Bruce Highway

Submitted: Thursday, Aug 11, 2011 at 22:19
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The wife & I just flew down to Brisbane & drove a Toyota Prius back up to Cairns.
Drove nearly the whole distance at the speed limit on cruise control & averaged 5l per 100k.
What stood out the most was how well the traffic moved. We only passed about 15 cars & that was mainly because they were not on cruise control & they fluctuated their speeds. 2 cars North of Ingham were the only ones that were travelling well below the speed limit. It's an NQ thing that. I think it has something to do with sugar cane.
Had about 20 or 30 cars pass us, but no maniacs amongst them.
Only had about half a dozen of those dills that catch up & sit behind you until you encourage them to pass & they scream off into the distance to sit behind the next bloke.
This is going to cop some flack, but I was impressed with how much the road has improved over the 5 years since I last drove it.
The worst part of the drive for us was from Townsville to Cairns, especially Innisfail to Cairns.
Must have passed 2000 caravans heading South.
Felt sorry for 1 Australia Post truck driver stuck behind a that did 75 around corners & up hills & 110 on the straights.
I could not be a truck driver.
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