Over regulated Eastern States

I'm just clearing my desk now mate!, see you soon! ;-)

Bec and I are destined to move to the country, but it'll be a while before we can get there....

All this nonsense is starting to drive me loopy! On another post I just got talked down to because I insinuated the use of the "f" word. What the hell is happening to our country!!!???

Oh well, don't take the back seat out either, your car won't be road worthy!
I mean holybleepe.

Yeah I've heard about all those maniacs in NT, that's why you guys are the ones that always have the 0 road toll!!! ;-) Having no speed limits on the open road is obviously a danger...

I love the NT...what little I'm allowed to visit because some other mob has it :))))))

Hi Tim

I too love the NT and Darwin in particular - I have few responsibilities these days and am _very_ tempted to head up there. I acknowledge what you say about the lack of over-government there ESPECIALLY compared to the eastern states. Perhaps more Aussies need to live overseas for a while in order to be able to make an objective comparison - it's hard to do so if you've never lived anywhere else - and that's not a patronising statement guys, just a realistic one.

Although I do have some sympathy with the statement by Footloose.

You've just rekindled my NT interest Tim... no reason why I couldn't go, a bit tied up for the next 12 months but then.... :)

Mike Harding

Tim: maybe u can tell us why: the Cannonball Run is no longer !!

Couldnt agree more I live in kalgoorlie and besides the odd speed trap in town we have no probs with track closures, noisy people camped too close, entry fees for everywhere, certainly no bullbar lobby here or ant 4wd councils

The councils and state govt get me with their dob in your neighbour for watering on the wrong day ,noisey dogs blah blah blah how un australian is that .Bloomin gutless in a couple of words.

"the beautiful Northern Territory" Is that the same place where the mozzies carry your children away, your washing gets mouldy on the clothes line & you can't swim in the water cos if the sharks don't eat you the Lizards will ;-))
Cheers Craig......
Victoria, home of the best four wheel driving in Oz

The moral of this tale is if you don't like all that "over governing" you can alway move up here.

what if you hate 33 degrees and storms everyday though?

G`day Tim ,how`s it goin`. I lived in the Territory before Tracy came and blew it away. I can tell you that it is now where near as good as it used to be, since the big blow a lot of do gooders [interferers] have changed the place from being a place where everyone was easy to get along with, and accepting of others ,to a place that is at conflict with the ideals of what it used to be.
Regards Bob

I'm not sure which Darwin you live in but it wasn't the one I lived in. From memory we had:

-Red light cameras on Stuart Hwy, although you are correct about the film.
-Speed Cameras were in several locations, although they had a few favourite sites on Stuart Hwy at Winnellie, as well as the vehicle mounte\d ones used by Hwy Patrol (Oh I forgot they don't have one) you know those dark blue XR8's, but you probably didn't notice them.
- Random breathe testing by police.

I must have imagined the blue XR8 highway patrol chasing and catching a speeding car at Pine Creek!

But lets not forget the number of idiots driving aroundbleepin unroadworthy vehicles at stupid speeds. How often do you see reports about chases involving someone 2-3 times over the legal limit, but its ok because its the NT, isn't it.

The reason there is no "over regulation" in the NT is because they do not have the resources and personnel in the NT Police to do more. But I felt Darwin as well policed as any other capital city, but not by as many. It is just easier to get away with stuff because less police on the streets.

I left there last year and do not regret leaving. Great place to live for a couple of years, see it all and leave. It is great to be back in civilisation.

Wizard
Gold Coast