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Post by greysrigging on Feb 25, 2021 17:56:17 GMT -5
The third in the series of Aussie Roadtrips, this time from tropical North Queensland, along the East Coast all the way south to Australia's second largest city, Melbourne. I suspect the voting patterns rating the various climates will be a bit more evenly balanced, given we're travelling along the pleasant and equable climes of Eastern Australia ( as opposed to the outback hellholes of the previous Roadtrips...lol ). Most of the sites chosen are coastal locations, although Rockhampton, Bega and Bairnsdale are a little inland from the ocean. Highway 1 is a beautiful drive, taking in the best of Australia's coastal beaches and scenery, there are literally hundreds of isolated sandy beaches and coves tucked away in secluded spots on the journey south from Cairns.  Cairns  Townsville  Mackay  Rockhampton  Gold Coast  Port Macquarie  Woolongong  Bega  Bairnsdale  Melbourne ( Airport )  |
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Post by Benfxmth on Feb 25, 2021 17:57:22 GMT -5
I'm going with Rockhampton
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Post by tommyFL on Feb 25, 2021 18:10:01 GMT -5
Bega is closest to my ideal
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2021 21:09:59 GMT -5
Rockhampton, mate!
It's got the best combination of everything I want - though it could stand to be wetter in winter. Relatively close to Rockhampton is Gladstone, which is where I wanted to live for a little while as a teenager. Great part of the country for climates.
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Post by jgtheone on Feb 25, 2021 21:24:34 GMT -5
Bega is the best of the lot here.
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Post by Steelernation on Feb 25, 2021 22:35:12 GMT -5
Melbourne has the best temps. If Bega gets a solid amount of storms and less cold drizzle, it would win, if the storm difference isn’t that big, I’ll pick Melbourne.
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Post by antares on Feb 25, 2021 22:36:15 GMT -5
I'll go with Mackay because it gets the most rain and still has some decent seasonality (Cairns is wetter but has less seasonality).
The others (like Bega) have a boring precip pattern, although the temp profile is fairly decent. Winters aren't cold enough to sway me away from the warmer climes of Queensland though.
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Post by knot on Feb 25, 2021 23:47:54 GMT -5
Melbourne by a long shot. As much as I despise that climate, it's still wayyy better than the other shit heaps on the poll.
Heirarchy:
I. Melbourne
II. Bairnsdale
III. Bega
IV. Wollongong
V. Port Macquarie
VI. Rockhampton
VII. Mackay
VIII. Townsville
IX. Gold Coast
X. Cairns
As a side note, the map you've posted doesn't show the route you intended—instead of taking the coastal route from Sydney to Melbourne (via the South Coast), your map shows the inland Hume Highway route (via the South West Slopes). Climate selection would've been a lot better with this route…Yass, Gundagai, Albury, etc.
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Post by greysrigging on Feb 26, 2021 0:55:21 GMT -5
^^ yes I know, it was the only one I could find.... but I was really trying for Highway 1 sites
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Post by Beercules on Feb 26, 2021 1:09:25 GMT -5
Gold Coast. The summers are very agreeable, but the kicker is the epic thunderstorms the area gets. SE QLD gets some of the best storms in the country, with the highest frequency anywhere along the QLD coast. Cairns and Townsville are surprisingly stormless.
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Post by Beercules on Feb 26, 2021 1:11:31 GMT -5
Melbourne has the best temps. If Bega gets a solid amount of storms and less cold drizzle, it would win, if the storm difference isn’t that big, I’ll pick Melbourne. Certainly gets more storms than Melbourne. |
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Post by jgtheone on Feb 26, 2021 3:01:39 GMT -5
Just noticed now that it looks like the route you posted goes through Albury-Wodonga instead. If so then I pick Albury by miles and miles.
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Post by greysrigging on Feb 26, 2021 3:46:00 GMT -5
Just noticed now that it looks like the route you posted goes through Albury-Wodonga instead. If so then I pick Albury by miles and miles. Ok, fixed the OP map....lol.... and no, I went to boarding school in Albury.... cold as buggery in winter ( by Aussie standards ) |
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Post by Cadeau on Feb 26, 2021 10:12:00 GMT -5
Bairnsdale. Besides Woolongong, it's the only climate never reached average highs above 30°C at all. Also, average lows maintained below 16°C in those warmer summer years.
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Post by deneb78 on Feb 26, 2021 18:43:43 GMT -5
Townsville. Has tropical temperatures with more sunshine and almost half the rainfall as Cairns.
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Post by jetshnl on Feb 27, 2021 0:02:14 GMT -5
Brownsville got my vote, temperature wise its great, but precip should be distributed better throughout the year.
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