Comments on: Melbourne tolls up 64 per cent

By: 4 LeMans in a row

4 LeMans in a row — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:45:05 +0000

I didn’t forget Darwin, it’s just been so long since I’ve been there that I can’t comment with accuracy.

By: 4 LeMans in a row

4 LeMans in a row — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:42:59 +0000

Having lived in Melb, Sydney & Brisbane, and had lengthy stays in Adelaide, Perth and Darwin let me say this..

Adelaide – Wheelnut, why on earth would you want to live in Adelaide? Dry dusty foul water boring little town that offers nothing. You answered that question perfectly by moving to Perth.

Sydney – superb if you’re wealthy enough to live by the water, terribly congested for everyone else.

Melb – brilliant night life, pub and live music scene, sporting capital, shame about the weather.

Perth – Just about perfect, except for the isolation and the rest of the country is a 4 day drive away.

Brissy – One of the dumbest towns on earth, very nearly ran out of water, completely lacking a road network, no daylight savings so it gets light at 4:30 in the morning! Sunshine Coast and the Goldy are however magnificent.

Where do I live now? Sunshine Coast. It’s about as close to perfect as I’ve found….!!

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:54:26 +0000

at 8am one morning during peak hour on a motorway a semi trailer crashes into a toll booth completely destroying it

The manager calls his repair crew orders them to fix it and tells them he wants it up and running intime for the afternoon peak hour.. he then leaves.

at 2pm the crew chief calls the manager to tell him its all fixed up and running. The manager replies “I don’t believe it… I’ll be right there.”

The manager arrives back on the scene to inspect their work – when he notices that there is a clear gel over everything. “What’s this?” the manager asks…. The crew chief replies “Toll Gate Booth Paste.”

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:42:25 +0000

hahaha,ummmmmmmmmm .WA is the better choice ! Economy even better,climate,isnt raining and its a dry heat not that horrible humidity! Oh and the place isnt full of OLD people…….and we dont have that upward infliction at the end of our sentenCCESSS !

By: Shazza

Shazza — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:13:09 +0000

If you Melburians are getting a bit pissed off with your city, then come up to beautiful sunny Queensland where the economy is booming and the climate is better, we Queenslanders will welcome you with opens arms XOXOXOXO

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:08:19 +0000

Neil says:-
“Well considering we have the highest growth rate of any Australian city, I’m assuming that there arn’t too many people leaving our fair city
Victoria also makes up 1/4 of the population, not 1/5″
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Actually Neil you don’t, Brisbane and Perth have a higher growth rate, and I hear Melboring is slowing down rapidly as your manufacturing industry lays off thousands of people.
Hahahahahaha……

By: JEYKL & HYDE

JEYKL & HYDE — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:08:05 +0000

matty b,

your spot on.now if you were in gov’t,wouldn’t you be putting up your hand to build every single toll way’ed road in australia.i smell corruption here,in a mutli-billion dollar cover up,does anybody care?

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:00:55 +0000

I am another who agrees that the best view of Melbourne is the rear view mirror.
What a shiit hole of a place !
Who was that famous American again that called Melbourne the “arse end of the earth” ?

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:30:05 +0000

JML, 4/5ths of the Aus population think it’s funny, it’s just those “sensitive” Vics that don’t.
Besides I have never spoken to anyone that wasn’t glad to leave Melbourne (or Sydney for that matter) after a visit

Well considering we have the highest growth rate of any Australian city, I’m assuming that there arn’t too many people leaving our fair city
Victoria also makes up 1/4 of the population, not 1/5

CityLink was built at a time when the state could ill afford to complete the project itself – what we get is three decades worth of tolls
The city benefits from having the tollway/tunnels, so i don’t see the major issues with having tolls, just the excessive price increases

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:28:42 +0000

Ooops last sentence should read

Yet Sydney has 4 times as many people so they should have s–t loads more money than Adelaide [particularly when you recall that the 2000 Olympics made a record profit - didn’t it?]