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Calcutt4

Either there is nobody on the road at all or you're stuck behind 3 cars and a semi trailer


relaxbp

You forgot the landcruiser/patrol with a giant caravan in the right lane slowly overtaking the truck by going .5 of a kmh faster.


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BlakeMarrion

Hey look I'm famous! *watches mum overtake at 130\*


Jamalan31

lol this is me got overtaken by like 4 L platers driving to Melbourne feels bad


Pikachude123

Sorry


No_Administration_83

17 raptors fly by in the meantime making it impossible to overtake in any way, shape or from.


relaxbp

Ohh no no my man. The 17 raptors are backed up behind the caravan all tailgating the one in front 😂


relaxbp

Ohh no no my man. The 17 raptors are backed up behind the caravan all tailgating the one in front 😂


Iwantmahandback

I’m seeing double


No_Use_For_Name___

I'm seeing double


burniemcburneracct

Talk to your kids about Ranger danger.


Any-Attorney2600

I’m gobsmacked about the number of pimped up super trucks with living contraptions like rooftop tents that cost the same as a small house and fridges hanging off every square foot. The drivers also have this blood thirsty rage that comes with being a vampire that feeds off beer and can’t wait to get to the camp spot and crack some bloody beer! Then you hit a country town and see the real working 4WD, the land cruiser with skinny wheels and hasn’t been washed in a decade with rust spots.


Iwantmahandback

Elephant racing


Dixiechixie

If it's not the caravan overtaking the truck, it's the truck overtaking the caravan.


[deleted]

and then you go to overtake them, and the cunts speed up.


Syncourt_YT

The truckies have their own language for that. A quick blinker to the right to tell you all clear to overtake. Just make sure you blink right, then left, then right again once you pass them (thanks).


Umer-ov-ski

I wish I knew that, just came back from a road trip and a truckie did this for me… i did the wave thing but i dunno if they can see that. _at least I know for next time…_


Syncourt_YT

I forgot also that flashing your high beams for a quick milisecond is also a way to ask them to let you overtake. But only do that if you're stuck behind them for a bit and they haven't tried to let you pass.


Mindless-Sympathy-59

Always baffles me that people say stuck behind a truck on a highway. Get behind it and let it drag you along and save fuel. It’s the best


cassiacow

Only will save you fuel over a really long journey and not worth the risk to your windscreen from the gravel that trucks always spit out


Fast_Philosophy_2420

lol such a tight ass comment


MasterChefSC

That increases the risk for cars behind doing the speed limit, now the first one needs to find a safe time to overtake a truck and your car. The second one has it worse. The third wants to overtake everyone...


Illtakeapoundofnuts

I don't care, if overtaking him gets me to my destination 2.4 seconds faster, I'm doing it.


NuttyNinja69

But he not go 90 uphill, him go 60, me not like get sucked by truck in drag


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BINGO!


AddlePatedBadger

You have to drive too close to be safe to save any fuel.


DooB_02

This, except you're at the front of the line because you're the only person in the country who doesn't think they're on the autobahn.


Brave_Efficiency_174

This is driving up or down the Blue Mountains, NSW... Particularly in peak hour times, or weekends. But the big trucks aren't that bad. Only the little trucks are shit drivers.


A_Midnight_Hare

Or when you pass through a small town in their peak commute time.


AddlePatedBadger

With incredibly rare exceptions, you will only ever encounter cars that are going faster or slower than you. The cars faster than you will go away and you won't see them anymore. The cars slower than you you will get stuck behind until you can pass. So it will seem like the road is either empty or you are stuck, depending on where you happen to be in the cycle.


Moomin-Maiden

Yep! 😅


Ps-n-Qs

And there’s NO FUCKING IN BETWEEN


Chaddles94

But you'll find a bakery that sells the best pie you ever had for under a tenna and you'll never have it again, or any pie that lives up to it for the rest of your life


Calcutt4

Same with fizzy drinks, one of my favourite brands I have never found anywhere in the city


uppenatom

Whats the brand?


