tom_andraszek, My morning Gold Coast train was cancelled. The next one in 30 minutes. Lots of high school students will be late for school today.
No point taking the 725 bus as it takes 54 minutes to go from Coomera to Helensvale vs 5 minutes by train. The TX7 bus is more direct, but it doesn't run that early, and it still takes 47 minutes.
alancrawfordsaid, I hope that sharing this local information may go some ways to helping what is a world wide phenomenon. Maybe share your local group. 👍
#GoldCoast
#Queensland
#Homelessness
#Sleepingrough
msiapublictransport, AirAsia X Ends Auckland Service; Gold Coast 2024 Service Changes
AirAsia X in last week’s schedule update revised planned on service from Kuala Lumpur to Gold Coast and Auckland.
Read more: https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231219-d7nw23aklool
tom_andraszek, Riding a bike, or public transport, is much more interesting than driving a car. You see more: places, people, animals...
Yesterday I saw a koala, really up close:
https://youtu.be/q7ZbHXTw74c
Ada, Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) - Labrador, Gold Coast, Australia - September 2006
#pelican #bird #australianbirds #birdsofthefediverse #goldcoast #australianwildlife
Ada, Australian Pelicans (Pelecanus conspicillatus) - Labrador, Gold Coast, Australia - July 2006
#AustralianBirds #pelican #GoldCoast #BirdsOfTheFediverse #birds #AustralianWildlife
tom_andraszek, Meanwhile in Australia...
Ada, Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae), Labrador Qld Australia, July 2006
#gull #seagull #SilverGull #GoldCoast #queensland #birds #AustralianBirds #AustralianWildlife
RiversideBryan, Nice shot! I trust you ducked 😉🤭
kkarhan, @Ada Looks like it's homing in on a fish bun...
timrichards, Is "Gold coast man" our equivalent to "Florida man"?
Gold Coast man fined for taking pet snake surfing https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-18/live-news-blog-the-loop-climate-week-drew-barrymore-pet-snake/102867822#live-blog-post-46018
boiga, @timrichards if this guy is wearing a wetsuit, then water is too cold for snake.
tom_andraszek, #Walking in #GoldCoast, #Australia be like...
tom_andraszek, An example of #Unwalkable #GoldCoast, #Australia. I didn't plan my bike ride carefully enough yesterday. I looked at an old map and didn't see footpaths, but I assumed that part of a recent A$25 million redesign of M1 exit 57 in Oxenford was adding some pedestrian infrastructure. I was wrong. There is no way to walk from #Oxenford to #Helensvale here. There is no way to safely ride a bike either. Even the painted #bike lanes end. This is a people-hostile design in the middle of the city.
A zoom in to the view with cars visible. No footpaths.
A zoom out showing the location in relation to Coomera River.
wpgne, @tom_andraszek very interesting
twcau, @tom_andraszek Agree - that’s stroad levels of hostile design.
From looking at recent satellite maps, there is a way to walk between the two suburbs - but it’s an inconvenient and completely indirect path that takes you south along Siganto Dr, down to a pedestrian footbridge across the M1 to. the Old Pacific Highway.
I’m also betting the route isn’t signposted, either at the M1 Interchange, or Hope Island Dr/Old Pacific Motorway - meaning most pedestrians wouldn’t even know about it.