Coast Challenge?

thebrownstreak69 said :

I once farted continuously between Braidwood and Bungendore. Not sure how fast we were going, though.

From the point of view of your fellow travellers, I’m sure the answer was “not bloody fast enough”.

I once farted continuously between Braidwood and Bungendore. Not sure how fast we were going, though.

bundah said :

poetix said :

Holden Caulfield said :

Yeah, nah, I used to live in Yass. We had our own challenge. 😛

Was that learning how to spell ‘Yass’? (-:

Ha good one Poetix… Yess it was!

It’s wooshed right over my head, haha???

I have a mate who claims that his Dad got a small truck between Canberra and the coast in fifty minutes.

I claim he’s full of it.

poetix said :

Holden Caulfield said :

Yeah, nah, I used to live in Yass. We had our own challenge. 😛

Was that learning how to spell ‘Yass’? (-:

Ha good one Poetix… Yess it was!

astrojax said :

i did it with a broken leg in plaster in 38mins on a unicycle, carrying my dog and suitcase, in the rain at night with no lights, backwards.

Bare foot in the snow, I heard tell!

Holden Caulfield said :

Yeah, nah, I used to live in Yass. We had our own challenge. 😛

Met a Yass taxi drive at the Canberra Airport. He just dropped off a passenger, and claimed to have done it in 35 minutes. He was so proud of his achievement.

I have since heard of other Yass Yobbos doing similar stunts. I wonder what the record is?

astrojax said :

i did it with a broken leg in plaster in 38mins on a unicycle, carrying my dog and suitcase, in the rain at night with no lights, backwards.

…in high heels?

i did it with a broken leg in plaster in 38mins on a unicycle, carrying my dog and suitcase, in the rain at night with no lights, backwards.

m00nee said :

Today you would be hung drawn and quartered for even thinking about exceeding 101km/h. on the Kings Highway

I sit on 105/006kmh along there twice a day, six days a week and cruise right past the Police. I wouldn’t try doing it with ACT plates though…

bundah said :

I call BS on 45 mins.One would have to be ‘averaging’ over 200 km/h on the Queanbeyan to Braidwood stretch to come even close to doing it in 50 mins.

By my calculations it would take someone like John McGuiness or Joey Dunlop( Isle of Man TT fame) to do it in 45 mins and that’s on a closed road scenario.

Agreed. It’s 130km from Queanbeyan to the T-junction at Bateman’s Bay, so you’d have to average 170km/h over the whole trip to do it in 45 minutes. Maybe if a Chinook picked your car up at Queanbeyan and dropped it onto Bateman’s Bay…

I have certainly heard of this and similar challenged. Pretty much any regular destination of young people in cars will sooner or later result in a “how quick have you done it” conversation – followed by bragging, lies and attempts to beat PBs. Mostly amongst my friends this translated to WRC action on various dirt roads to nearby camping destinations.

Lunch in Braidwood without being gone so long the boss complains used to be one though. Could be done ridiculously fast by those with turbo 4WDs, but not so quick I could believe to the coast in 45mins.

Solidarity said :

Much faster in a straight line, which is where it counts.

Not to mention that speed trials and motorcycling in general was a big, big thing at the end of the 60’s/early 70’….

plus acceleration and braking distances.

I can confirm that 60 minutes from Queanbeyan to BB is possible. A friend did it in the mid 80’s. We did the trip at least once a fortnight usually in about 1 1/4 hours.

As for the Sydney run Liverpool to Queanbeyan was 2 hours neat. By the mid 80’s most of the road was divided, and you were able to cruise at 125 without drawing the ire of highway patrol.

Today you would be hung drawn and queartered for even thinking about exceeding 101km/h. on the Kings Highway

Much faster in a straight line, which is where it counts.

Not to mention that speed trials and motorcycling in general was a big, big thing at the end of the 60’s/early 70’….

Holden Caulfield said :

Yeah, nah, I used to live in Yass. We had our own challenge. 😛

Was that learning how to spell ‘Yass’? (-:

johnboy said :

Motorbikes aren’t *that* quick on windy roads and downhill reverse cambers are hell.

There are only about 5 corners on that whole road that aren’t great on a motorbike. The rest of them are a piece of cake and a lot of fun! 🙂 And you can take them pretty quickly if you know how.

Unless the Ariel Atom went back in time to the 70’s, I doubt the 45 min claim.

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Solidarity said :

There are stories of people getting to Sydney in 2 hours etc, running powerful cars.

I wouldn’t call it completely BS – Back then driving like that wasn’t unheard of. You could get all the way to Sydney without seeing a cop car etc.

Is it true? I guess we’ll never know.

I can see Queanbeyan to Batemans happening in 45 minutes on a motorbike.

I remember going to Sydney with my dad, when it was a single lane road and we managed it in 3hrs and that was without speeding and thought it was good time we left early and no traffic. I think someone speeding could easily do it now in under 2 hours. as its about 240 km of dual carriageway 110 km/h road. Someone not speeding should be able to manage a sub 3 hr time. I’ve definitely got from Tuggeranong to the Sydney CBD in ~ 3 hours with no speeding, but also no traffic either in the sydney section

I think 45min could be done. i”ve heard stories of people doing it in some quick 4wd’s (nissan gtr, wrx, evo etc). It would be pretty tough on those windy roads otherwise

There are stories of people getting to Sydney in 2 hours etc, running powerful cars.

I wouldn’t call it completely BS – Back then driving like that wasn’t unheard of. You could get all the way to Sydney without seeing a cop car etc.

Is it true? I guess we’ll never know.

I can see Queanbeyan to Batemans happening in 45 minutes on a motorbike.

Yeah, nah, I used to live in Yass. We had our own challenge. 😛

I call BS on 45 mins.One would have to be ‘averaging’ over 200 km/h on the Queanbeyan to Braidwood stretch to come even close to doing it in 50 mins.

By my calculations it would take someone like John McGuiness or Joey Dunlop( Isle of Man TT fame) to do it in 45 mins and that’s on a closed road scenario.

45 minutes from Queanbeyan to the t-intersection at the Bay was the fastest I had heard of. That was achieved in the 70’s when the road was significantly worse but quieter.

Anyone trying that now is an even bigger bloody idiot.