away around 700 knife sets , drank plenty of beer and made a lot of friends before rainbow said see you later... Who the Fuch in their right mind would pay $2400 for a vacuum cleaner when you could buy a really good one for 30 bucks in the 80s.....:)
     
  22. Horse

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    A gay vacuum cleaner?

    That sucks!


    NTTIAWWT
     
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  23. Maranello550

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    OLIO...
     
  24. kerrari

    kerrari Two Time F1 World Champ
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    Haha I remember the wild days of the ‘Japanese’ boom in the 80s - my practice had an office in Cairns, spent a few days every 2nd month up there...
     
  25. Maranello550

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    I see in the papers China has stated Australia will be the trash of Asia without them...Hmmm..
     

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