Getting there by boat and then walking looks appealing, if it was not so hot.
Yep youād have in the dark 
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As you know Pete I donāt own a car these days so Iām doing my bit for the environment 
Also I donāt see the congestion ( apart from one I saw which Iāll explain) as Iām on the bus into CBD at 5.30am and out of CBD at 3/3.30pm.
On the Sunday before spaghetti western opened on the Monday, Harry did a dry run so to speak from the Bay Area through to Victoria Road to Anzac Bridge . He said the trick is to stay on the outer lane so he reckoned OK but crashes happening as drivers have no idea where theyāre going .
One chaotic situation my brother and I saw was we were in cab going to Enmore for a few via Johnson St Annandale . They are now feeding 3 lane Johnson St into one lane overpass going onto Anzac Bridge - get that one mate you should have seen the bank up of cars , nuts. Smart bugger thought of that one I must say!!
The overall situation is there are now 12 lanes feeding into 4 lanes Anzac bridge whereas before it was about 6/7 lanes.
The upside is , talking to cabbies , one can now get to the airports from Balmain/Rozelle in 15/20 minutes
Yes chaotic but it does appear to be getting a bit calmer
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Connections to a new motorway is it?
Yes Mike
Tunnels in all directions
Hasnāt finished it - over the next 3/4 years there is another tunnel under the harbour from Balmain/Rozelle linking us inner Westies with the lower North Shore knobs 
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Yes yesā¦hence why I didnāt say any more Bossā¦!
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Madness!
What is it with Aussie road planningā¦?! 
I donāt know well what itās like over East, but Iām constantly scratching my head in WAā¦.Unlike virtually any other country, whole heaps of space and unused land, yet they seem to just make crazy decisions and a mess of planningā¦slip roads feeding into roads just before another slip road that everybody is trying to get over to the left forā¦! I swear they just throw bits of string onto a map or make pretty shapes and then follow thatā¦!
You can also tell they must have a tonne of excess cash in WA, as thereās just road planning schemes and works everywhere these daysā¦.
Still, doesnāt make much improved difference ā nobody can drive in WA it seemsā¦.Too busy tailgating on your arse to careā¦!
And nobody knows what a Roundabout is for hereā¦.!
Loved the statement made by someone form the roads department telling the residents that when the new tunnel opens in 5 years time all will be resolved.
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I guess thatās the nature of big cities that have grown way beyond the original planning. Far better to live in small regional towns 
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Speaking of big cities Iāve just arrived on the outskirts of Sydney by train on my way to see Lloyd Cole tonight.
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Cool. Didnāt realise he was touring.
Weāve got The War On Drugs here this eveningā¦ 
You going? Great band.
Yup!
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Issue is Mike Aussies are in love with cars so every household has 2 of them - itās the American way we may as well be the 53rd state of USA ( or whatever number they are up to ) and the vehicles are getting bigger. I get the sh**s when people winge about the price of petrol
Public transport hasnāt kept up with population growth so itās a double whammy
You either live close to the CBD where public transport is very good or get out and go to major regional towns
Itās only going to get worse
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Well I did the right and caught a train down. You post is partially correct but itād help if the public transport was up to scratch. These inter city trains Iām on Iām sure there the same ones that Neville Wran ordered in the 70s.
And the rest!ā¦Iāve seen houses with 4ā5 cars parked outside. Never understood itā¦.
So so true. Those bloody RAMs and Ford F150sā¦
And as for the love of SUVsā¦.I dread being around our area when the school run is on ā crazy driving by harried women (typically, not always of course) having conversations with their kids in the rear mirror and not even looking at the roadā¦.normally supping on a drinks bottle at the same timeā¦ā¦
Whatās wrong with that Iāve just ordered a Ram 1500.
Just kidding I think theyāve hideous.
What makes me laugh, is that you rarely see the likes of them being used as actual work vehiclesā¦theyāre always immaculate!