Re: The wide open road

At 11:58 2/8/98, Nic Robson wrote:
>Down here in Australia we also travel enormous distances to go to
shows.

>Having driven in both the States and the UK I can say that our roads
here
>are much better and faster than in either, a 12 hour journey feels like
a
>four hour one in the UK, and with speed limits on the open highway of
100
>or 110 Kph you travel a much further distance than in the US in a
similar
>time period.

I would think the biggest problem with driving to cons down under would
be
the traffic on the open highway. I saw a documentary the other night on
TNT
that seemed to indicate a great deal of 'offensive driving' by large
numbers of people with the *strangest* taste in clothing and makeup... I
mean, mohawks in a convertible? That's no way to promote personal
hygine...

But if you can catch it, I reccommend it to anyone interested in
Australian
culture and tourism. Had Mel Gibson as the 'man on the scene' reporter.
Can't quite recall the title.... The Road..something or other.

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