Planes, Trains and Automobiles… and Buses.
January 7th, 2010
Okay it’s time for a little whinge. Tomorrow my daughter Jasmine and I are flying to Hervey Bay in Queensland with Tiger Airways (which should be interesting). Except we’re not flying to Hervey Bay because it was so ridiculously expensive to fly there direct from Melbourne. So we got a cheap flight to the Sunshine coast where I thought we could just jump on a bus and be in Hervey Bay in a couple of hours. I was so wrong. I just assumed that because Queensland is Australia’s biggest tourist destination and Hervey Bay is a major tourist town that there would be a direct bus there. There are no buses – unless you go via Brisbane and like leaving at 1.00 in the morning. So, how do you get there. A few hours of research on the internet later I found out. When we get to Sunshine Coast airport we have to catch a local bus into Maroochydore. Then catch another bus back past the airport to Nambour. Then catch a train to Maryborough West for more than two hours. Then catch another bus to Hervey Bay. From leaving my front door to Hervey Bay will take around 10 hours (sorry make that 11 hours – Queensland doesn’t do daylight savings because it fades the curtains). In that time I could already be lying on a beach in Bali.
I think these quotes from ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’ sums up my feelings best:
Del: You’re in a pretty lousy mood, huh?
Neal: To say the least.
Del: You ever travel by bus before?
[Neal shakes his head]
Del: Hmm. Your mood’s probably not going to improve much.
Neal: As much fun as I’ve had on this little journey, I’m sure one day I’ll look back on it and laugh.
Del: [giggles] Are you sure?
Neal: [starts chuckling] Oh God. I’m laughing already.
Del: Six bucks and my left nut says we’re not going to be landing in Chicago.
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