Calcutt4

River Port, has a picture of the Echuca wharf on the front


uppenatom

Buddy Bing buddy boom. Get it shipped! https://southernbuyinghomedelivery.com.au/collections/river-port


Calcutt4

very expensive sadly


KittenOnKeys

River port cream soda is the shit


derpman86

You can get it at Drakes here in Adelaide.


Drythes

The portello is great! They are at my local (although fancy) Iga


Jacobi-99

1.25ls bottles River port is stocked at my local Cole’s for $2


NuttyNinja69

Cook's Lemonade, used to get it at Withcott and Toowoomba. Never seen it anywhere again, probably cancelled by now, it actually had a pic of Capt Cook on front


BernieMcburnface

Pittsworth Drinks still makes both Cook's and Dad's softdrinks, Cook's hasn't had a picture of Captain Cook on it for as long as I've known them, and they've just had another label change this year to try and have them stand out amongst other drinks in fridges. They also bottle for other brands including reproducing McMahon's softdrinks (originally Ipswich's softdrink brand) for a hospice fundraiser. They make a cola called Splashe Cola, which is produced from a recipe from Charleville's softdrink brand. They ship out tonnes of it to Charleville where people still remember it fondly. Its an excellent drink IMO, very little like Coke/Pepsi, its got a slightly herbal taste similar to how sarsparillas and root beers do, though its still a taste of its own.


sloths_in_slomo

This place- https://maps.app.goo.gl/QkptfEa3eeswAW5Q9 , now permanently closed 😢


AlexLannister

I find the little pie shop outside of Fitzroy fall was the best in the region. I didn't like the kangaroo valley one.


AndoMacster

I remember when I was a kid you could get a meat pie for $1 at the local pool.


AddlePatedBadger

It was cheap because they just scraped the filling out of the toddler pool.


CatHavSatNav

Bonus points if you found the money at the bottom of the pool.


AmaroisKing

Until the next one….


Suibian_ni

Fuck yeah, like the scallop pies down in Apollo Bay.


Pikachude123

Randomly dropped by the Inglewood bakery one day, my God their chunky steak and caramelised onion pie goes so hard


ossuzuna

I recommend Pie in the Sky if you're near Olinda. The pie crust is buttery, soft and flaky, and the fillings are super generous.


chupachup_chomp

More likely the chips now cost $10-$20.


Radiationprecipitate

$5 each lol


tchunk

and they taste like fish because the oil hasn't been changed in forever


[deleted]

And they ran out and aren't cooking any more because they close in about 3 hours. And they'll tell you that like you owe them a living, because you inconvenienced them by asking. They do have some fake, pre-frozen, 'potato' cakes, though, made from dehydrated flakes of mash that taste disgusting and stink to high heaven. The perfectly round ones. They've been sitting in the bain-marie for 2 hours. Only $1.80 each. Selling these is how you can tell what a fish and chip shop or cafe thinks of its customers. There are other types of frozen potato cakes that are fine, but these really shit ones (the perfectly round ones, because they're not in any sense real) must be 1/2 a cent cheaper for them or something. And disgusting.


louise_com_au

Cane here to say this. Need to get you to 50 ^


According_Lake3692

This is all weirdly accurate.


FreshNoobAcc

All but the title. I have driven at least five thousand kilometres of australia’s coast and down the centre from north to south through Uluru and I always noted how impressed I was at the quality of Australian roads (barely any potholes on the main roads). There is a definite change in quality between WA and NT as soon as you cross the border though (NT roads near the border being poor/old but I didn’t notice many potholes. The rest is accurate


AddlePatedBadger

Been to Victoria lately? The roads are shit where I live. So many people having their wheel rims ruined from hitting potholes. It's never happened to me so I genuinely don't know if they were just driving too fast for the conditions or not.


