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Not all things in Australia want to kill you..........

JimInOz
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Jeez, imagine stepping from a Cusso into an FJ.
Must have felt like a Ferrari.

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Pastorbottle
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JimInOz JimInOz
Jeez, imagine stepping from a Cusso into an FJ.
Must have felt like a Ferrari.

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I duuno what one would've been the bigger handful the FJ Humpy or the Cusso, both had next to non existent brakes, and dubious handling. They both rolled about like a Labrador on a freshly cut lawn!
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lindo
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While staying with a friend in the Longford area, I attended a major race meeting there when I was 18 (a long time ago). I was keen to get some good racing photos. When a professional photographer jumped the main spectator fence about thirty yards out from the track and took a nice position at the fence next to the track, I was greatly tempted to do the same.

While I was still making up my mind the lead cars came through. One lost control and crashed straight through the photographer, who was killed in front of me. Your post brought it all back very vividly.
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MRC
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Pastorbottle Pastorbottle
Another of our more hazardous tracks was Longford down it rural Tasmania,
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it had numerous interesting features including a straight with a hump that got the cars airborne

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Getting some air!

A couple of unforgiving timber trestle bridges
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More old Humpy Holdens, some Ford Lotus Cortina Mk1s, a pair of Ford Customlines , one getting a bit sideways, and a VW Beetle in the background.

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A Ford Galaxy leading a Chrysler Valiant

And a railway dissecting the track, a one point over the track with a viaduct
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it would be lovely hitting that in one of those!

and at another with a rail level crossing, they cars would have to stop if a train came along.....yes that actually happened!
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And a pub on the corner!
Some blokes with balls the size of boulders even raced motorcycles there!
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That bridge photo rang a bell....

... that's the circuit where Timmy Mayer died.

Timmy was brother of Teddy Mayer long time involved with McClaren cars.
 
DaveK
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Currently watching Colin from Accounts, an amazing rom com from Australia. Could kill you with laughter. Truly. Every scene has a DEFCON 5 level cringe moment.
 
Pastorbottle
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The scariest thing about Queensland isn't the critters.........It's the Queensland politicians (both sides and independants)....a more toxic vicious rabid lunatic monster than any of the fauna, they constantly ooze malevolent intent and erupt with venomous verbal diarrhea!
They make the crocs,, stingers, sharks, snakes, spiders etc seem cuddly in comparison!
Having said that the politicians of Queensland are only a pale imitation of one to be found elsewhere in the world that shall remain nameless
 
DoctorEvil
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Pastorbottle Pastorbottle
The scariest thing about Queensland isn't the critters.........It's the Queensland politicians (both sides and independants)....a more toxic vicious rabid lunatic monster than any of the fauna, they constantly ooze malevolent intent and erupt with venomous verbal diarrhea!
They make the crocs,, stingers, sharks, snakes, spiders etc seem cuddly in comparison!
Having said that the politicians of Queensland are only a pale imitation of one to be found elsewhere in the world that shall remain nameless
You're obviously from Victoria 馃槃 ::stirthepot::
 
DoctorEvil
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Pastorbottle Pastorbottle
Hpw could you tell?
For those on the Forum who don't know, it's the most socially progressive state in Australia. The complete opposite of Queensland. So odds are...
For the record, I'm from Victoria too 馃槈
 
ghce
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DoctorEvil DoctorEvil
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Some human parts are just indigestible, I am sure he is just doing the right thing and returning this bit to the Red Recycling Bin.
 
Evitzee
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A couple of years ago we were driving in Brighton, VIC and came across this vehicle, who would have thought pigeons were such a problem. Love the license plate.

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BlackTalon
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Often a problem in cities. Mainly due to the mess.
 
p4ul
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Brace yourselves, Woodpecker alert.

Great Spotted..
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..and Green
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Keep you trousers on.
 
BlackTalon
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so the creatures in Australia not only kill the people, they also kill the wood. Holy cow, what's next?
 
bsowers34
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In the USA now the government wants to kill you. Let's put a vaccine denier in charge of public health. And kill off all programs that actually help people. I may prefer crocodiles to what's in the DC swamp.
 
MRC
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p4ul p4ul
Brace yourselves, Woodpecker alert.

..and Green
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Keep you trousers on.
Only a problem if you have ants in your pants (the favourite food of Yaffles).
 
Pastorbottle
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p4ul p4ul
Brace yourselves, Woodpecker alert.

Great Spotted..
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..and Green
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Keep you trousers on.
You have a wooden pecker? Better keep it varnished otherwise it might split and splinter!
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