Re: [chat] driving to qld

[Dean Hamstead <dean@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

thats not a bad summary

basically we want to do it in two days and take the quickest route
with a stop about half way (hence tamworth and macquarie)
and do it during the day during the day

so if you could recommend a route that would be helpful

Dean

Kevin Waterson wrote:
> Dean Hamstead wrote:
>
> > lol, good old slug chat.
> >
> > anyway
> >
> > in driving to qld this holidays, im curious about the pros
> > and cons of going via port macquarie or tamworth 
>
>
>
> I have lived in Port Macquarie and surrounds for the past 11 years.
> I used to travel each month to SLUG meetings. I moved back to Sydney
> on Tuesday. If there is a central most exciting spot in the universe, then
> Port Macquarie is the spot furthest from it. I also own a block of holiday
> apartments up that way http://www.oceania.net to see (currently being 
> renovated)
>
> The New England route does not offer oceans but does offer some 
> extraodinary
> scenery and a good look at rural life style. Port Macquarie does offer 
> fishing, but
> New England has some bitchin trout hatcheries these days.
>
> New England Hwy is a good road and much calmer now the pacific Hwy has
> been upgraded in many parts and most of the cowboys in their B-Double 
> trucks
> prefer the Pacific route. If you just want to get to Brissy quick with 
> an o'night stay
> then go for Port Mac. If you want to see something of rural Australia, 
> New England
> is the way to go.. Is that a banjo I hear?
>
> Kind regards
> Kevin

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