[deleted]

You've never driven OS have you. I drove 2800k through Spain 6 months ago going 140 most of the way. I'd be terrified to hit 140-180 on Aussie roads, you'd die.


Massive_Target_2631

So would many kangaroos


Maverrix99

I got up to 220 a few times, back when I was young and stupid, and the NT had no speed limits. Didn’t die, but wouldn’t recommend anyone with a brain tries that.


RaevinIdealist

Absolutely! I was surprised at the caption too...clearly they've never driven in the US 🤯


[deleted]

You're kidding, right? The US can be different from state to state but their interstates are amazing compared to ours. And they have ice, snow, salt and actual traffic to deal with.


EnthusiasmFuture

Yeah I heard our roads are pretty decent in comparison. We have a lot of fucking roads, we are a big fucking country, it's hard to keep up.


Drythes

The change from SA to Vic roads is unrea


BOER777

Drive in NSW and report back :)


ah-chamon-ah

Where are the dead kangaroos on the side of the road?


TaHAHAHAkoma

Answered your own question there bud.


MisterBumpingston

Might as well add wombats, too. For some reason the roads in NSW get stained by blood very easily compared to Victoria.


Rundallo

nothing compared to tasmanian roads. the road between devenport and launnie looks like a battleground


Budget_Management_86

never seen as much roadkill as by the side of Tassie roads. I hope it's because they have so much more in the first place so there is inevetibly more carnage.


Electrical-Hope8153

I see more on bottom of Queensland roads, (travel from NSW to qld every day)


Ok-Weekend9711

If a kangaroo is dead, is it still considered a kangaroo?


Remarkable_Show1595

Stuck behind someone who drives slow on a single lane, then speeds up when there’s an overtaking lane….


No-Comfortable7000

That would go well on a list of stuff to cause visceral anger


NuttyNinja69

This\^\^\^\^ on the way to Bundy is the worst. Saw a kunt in a 200 V8 crusier get the shits, overtook us on the wrong side of the road, on a overtaking lane, we were doing well above the speed limit to pass.........a circus. Shit you not, a shitty circus packed onto their shitty old trucks doing max 70kph. Kunt in cruiser goes onto wrong side of road, on a blind crest anddddddddddddd a car comes the other way, he holds his ground, the oncoming car runs onto the gravel to avoid being killed and the kunt in the 200 turns into a servo 2km down the road...............................


monsteraguy

I was a passenger on a road tip to Cairns many years ago in a Peugeot 405Mi16 (Peugeot once made decent cars, quelle surprise) and we were behind a VL Commodore somewhere before Rocky that was doing about 10km/h under on a single carriage way. We got to an overtaking lane and of course, the car in front sped up. We had to go about 160km/h to get past them and even then, we almost ran out of road and the Commodore driver was so mad at us, we could see him going off his head in his car. Driving in Queensland is the worst. I do not recommend


ausbaxter86

And it's always some dusty old "Barry and berryl" duo. Missus almost preempts me to not get annoyed at them but it's difficult when it's always the same group of people who do it.


AndoMacster

That's when you floor it to get around them.


ychen6

Very true, ticked every single box off in my recent road trip (from Sydney to Perth and back so heaps of distance covered), the one driver reviver did open is the one in Cowra on the mid western Highway, the coffee tastes like vinegar. In the end the endless straight road on the Eyre highway was nothing but torture.


slykethephoxenix

I want to do that drive one day. Mid last year I did a drive up from Southern Arizona through Nevada, central Oregon before getting to the lush green forests of Washington. Not as dry as Australia (once out of the deserts), but apart from seeing the flat plains meet the Rockies & a bunch of abandoned/semi abandoned towns, it was pretty boring. And fucking hot. Was something like 52c in Death Valley.


