Moving to Margate, Brisbane
May 1st 2010, 11:05 am
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Re: Moving to Margate, Brisbane
Originally Posted by fish.01
Aren't they still to open the two bridges though? Six lanes each way should help throughput.
May 1st 2010, 12:01 pm
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Re: Moving to Margate, Brisbane
Originally Posted by Broad Shoulders
Gateway Bridge? Yes, but that will make sod all difference on the Northside of the Gateway. Currently you have the old gateway motorway section (2 lanes) and the new section (4 lanes) merging into 2 lanes at Nudgee at exactly the same spot. Recipe for disaster. The two bridges will just mean there is a massive bottleneck on the northside of the bridges.
May 1st 2010, 9:53 pm
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Re: Moving to Margate, Brisbane
Originally Posted by fish.01
Yeah looks like the nudgee to bruce section is a separate project starting afterwards.
May 1st 2010, 10:14 pm
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Re: Moving to Margate, Brisbane
Originally Posted by Broad Shoulders
Gateway Bridge? Yes, but that will make sod all difference on the Northside of the Gateway. Currently you have the old gateway motorway section (2 lanes) and the new section (4 lanes) merging into 2 lanes at Nudgee at exactly the same spot. Recipe for disaster. The two bridges will just mean there is a massive bottleneck on the northside of the bridges.
May 2nd 2010, 3:00 am
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Re: Moving to Margate, Brisbane
Originally Posted by Broad Shoulders
have you seen details of this project. To date I haven't seen any sign at all yet of any plans for the northside (bar the airport link work). I'd love it if they did actually have a plan, it's driving me nuts at the moment.
May 2nd 2010, 11:46 am
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Re: Moving to Margate, Brisbane
Originally Posted by fish.01
Still in the planning/funding stage: http://www.mainroads.qld.gov.au/en/P...ing-study.aspx
May 2nd 2010, 1:13 pm
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Re: Moving to Margate, Brisbane
Originally Posted by DeadVim
I couldn't live there ... I'd be missing Bembom Brothers Amusement Park ...
Seriously, if I wasn't living here then I'd be living there
Seriously, if I wasn't living here then I'd be living there
May 2nd 2010, 1:15 pm
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Re: Moving to Margate, Brisbane
Originally Posted by DeadVim
Nobody can forget The Looping Star AND The Mary Rose surely?
May 3rd 2010, 12:12 am
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Re: Moving to Margate, Brisbane
Originally Posted by Chelle66
You wouldn't be missing much then. It hasn't been there for years now and it went back to being Dreamland before it closed. I believe the scenic railway is still there. Well, the bit that didn't burn down, anyway.
Originally Posted by Chelle66
Ah, such wonderful memories.......... not! lol
May 3rd 2010, 12:17 am
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Re: Moving to Margate, Brisbane
Originally Posted by Broad Shoulders
Gateway Bridge? Yes, but that will make sod all difference on the Northside of the Gateway. Currently you have the old gateway motorway section (2 lanes) and the new section (4 lanes) merging into 2 lanes at Nudgee at exactly the same spot. Recipe for disaster. The two bridges will just mean there is a massive bottleneck on the northside of the bridges.
May 3rd 2010, 2:34 am
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Re: Moving to Margate, Brisbane
Originally Posted by DeadVim
Aw, don't be so harsh ... the sound of loose change falling out of Chav's pockets is a marvellous thing ...
May 3rd 2010, 3:25 am
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Re: Moving to Margate, Brisbane
Originally Posted by Chelle66
Lol, my brother used to work on the Mary Rose. The stuff he got from pockets being emptied as it turned upside down was amazing.
I'll stop now ... I used to take the train from Chatham to Margate with some mates every school holiday, we'd spend the whole day high on junk food and Looping Star sickness.
Fish and chips were the order of the day, obviously
If money was tight we'd head to Leysdown or Sheerness <shudder>.
May 3rd 2010, 3:29 am
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Re: Moving to Margate, Brisbane
Originally Posted by 171967
We are moving to the Margate/Redcliffe area in July of this year and wondered if anyone had any comments with regard to the area and tips to make the move easier (I can live in hope!) My 8 year old will be starting school as soon as we arrive and I will be looking for work as a Kindergarten Teacher/Childcare coordinator. Many thanks
May 5th 2010, 8:59 am
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Re: Moving to Margate, Brisbane
Originally Posted by Demented Ferret
Nice choice the peninsula has alot to offer and is not overcrowded.
May 5th 2010, 9:33 am
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Re: Moving to Margate, Brisbane
Originally Posted by Broad Shoulders
except the lagoon
