[Linux-aus] Getting to Everything Open in Gladstone

[Rob Thomas]

I'll be spending some time next week going though all the ways to get up
here, but as far as I know, there is NOT going to be any track work
blocking trains getting up here.

Sadly the Tilt Train (160kph) is most likely still going to be out of
service then, but I've had unofficial confirmation that there is currently
no track work planned between Brisbane and Gladstone for April, so the
Spirit of Queensland should still be running 10 times a week.

Oh, and for those that ARE planning on driving, don't trust your speedo, as
almost all of them are deliberately set to display higher speeds than
you're actually travelling, leading to getting a pile of cars and trucks
lined up behind you 8) Use the GPS on your phone to get an accurate
reading, and DO NOT EXCEED IT. The highway patrol do not have any sense of
humour these days!

--Rob

On Sun, 15 Oct 2023, 3:26 pm Mike Carden via linux-aus, <
linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> wrote:

> That's a good summary Simon, thanks for doing that.
>
> It so happens that this week I drove a big chunk of the road from Brisbane
> to Gladstone. I flew from Canberra to Brisbane, hired a car[0] and drove to
> Bundaberg which is about 200km short of Gladstone.
>
> Two things stand out about that drive. One is the fact that there is an
> amazing quantity of roadworks going on with choke points, speed
> restrictions (down to 40km/h), temporary traffic lights and general mayhem
> around all of that activity. The other is that it's a very busy route for
> heavy haulage trucking with more semi trailers and B-Doubles per kilometre
> than I have seen in years. And many of the big truck drivers are VERY
> impatient.
>
> I like to set the cruise control to the speed limit and just get on with
> it, but more than once I had nudged the speed in a 100 zone up to around
> 110 because a truck with 90 signs stuck to its front filled my mirrors to
> the point that I couldn't see its windscreen nor its rego plate. So don't
> expect a particularly relaxing drive if you choose to take on the Bruce
> Highway.
>
> --
> MC
>
> [0] Brisbane domestic airport car hire is tortuous [1]. You need to leave
> the arrivals area, go up either a lift or a moving walkway to an overpass
> in the sky, traverse to a three storey car park, get a lift to the ground
> floor, then find the particular hire car company you have booked through.
> And on the way back, you need to know that you have to take the
> International Airport exit from Airport Drive to find the Service Centre to
> refuel your hire car before then heading to the domestic airport Car Rental
> Return area.
>
> [1] It's easier at the International Airport which is just down the road.
>
>
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