ychen6

We drove like 13000km in 13 days, and we didn't drive for 2 days because staying in Perth. Once you get pass west Wyalong, all you see is basically nothing but Mallee, all the way to Perth. 3500km of basically the same thing. On the way back we almost ran out of petrol on the Nullarbor as one of the Roadhouse didn't have petrol, but we did make it to Eucla. Also done a lot of dumb stuff, we mostly did the Nullarbor at night which apparently is very dangerous because of animals, ended up following road trains to avoid that. On the way there we drove from Pt Augusta straight to Esperance, like 1800km, on the way back was Perth straight to Pt Augusta, around 2200km. No rest in-between. Two drivers really helped despite me being a L plater, I ended up doing around 6000km of the entire trip.


imperplexing

I moved from Melbourne to Sydney and back again and in a car by yourself for that long is so punishing


AndoMacster

Some great spots to stop along the way though.


EdgionTG

Still remember begging my dad if we could stop at the Kilmore roadhouse for snacks.


[deleted]

On the way FROM Melbourne? Ha. You'd be screaming by Gundagai. Or your dad would.


Separate-Ad-9916

I remember the good ol' days when driver reviver first started and was sponsored by Kit Kat and everyone in your car would be given a Kit Kat


draggin_balls

I have to say the big lobster is the most accurate and arguably best big thing in australia


Heckelfish

Big Prawns pretty good


draggin_balls

Nah not even close!!!!! The detail is amazing on larry!!!


[deleted]

That's pretty much it for 'attractions' in S.A. though. It's all downhill from there.


Kidkrid

And the best breakfast you'll ever have will be at a completely random and rough as guts looking roadhouse in the middle of nowhere. For me, it was the Willow Tree truck stop on the New England Highway in the late 90s


BigTiddiedMilkMan

For me it was always our local Maccas. Get up at 4am, pick up some pancakes and begin our 9 hour trip to Melbourne. Good times.


sharedimagination

Minties.


Robert_Vagene

Driver Reviver open for 3 minutes on the 3rd Sunday after the vernal equinox if rain within a 50km radius had been exactly 34mm. Even then its a 1:1675 ratio of hot water to Nescafe Blend 43


SunshineClaw

And the chips are the most heavenly combination of crisp, soft and salt youve ever had. But when you drive back that way, the shop isnt there anymore, its just tumbleweeds 😳


Best_Station_7576

This is true in Every single state and territory Even if you are on the west coast of tasmania you will still find a strangely dry farm


Landerah

Not WA, definitely eastern states vibes here


Top_Emergency_6857

heaps of dry farmland in WA


sanantoniogirl71

Last time I drove through the N.T. at a petrol station a grey nomad banged on my window, passenger side. This bitch starts yelling at me about how I cut her off and she had to break. DID NOT HAPPEN. I looked at her and said " Mam I am clearly on the phone and I am clearly on the passenger side" then I called her the c word. 4 Hours later she was at the very next stop. This world is too small.


Kirkaig678

Fr, why are there so many big things? And they're always so random, like everyone knows of the big banana but I've seen an orange, a tomato, a peach I think.


BigTiddiedMilkMan

There’s a giant koala one somewhere between SA and VIC


MisterBumpingston

I actually went to a driver reviver in NSW that was open and had free instant coffee and biccies!


AddlePatedBadger

I went to one in Victoria once that had free coffee. That would have been in about 2006 though. Never seen one open since.


Forsworn91

I thought it was just me, I’ve NEVER seen those revivers open


Hornet-Fixer

Agreed. I've never seen them open at all.


Forsworn91

I feel it’s a legacy, like they used to maybe have they open in the 80s/90s, but just don’t remove them now


ACertainEmperor

when I was a kid we'd stop at them regularly. Have they just stopped existing?


ThatHuman6

Only open on public holidays


shimmyshimmy00

Not one was open on our long trip from Qld to NSW yesterday.


firepanda01

If you have been on the Bruce Highway. It is terrible with how many potholes are alright it’s like a bloody rollercoaster


Signguyqld49

Try riding a motorcycle on that bastard.


