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Those crazy Aussies

Posted: 25th Oct, '09, 10:13
by Kooky
They turfed the Harbour Bridge today, for a breakfast party. I sincerely hope they cleared it up before the torrential rain started a couple of hours ago.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/g ... 402?page=1

It looks fun - did consider applying for tickets but had a big day out yesterday and didn't fancy getting up so early today.

Re: Those crazy Aussies

Posted: 25th Oct, '09, 10:40
by BoD
That is a really cool idea :)

Re: Those crazy Aussies

Posted: 25th Oct, '09, 16:43
by Jedi
Bloody brilliant.

Re: Those crazy Aussies

Posted: 25th Oct, '09, 17:10
by Snaffled
About the same number of people that you would normally see while driving on main roads in India. There'd be more cows though. (Bovine ones)

Re: Those crazy Aussies

Posted: 25th Oct, '09, 19:44
by Kooky
I heard or read that all this October activity (the Crave festival, of which breakfast was a part) came about because, well, there was nothing going on in Sydney in October.

Very practical, the Aussies. :)

Re: Those crazy Aussies

Posted: 26th Oct, '09, 06:55
by Tas
I so would have gone if I'd have been in town, thought it sounded very cool idea. good on 'em

Re: Those crazy Aussies

Posted: 26th Oct, '09, 06:59
by slinky
Definitely a fun idea! But, I have a question.....how did all the people who needed to get across the bridge (driving) get to the other side - since they couldn't use the bridge? :lol:

Re: Those crazy Aussies

Posted: 26th Oct, '09, 07:08
by Morrolan
damn, the police wouldn't even let me drive over the grassin my Holden...

Re: Those crazy Aussies

Posted: 26th Oct, '09, 07:22
by Bender
slinky wrote:Definitely a fun idea! But, I have a question.....how did all the people who needed to get across the bridge (driving) get to the other side - since they couldn't use the bridge? :lol:
Underwater.

Re: Those crazy Aussies

Posted: 26th Oct, '09, 09:08
by slinky
Thank you, Bender!

Re: Those crazy Aussies

Posted: 26th Oct, '09, 14:40
by Kooky
We also have more than one bridge, slinks. :)

Trains were running over the Harbour Bridge, too - I wasn't sure they would be but I saw a photo to that effect. Hope they didn't scare the cows.

The bridge was closed a few weeks ago for the Sydney Running Festival too - Neo ran it.

Re: Those crazy Aussies

Posted: 26th Oct, '09, 16:03
by Panama Hat
slinky wrote:Definitely a fun idea! But, I have a question.....how did all the people who needed to get across the bridge (driving) get to the other side - since they couldn't use the bridge? :lol:
Ahem . . . there is more than one bridge to cross over into the heathen-north
Morrolan wrote:damn, the police wouldn't even let me drive over the grassin my Holden...
You drive a Holden? Say it isn't so!!!! I've never even owned an Australian car . . . and you come from a continent that is the hallmark of some of the best cars around!!!!

Re: Those crazy Aussies

Posted: 26th Oct, '09, 16:31
by Kooky
Is there an echo in here?

Unfortunately the abundance of methods of getting over the harbour means that the Lower North Shore regularly gets taken over by drunken louts from the south. Bit of a shock that, to migrants that read that Manly is posh and settle there [smilie=rotflmao.gif]

Re: Those crazy Aussies

Posted: 26th Oct, '09, 16:34
by Possum
It cost 1Milliom ...wow

Re: Those crazy Aussies

Posted: 26th Oct, '09, 16:59
by Morrolan
Panama Hat wrote:
Morrolan wrote:damn, the police wouldn't even let me drive over the grass in my Holden...
You drive a Holden? Say it isn't so!!!! I've never even owned an Australian car . . . and you come from a continent that is the hallmark of some of the best cars around!!!!
[smilie=rotflmao.gif] no way... i was just channeling the hoon that got caught. i drive a Landcruiser Prado.

Re: Those crazy Aussies

Posted: 26th Oct, '09, 17:10
by Kooky
We have a German car :)

Re: Those crazy Aussies

Posted: 28th Oct, '09, 16:32
by Panama Hat
Morrolan wrote:
Panama Hat wrote:
You drive a Holden? Say it isn't so!!!! I've never even owned an Australian car . . . and you come from a continent that is the hallmark of some of the best cars around!!!!
[smilie=rotflmao.gif] no way... i was just channeling the hoon that got caught. i drive a Landcruiser Prado.
Whew . . . you almost went down in my estimation . . . almost!
Kooky wrote:We have a German car :)
Good for you . . . keep the balance of payments in line! :)