Travel notes

[Hebe]

Tourists are to blame for every ill on the Sunshine Coast. We litter the place, we drive appallingly, unlike every resident here, we leave cigarette butts everywhere (note: put in some bloody ashtrays and the place would be tidier - you won't stop people smoking by denying them somewhere to butt out), and we steal their water. (Ask the Sunshine Coast Daily. )

Wind chimes are not OK - anywhere, ever.

The joke about the invisible scar on our necks is old and tired. We've heard it before, and it wasn't funny 20 years ago either - this is for Sharon of Griffith. If you make a crack like that when you're trying to sell stuff, we tend to leave immediately.

Queensland people are extremely helpful, esecially when you're trying to use public transport, which is fantastic. Most Queenslanders have a connection with Tasmania. If they didn't come from there, they have family or an ancestor, or they've been there and want to go back. (Perhaps not to live, since the place is practically underwater at present.)

[Blaze]

I've always found Queensland lifestyle and values are somewhat steeped in a bygone era . The fact the place does have stunning beaches and barrier reef etc has never made me think I would want to leave my ugly state ( comparatively speaking) and go live there. The humidity just kills , and thats the biggest deterrent for me. I like dry heat.

There are a lot of tourists here too and the main complaint the locals have is the fact that New South Welshmen come to town with factory made iceboxes and as recreational fisherman take back hundreds of kilos of whiting ,garfish etc. to sell privately, there are so many of them Fisheries are unable to Police them . The bag and size limit regulations are a joke. As this premium tablefish is worth $37.00 + pr kilo they must make huge profits selling it privately.

Tourists always have some impact on local populations and mostly its not a big deal. QLDers do like to whine.

[Aussie]

Tourists are to blame for every ill on the Sunshine Coast. We litter the place, we drive appallingly, unlike every resident here, we leave cigarette butts everywhere (note: put in some bloody ashtrays and the place would be tidier - you won't stop people smoking by denying them somewhere to butt out), and we steal their water. (Ask the Sunshine Coast Daily. )

Wind chimes are not OK - anywhere, ever.

The joke about the invisible scar on our necks is old and tired. We've heard it before, and it wasn't funny 20 years ago either - this is for Sharon of Griffith. If you make a crack like that when you're trying to sell stuff, we tend to leave immediately.

Queensland people are extremely helpful, esecially when you're trying to use public transport, which is fantastic. Most Queenslanders have a connection with Tasmania. If they didn't come from there, they have family or an ancestor, or they've been there and want to go back. (Perhaps not to live, since the place is practically underwater at present.)

Hehe. The shitty old Sunshine Coast Daily. I never buy it but I give them plenty (most of which they don't publish) on their www version. I have some friends who purchased an historic site just out of Hobart. They are undertaking a solution to a drainage problem. While doing so, they uncovered work done by convicts having the same thing in mind.............water drainage.

Wind chimes, not okay. Noone told me!

[Hebe]

I'm going to send the SCD a letter before I go apologising for all the litter I dropped, the water I used and the carnage I caused on the roads.

Half the accidents in Tassie in summer are tourists running off the roads. Even the minor roads here are better than our main highway.

Furthermore, the size of the meals up here is tremendous! The waste going back to the kitchen is appalling. I even had a salad I couldn't finish - unheard of.

But the place itself and most of the people (except in the supermarkets where they'll run over you or stand in the middle of the aisle as soon as look at you) are wonderful. Travel is so liberating. I suppose because nobody knows you and you are away from everything where you are previously defined, if only by yourself, you (or I) can just be how you want, and I find I'm much more outgoing here than I am at home.

[JWFrogen]

I like Queenslanders, they are loud, wear garish clothing and are obnoxious.

They are the Americans of Australia.

[Hebe]

Despite what the Cancer Council says, people generally look better with a bit of tan, especially in the face. And you need less makeup.

Too much, and women, especially, look bloody hard-faced.

Qld supermarkets are much better than Tasmanian ones. And if Aldi can run a supermarket in Noosa, thye should come to Tassie. God knows we need the competition.

[Lefteee]

I like Queenslanders, they are loud, wear garish clothing and are obnoxious.

They are the Americans of Australia.

I'm more of a thongs, stubbies and blue singlet man myself. Of course, my little patch of the QLD coast lacks all the scenic charm of the Gold and sunshine coasts and the wet tropics. Mud, mangroves, sandflies and huge, dirty industrial plants are the order of the day here. Not much to call an idyllic beach so we dress for the occasion - shift work, sleep, drink (repeat).

So how's the weather down there on the sunny coast Hebe? It's bone dry here - virtually not a drop of rain for 5 months going on 6.

[Lefteee]

And if Aldi can run a supermarket in Noosa, thye should come to Tassie

We went to Rolf Harris or something when we were down there. Astonishingly, the layout and decor looked identical to Woolworths.

[Hebe]

Rolf Vos? Funny about that.

Weather is great and a couple of overnight rainfalls. Amazing how local it is though, and I read that the Mary River has stopped flowing, so it'll make a great dam, won't it?

[Lefteee]

Ah yes, Rolf Vos - I knew it was something like that .

Bloody sunny coast always gets rain - 2 metres a year average or something. We get mebbe half that and nearly all of that falls in the space of 3-4 months with the rest of the year often being bone dry. Bloody feast or famine type climate