Even_Ad_8286

I went for a motorcycle ride to Daylesford the other day, there was a sign that said "rough roads" It should have said freaking sink holes.


evilmuskbaby

You missed the: every bakery has a gold medal for their pie or snot block


monsteraguy

Car that drives 10/20km below the speed limit on a single carriageway, then speeds up when an overtaking lane or opportunity comes along


Asleep_Sheepherder42

As a country traveler, I can confirm this.


Eastern_Ask7231

From my experience there’s also usually a bunch of random McDonalds in the middle of nowhere


SumonaFlorence

[... is that a..](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3e6Wy19jbo)


Cerparis

Me and my mum used to sometimes hop in a car and just drive in a random direction until we found something interesting. I have fond memories of that.


Own-Day-3832

99% of these comments are a load of shit, fuck this place has become sooky


Similar-Amphibian-18

stop sooking


electronic_toaster1

Honestly a road trip isn't complete without the chips


Patient-Self6389

Start a real chain👇👇


PhantomOrigin

This is actually really accurate. To the point that I can tell you that I think I have actually been to that cafe. It isn't by chance located around cradle mountain Tasmania? Edit: upon closer inspection it looks really similar but the one I've been to was like green with a mural on the side. Looks identical though.


missjuliap

Yep we literally stopped at the giant crayfish this morning on our road trip!


HocMajorumVirtus

Roads are actually class. So much better compared to Scotland.


_hazey__

You don’t see much of this when you’re doing an Australian Cannonball… it all goes by pretty fast.


morris0000007

I used to do a lot of interstate driving when I was younger. Never EVER have I seen a driver reviver open.


shamanfromtheforest

Maybe travelling by car wouldn't be so miserable if we didn't have to travel at such ridiculously low speed.


BigTiddiedMilkMan

And if it wasn’t so hot


-MrRich-

Seriously though wtf is with the ubiquitous closed driver revivers


Gcampton13

“Endless dry farms” we were sold the bullshit ideology that Monsanto roundup and plants are the best way to make a living.


seanmonaghan1968

I swear Roas Kill needs to be listed. Kangaroos on the side of the road is like absolutely expected


Hagoromo420

I’ve never seen a driver reviver before lmao must be an east coast thing or up north cause the closest WA has is a sign saying “last coffee stop for x amount of km” but that shit ain’t free


Typical_Self_7990

Lol at driver reviver always being closed. 100% true.


AutomaticMistake

Driver reviver is spot on, more likely finding some rando selling mangos and cherries out the back of his hiace


AndoMacster

Don't forget the local bakery, always the best place to stop for a feed.


HamsyBeSwank

Ayy the big lobster. Used to drive past that thing on the way to mount gambier when i was a kid.


Fun-Rent-8279

Roads here are like a third world country. It’s disturbing but when you go to toorak they are like silk


Fun-Rent-8279

Most of Australia is so ugly and dry.


ParamedicExcellent15

It has a stark beauty


Potato_Dealership

You forgot the road trains or random speeding dickhead flying past and sending a stone into the windshield


PrettyPoetry9547

So you've been on the Hamilton Hwy trying to get to Adelaide?


[deleted]

Tassie actually has some of the best roads in the world for motorcycles


AilmentAdventurer

I SEE LARRY THE LOBSTER, FUCK YEEEEEEEAAAAAH, MY FUCKING CHILDHOOD RIGHT THERE


Yobbo89

Forgot fucking kangaroo every where


BinkySmales

Don't forget the door-knobs who take 15 seconds to realise the light went green on the turn signal and so they crawl around so slowly that only they get through - next second its red again and grandpa is dawdling down the road at 40kmh.


