Tue 30 Mar, 2021 10:18 am
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Tue 30 Mar, 2021 8:20 pm
Its time to introduce paid parking permits.
Tue 30 Mar, 2021 8:45 pm
Tue 30 Mar, 2021 9:34 pm
Wed 31 Mar, 2021 10:48 pm
dalehikes wrote:I'm all for a bus, as long as they regularly pull over for quicker vehicles.
In fact, all slow vehicles should pull over if cars are banking up behind them, the road is dangerous enough!
Thu 01 Apr, 2021 1:48 pm
izzeho wrote:I think more buses on the existing road is a terrible idea. An alternative access route really should be implemented first, just need the funding to get Duck Ck Rd fully/partially sealed.
Thu 01 Apr, 2021 3:33 pm
Thu 01 Apr, 2021 7:00 pm
Just a normal mountain road.
Thu 01 Apr, 2021 8:26 pm
Fri 02 Apr, 2021 6:40 pm
Mon 05 Apr, 2021 12:56 pm
CBee wrote:I can't see anything wrong or dangerous about that road. Just a normal mountain road. Obviously people need to apply road rules even on a road that doesn't have houses, traffic lights and footpaths around.
Mt. Nebo rd. is another example of a perfectly normal road, routinely transformed in a nightmare by amateur car drivers and motorbike riders. Doesn't matter how many cops are on patrol, every weekend: there's always a trail of ambulances...
Lyrebird wrote:The state government has spent millions upgrading the Lamington National Park Road and rebuilding the Springbrook and Binna Burra Roads, so I doubt they'd be willing to pay for upgrading the Duck Creek, much as it would be great to have a second route. My understanding was the same as Dale's, that both Scenic Rim and the state were more than happy to see the back of it. I also believe it collapsed during the Cyclone Debbie aftermath and would need to be substantially rebuilt, though I haven't seen it with my own eyes; it wasn't all that well built to start with. (Edit) That said, apparently people are getting 4WDs up it illegally, so maybe its not as bad as all that.
Lyrebird wrote:For sure, but that was prior to the Cyclone Debbie aftermath taking out the road. Traditionally it was navigable in dry weather in a decent 2WD vehicle. I'm aware of someone making it down in an Avis Corolla thanks to a misplaced belief in the hire car sat nav, which sent them from Cooloongatta Airport to Kerry via O'Reilly . They didn't enjoy it and nor did the car, but it was doable.
The bush bashing referred to in the article seems to have been going on since it was closed.
dalehikes wrote:Well you can count coaches out, they are a horror show up there.
Wed 07 Apr, 2021 4:55 pm
Wed 07 Apr, 2021 9:10 pm
Wed 07 Apr, 2021 9:53 pm
Wed 07 Apr, 2021 10:05 pm
Great for base camping weekenders & families during school holidays.
Thu 08 Apr, 2021 7:58 am
Does it feel like you've slung a hammock in someone's backyard at The Gap or am I being mean-spirited?
Thu 08 Apr, 2021 5:10 pm
Thu 08 Apr, 2021 5:23 pm
Aardvark wrote:There is if you intend to sling it on the footpath along Waterworks Rd.
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