Darwin to Cairns - which route?

BarraBeast · Post by **BarraBeast** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:30 pm

If a BarraBeast was to leave Darwin at 06:00am, driving a Mitsubishi Challenger, with the 40psi in the tyres and 5 kg's of chocolate covered coffee beans, a bottle of tequila and a carton of Red Bulls, what time would he arrive in Cairns?

has anyone gone turned north at Cloncurry and taken the road past Normanton to Cairns? or it it better to go directly across to Townsville?

Post by **Matt Flynn** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:39 pm

Done both

Normanton route is quite scenic in parts, might not be best for towing but the road has probably improved since I did it.

slapper1 · Post by **slapper1** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:43 pm

driving a mitsubishi . probly wont get to Darwin at all
...lol

andrew.south · Post by **andrew.south** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:49 pm

slapper1 wrote:driving a mitsubishi . probly wont get to Darwin at all
...lol

Thats just what I was thinking......

Blinky · Post by **Blinky** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:58 pm

andrew.south wrote:
slapper1 wrote:driving a mitsubishi . probly wont get to Darwin at all
...lol
Thats just what I was thinking......

Harsh........very harsh

BarraBeast · Post by **BarraBeast** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:58 pm

you start out driving a mitsubishi, then at a petrol station, you jump in a 100 series "by mistake" while the real owner is at the counter.

"hey man, it was the same colour"

Blinky · Post by **Blinky** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:07 pm

BarraBeast wrote:you start out driving a mitsubishi, then at a petrol station, you jump in a 100 series "by mistake" while the real owner is at the counter.

"hey man, it was the same colour"

HA, Double B, my missus did that at Northlakes, only figured it out when she had trouble getting the key to work!

tinnieman · Post by **tinnieman** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:18 pm

Matt Flynn wrote:Done both

Normanton route is quite scenic in parts, might not be best for towing but the road has probably improved since I did it.

The road is fully sealed the whole way now! There is still a fair bit of one way bitumen between Cloncurry and Normanton, but the road from there to Cairns is superb (and very quiet most of the way)!

matty · Post by **matty** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:19 pm

Which route? Mate, take the missus, she's stuck by you all these years

fishfanatic · Post by **fishfanatic** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:27 pm

BarraBeast wrote:If a BarraBeast was to leave Darwin at 06:00am, driving a Mitsubishi Challenger, with the 40psi in the tyres and 5 kg's of chocolate covered coffee beans, a bottle of tequila and a carton of Red Bulls, what time would he arrive in Cairns?

has anyone gone turned north at Cloncurry and taken the road past Normanton to Cairns? or it it better to go directly across to Townsville?

A bottle of tequila...you'll get locked up at the Qld border for DUI..

and then they'll throw away the keys when they see you driving a Mitsubishi

BarraBeast · Post by **BarraBeast** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:29 pm

tinnieman wrote:
The road is fully sealed the whole way now! There is still a fair bit of one way bitumen between Cloncurry and Normanton, but the road from there to Cairns is superb (and very quiet most of the way)!

sweet, cheers Man. No quite as the straight as the crow flies but could be interesting. maybe a stoned crow?

Fish'n Chick · Post by **Fish'n Chick** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 1:51 pm

fishfanatic wrote:
BarraBeast wrote:If a BarraBeast was to leave Darwin at 06:00am, driving a Mitsubishi Challenger, with the 40psi in the tyres and 5 kg's of chocolate covered coffee beans, a bottle of tequila and a carton of Red Bulls, what time would he arrive in Cairns?

has anyone gone turned north at Cloncurry and taken the road past Normanton to Cairns? or it it better to go directly across to Townsville?
A bottle of tequila...you'll get locked up at the Qld border for DUI.. and then they'll throw away the keys when they see you driving a Mitsubishi

Nah, fish fanatic, I reckon they'd take one look at the Challenger, take the tequila bottle, swap it for four cartons of XXXX and say "MAAAAATE, you got here in that? You're a legend. Welcome to Queensland".

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