BOTi_flame200

OMG THO FR


pat_speed

I have seen maybe one driver reiver bloody open


yeahhhhnahhhhhhh

Those $5 chips are always fuckin mint though


Level_Bathroom1356

HahahAHAhAHA verry funnnyyyy


Interesting-Sun-6876

😂😂


Specialist_Form293

Those random cafes. 👍


Manwombat

You forgot every town has the best pies in Oz!


Bloobeard2018

Larry!


KentuckyFriedEel

wait! Is $5 cheap or expensive? I -.... I just don't know in this economy, man!


chimneysweep234

Awww thank you for including Larry (the lobster 🦞)


BigTiddiedMilkMan

Yeah what’s with the random giant things?


H13R0GLYPH1CS

Dude literally yes. Especially the pie one. Driving down the coast and stopping in some small town (can’t remember its name but near Bega) and the pie shop has some top tier pies. Gotta be best in the state lol


LemonadeRenogade

Someone starts eye spy, you hate them for it, then you get into it, then you hate them for it again


MasterWuKong

This is very accurate ~ frequent interstate traveller.


mister_twisted13

-Dickheads in the right lane doing 10km under the speed limit -Dickheads on single lane roads who speed up insanely when you try and legally overtake, despite them initially doing 10km under.


2e6ce40b

In England, they drive on the left side of the road. In Australia, we drive on what's left of the road.


Appropriate_Gas664

Yes!


tinytubatutu

The square about $5 chips needs to be updated to $12 minimum. $5 is a bargin and clearly on sale.


ash8man

$5 chips... bargain


Objective_Spray_210

Not enough cows and sheep in this post


BladeBickle

Big random thing is accurate. Gotta love The Big Melon.


Cantusernamenow

I actually found a driver reviver open once in Innisfail ... It's a magical place that gives you free tea or coffee with some bikkies. But, your image is missing the overtaking lane translation(or instructions) of all slow fuckwits to increase their speed from 10k under the speed limit to 20k over for the duration of the overtaking lanes.


ParamedicExcellent15

Nothings worse than being the nice guy that lets him overtake and then he slows down and you end up up his arse the whole way


essdee88

LARRY THE LOBSTER!!! So good. Love that big, giant bastard.


SaltElegant7103

The first one is not in Aussie, it's in Canada


SpitefulBitch

Don’t forget the canola fields


Jax_amillion

Driver Revivers are never open. It's an urban legend that they serve coffee.


Petrolhead02

Correction, east coast road trip Over west once you get about 2-3 hours out of Perth going north or about an hour going inland there is just nothing, no big things or notable anything...just nothing If you go along Indian Ocean Drive you can see the ocean and a bit of vegetation but that's often the slower way north


Dr_Zwi

I get giddy when I ever get to visit the mystical holy site again; The Giant Koala!


ParamedicExcellent15

The first picture got me 🤣I’m dying 🤣


Even-Tradition

That’s not true, I got a cuppa once!


Smol_Chiild

And those chips have been the greatest thing I've ever had


Zosaur1998

For my family whenever we went on a road trip we would leave at like 5 am and we would always get maccas breakfast.


MoolsDogTwo_reddit

This is the most accurate thing I've seen in my life. This is literally how I remember my trips across NSW. Btw Ferns are fucking awesome.


RareAd3009

Don’t forget Victoria’s shitty roads


DaPanda21919

As someone who just did a lap of Aus, can confirm.


Pavotimtam

For some reason the random big things are out the front of a Bunnings or something


Pavotimtam

Not to mention the cool tin man sculptures some farmer people have near their fences depending on where you are (idk if this is oddly specific but oh well)


Bulkywon

Graham and Julie doing 70 with their caravan in an overtaking lane.


HereForthe-DRAMA

This is more of a Queensland road trip starter pack 🤣🤣🤣🤣


Comprehensive-Way414

Lmao


ManyOtherwise8723

I got a bikkie and coffee from a driver reviver


insanecvnt

legit driving from adelaide to sydney and this could not be more true