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Brisbane is the pits… well at least the traffic is. OK all you Queenslanders who are going to jump down my throat and tell me Melbourne is worse or Sydney is worse or even Didyabringabeeralong is worse but wait, there is only one question you need to answer today…
Q: WHICH CITY IN THE WORLD PUTS TRAFFIC LIGHTS ON A SUPER BUSY ROUNDABOUT?
A: BRISBANE!
Being a frequent traveler to Brisbane and it’s outlying burbs such as Ipswich, I experience the traffic frequently. Just last week, (Tuesday) it took me longer to get from BNE domestic to Ipswich (toll way all the way) than it did for me to get from MEL to BNE!
Instead of heading back to MEL from BNE on Friday, Mrs! Deposited the dog into the kennels (our dog is spoiled and gets a balcony suite, a TV in her home away from home and “yappy time” every day) jumped a QF to BNE to meet up with me and have a nice weekend indulging in everything the BNE Hilton had to offer. Great except it took over 2 hours to travel from the city to the airport, pick her up and then back to the Hilton. Grrrrrr – my naughty plans binned due to my bad temper at the Brisbane traffic!
Again this morning (Monday), we checked out of the Hilton in a good mood, happy with our 3 night break and refreshed ready to ride out the rough patches till next we get a nice break together – only – Mrs! Had a 0750 MEL flight (my SYD flight is an hour later) and low and behold – BNE traffic managed to ruin my morning! We left with at least 30 mins up our sleeves, we planned to have a latte in the QC etc…
From dropping the hire car and racing across the road – I bee lined straight for counter 26, under the tape and had her luggage (and my golf clubs) checked in with 2 mins to spare from the 30 min cut off point. Getting our respective boarding passes, over to “over sized luggage” only to be delayed further – the bomb squad naz_s are checking every bag! I asked if they also checked luggage other than over size – she said no, so the appropriate question was to then ask why they checked all oversize – no answer.
Anyway, Mrs! Flight was being called and my clubs were still waiting to go in the conveyer. Mrs! couldn’t leave either as she was taking them home for me – another Grrrrr was uttered from my lips and finally we were on our way. Amazingly neither of us were harassed by the secret service (cleverly disguised as gorillas pretending to be checking for bomb making residue on your bags) on our way through and we headed straight for gate 17 where Mrs! Boarded.
I stood looking for my clubs to arrive but alas, I never saw them before the plane was pushed back.
Brisbane is the pits… well at least the traffic is. OK all you Queenslanders who are going to jump down my throat and tell me Melbourne is worse or Sydney is worse or even Didyabringabeeralong is worse but wait, there is only one more question you need to answer today…
Q: WHERE’S DIDYABRINGABEERALONG?
Q: WHICH CITY IN THE WORLD PUTS TRAFFIC LIGHTS ON A SUPER BUSY ROUNDABOUT?
A: BRISBANE!
Being a frequent traveler to Brisbane and it’s outlying burbs such as Ipswich, I experience the traffic frequently. Just last week, (Tuesday) it took me longer to get from BNE domestic to Ipswich (toll way all the way) than it did for me to get from MEL to BNE!
Instead of heading back to MEL from BNE on Friday, Mrs! Deposited the dog into the kennels (our dog is spoiled and gets a balcony suite, a TV in her home away from home and “yappy time” every day) jumped a QF to BNE to meet up with me and have a nice weekend indulging in everything the BNE Hilton had to offer. Great except it took over 2 hours to travel from the city to the airport, pick her up and then back to the Hilton. Grrrrrr – my naughty plans binned due to my bad temper at the Brisbane traffic!
Again this morning (Monday), we checked out of the Hilton in a good mood, happy with our 3 night break and refreshed ready to ride out the rough patches till next we get a nice break together – only – Mrs! Had a 0750 MEL flight (my SYD flight is an hour later) and low and behold – BNE traffic managed to ruin my morning! We left with at least 30 mins up our sleeves, we planned to have a latte in the QC etc…
From dropping the hire car and racing across the road – I bee lined straight for counter 26, under the tape and had her luggage (and my golf clubs) checked in with 2 mins to spare from the 30 min cut off point. Getting our respective boarding passes, over to “over sized luggage” only to be delayed further – the bomb squad naz_s are checking every bag! I asked if they also checked luggage other than over size – she said no, so the appropriate question was to then ask why they checked all oversize – no answer.
Anyway, Mrs! Flight was being called and my clubs were still waiting to go in the conveyer. Mrs! couldn’t leave either as she was taking them home for me – another Grrrrr was uttered from my lips and finally we were on our way. Amazingly neither of us were harassed by the secret service (cleverly disguised as gorillas pretending to be checking for bomb making residue on your bags) on our way through and we headed straight for gate 17 where Mrs! Boarded.
I stood looking for my clubs to arrive but alas, I never saw them before the plane was pushed back.
Brisbane is the pits… well at least the traffic is. OK all you Queenslanders who are going to jump down my throat and tell me Melbourne is worse or Sydney is worse or even Didyabringabeeralong is worse but wait, there is only one more question you need to answer today…
Q: WHERE’S DIDYABRINGABEERALONG?
