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03-25-2025, 11:50 AM
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I drove 9h+ yesterday from Melbourne all along this great ocean road toward the 12 apostles. It’s a helluva of a drive with 180 degree hairpins. Not good for my body on frame truck (ford Everest) that I rented.
I wouldn’t really recommend this ocean road drive. The road surface is super bumpy and the views are more epic on the Oregon coast    
If I took a direct route from Melbourne it would have only been 3h one way. But instead I took the ocean road which ended up being 5.5h and another 3h to go back home via the direct route. What a day
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03-25-2025, 02:55 PM
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#102 | | linguistic ninja
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Heh I loved the GOR, sure it's not as scenic as California's highway 1 or even Sea to Sky but it's got this end of the world feeling that's pretty awesome.
Watch out for speed cameras in the backroads of Victoria though, I got 2 tickets going 1 km/h over the speed limit waiting for me in the mail when I got home.
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03-25-2025, 03:06 PM
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Says views are not epic, proceeds to post epic views
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03-25-2025, 08:31 PM
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#104 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by Badhobz  I drove 9h+ yesterday from Melbourne all along this great ocean road toward the 12 apostles. It’s a helluva of a drive with 180 degree hairpins. Not good for my body on frame truck (ford Everest) that I rented.
I wouldn’t really recommend this ocean road drive. The road surface is super bumpy and the views are more epic on the Oregon coast
If I took a direct route from Melbourne it would have only been 3h one way. But instead I took the ocean road which ended up being 5.5h and another 3h to go back home via the direct route. What a day | I did that drive for my honeymoon. I thought it was great minus a fucking bus who won't let me pass, and I had a miserable 1.6 Corolla that didn't have enough power to force the issue.
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03-25-2025, 08:33 PM
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#105 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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Looks a lot like the algarve
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03-26-2025, 04:12 AM
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#106 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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what? no dingo pics?
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03-26-2025, 06:00 AM
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Were these taken on an iPhone 7?  
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03-26-2025, 07:39 AM
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#108 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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Originally Posted by Badhobz I drove 9h+ yesterday from Melbourne all along this great ocean road toward the 12 apostles. It’s a helluva of a drive with 180 degree hairpins. Not good for my body on frame truck (ford Everest) that I rented.
I wouldn’t really recommend this ocean road drive. The road surface is super bumpy and the views are more epic on the Oregon coast
If I took a direct route from Melbourne it would have only been 3h one way. But instead I took the ocean road which ended up being 5.5h and another 3h to go back home via the direct route. What a day | is this similar experience to say Hawaii's / Maui's Road to Hanna.
people say it was epic water fall but it takes 2 hours of curves / turns / one days that made the experience shit...
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03-26-2025, 12:23 PM
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#109 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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I had the opposite experience to you - I did the GOR from Melbourne but split it up into 2 days. Was an epic drive, I enjoyed the curves in the Polestar 2 that I rented. Those 60 -> 30kph hairpins were so much fun, and the P2 handled the bumps just fine.
Posting P2 review in EV thread soon
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03-26-2025, 03:24 PM
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I guess the takeaway is that compromising on car rentals for vacation isn't worth it for nitpicking enthusiasts like us.
That's a heck of a lot of time and money spent on a trip out to Australia for Hobz not to enjoy the twisties the way Roast got to.
To this day I still regret that I had to turn around on the F-road up to Þórsmörk (Thor's Valley), on a trip to Iceland. Just because we had a Kia Sportage (which to be fair, was actually pretty excellent for every other of the 8 days we spent driving Ring Road). Which had not-great ground clearance and was getting too sketchy. So much so that I can't shake the feeling I have to go back one day. Just to do it right :/.
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03-26-2025, 03:44 PM
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#111 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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I mean, I think I got a smoking deal for my Polestar 2 - I paid $250 for the 5 days, and charging for 1200km cost me roughly 87CAD. Gas car would've cost me twice that in gas alone.
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Originally Posted by PeanutButter Damn, not only is yours veiny AF, yours is thick AF too. Yours is twice as thick as mine.. That looks like a 2" or maybe even 3"? | | |
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03-26-2025, 04:36 PM
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#112 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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Good to know EV rentals are still very affordable in Australia.
I did the same GOR stretch in a diesel Staria - it didn't have power but everyone was going slow anyway, so more power would've made no difference.  | |
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03-26-2025, 05:05 PM
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#113 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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All dem Sydney Sweeney walking around and you’re taking pics of rocks.
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03-26-2025, 05:51 PM
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#114 | | linguistic ninja
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Lol I think you mean Margot Robbies. Sydney Sweeney is from Spokane.
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03-26-2025, 07:32 PM
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#115 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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Isn’t Margot’s South African ?! Like a Elon
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03-26-2025, 08:04 PM
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#116 | | linguistic ninja
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Dude you're the one obsessed with blondes like her, you tell me!
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03-26-2025, 09:38 PM
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#117 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Hobz got better weather than I went the first time to the 12 Apostles - my first visit was wet, windy and wild. I kind of liked it more as it felt moodier, and we got to see a bonus wedding that was quite unique.
I ended up editing the photos into B&W as they felt more fitting to the mood of the day.    
Sorry will stop spamming thread.
Hobz btw do NOT go into the Leica gallery/store on Little Collins St.
Repeat, do NOT DO IT - DO NOT SET FOOT IN THERE!!!!
Definitely DO NOT LET THEM PUT A RANGEFINDER M11 IN YOUR HAND!!!
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03-26-2025, 10:12 PM
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#118 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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That’s not spam !!! Your shots are gorgeous. More pics !!!!!
Me wanna go to leica naaaoooooo !!!
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03-27-2025, 05:42 AM
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His Canon gear is probably in a trash can somewhere in the middle of nowhere Australia now. 
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03-28-2025, 12:26 PM
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#120 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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03-28-2025, 12:34 PM
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Having quite the adventure down under there sir, great pics!
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03-28-2025, 12:37 PM
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#122 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Hobs bringin' in tha thundah from down undah!
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03-28-2025, 12:41 PM
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#123 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by 68style Having quite the adventure down under there sir, great pics! | I’d go take more shots of blondes on beaches or strip clubs but wife says we have blondes and strip clubs at home ….
Lame
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03-28-2025, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Badhobz I’d go take more shots of blondes on beaches or strip clubs but wife says we have blondes and strip clubs at home ….
Lame | But these ones swirl and twirl the other way
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03-28-2025, 02:14 PM
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#125 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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inb4 badhobz moves to australia because same time zone as chinar
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