🚶Diary of a hop, Sydney to Melbourne 🚶
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For those trying to work it out I google mapped it, the route I am taking is approx 870km to Melbourne Airport. With each hop an optimal 700 meters, thats 1,243 hops at an estimated cost of $1.8m per turf. Total cost = $2,237,400,000. Good thing it's only money 😜😜😜😜😜😜
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May 15
The early bird catches the worm. On hop 500 I have reached Jugiong a small town in inland and a little North of Canberra. I am surprised as to how many turf are here for such a small town. What with the fast (well by my standards and on my budget) hopping the past few days I have decided to rest a day here to build up my supplies. I should hit the road again in about 24 hours when I have a spare turf for hopping.
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Yeah,I would like to do a tour of the town.This is great Hyena.
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Brilliant 👍
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Hyena wrote:
I did Sydney to Canberra in a weekend, come on put the foot down hyena.... 🐺💨💨💨May 15
The early bird catches the worm. On hop 500 I have reached Jugiong a small town in inland and a little North of Canberra. I am surprised as to how many turf are here for such a small town. What with the fast (well by my standards and on my budget) hopping the past few days I have decided to rest a day here to build up my supplies. I should hit the road again in about 24 hours when I have a spare turf for hopping.
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ᏔλᎡᎡĮØᎡ wrote:
You sound like my wife Warrior. All about the end of the journey. Sometimes it is the journey and not the destination that is the key to the trip. So many people fly through life (and in RL I am one of them) and need to learn to stop and smell the turf flowers. ☺✌Hyena wrote: ✂
I did Sydney to Canberra in a weekend, come on put the foot down hyena.... 🐺💨💨💨 -
I hopped from Melbourne to Canberra whereupon I realised Oz is frickin huge! Wouldn't mind but Borg tried capping me all the way there - luckily as always they failed! Enjoy the hop if that's possible.👿👍
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👿S.i.N™👿 wrote:
Lol, saw a postcard in Sweden that this Aussie bartender used to explain why we didn't do day trips from Sydney to Perth. Europe is smaller than OZ...I hopped from Melbourne to Canberra whereupon I realised Oz is frickin huge! Wouldn't mind but Borg tried capping me all the way there - luckily as always they failed! Enjoy the hop if that's possible.👿👍
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Hyena! You're hopping too!!! Wow, and keeping a beautiful journal...and you've been hopping for many days now...and you're going almost 550 miles...
Meanwhile I go only 65ish miles, and have been hopping for one day, and no journal... 😞 -
♠Aⅅⅅ ϮuƦƑ₳♠ wrote:
Fair play , that was to Townsville :)The distance is 876km, or 544mi. Mr joble, you should refine your distance estimating skills.
YOU ABSOLUTE SMART ARSE ! 🍆
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SeñoritaMafioso wrote:
Hey gorgeous, a hops a hop. My first was just 15km to a V I was involved in. You can do some bigger ones later.Hyena! You're hopping too!!! Wow, and keeping a beautiful journal...and you've been hopping for many days now...and you're going almost 550 miles...
Meanwhile I go only 65ish miles, and have been hopping for one day, and no journal... 😞 -
May 16
What was meant to be a day of rest has been an extremely busy day after all. Thanks to the Don i picked up an extra Turf space, i also found a Turf being taxed so tore that down as well. This meant i could hop and leave a turf for shopping. Shopping went well in Jugiong, picked up a liquor license and a distribution centre.
The Hopping also went well and I passed a famous Australian landmark.
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"As I was coming down Conroy's Gap,
I heard a maiden cry;
'There goes Bill the Bullocky,
He's bound for Gundagai.
A better poor old beggar
Never earnt an honest crust,
A better poor old beggar
Never drug a whip through dust.'
His team got bogged at the nine mile creek,
Bill lashed and swore and cried;
'If Nobby don't get me out of this,
I'll tattoo his bloody hide.'
But Nobby strained and broke the yoke,
And poked out the leader's eye;
Then the dog sat on the Tucker Box
Nine miles from Gundagai."And here I am Gundagai, a famous town for a folk song written over 100 years ago. Sure enough I find a statue of that dog (though 5 miles not 9) as I reach hop 550 just on th outskirts of the town.
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Sorry to do this but apparently I was banned for a bit and needed to check that it has been lifted.
So if someone could please quote me that would be appreciated.
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Hyena wrote:
Ahaaha.... Hyena ya troll 😜Sorry to do this but apparently I was banned for a bit and needed to check that it has been lifted.
So if someone could please quote me that would be appreciated.
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ᏔλᎡᎡĮØᎡ wrote:
Thanks, Warrior. 😰 was worried.Hyena wrote:
Ahaaha.... Hyena ya troll 😜Sorry to do this but apparently I was banned for a bit and needed to check that it has been lifted.
So if someone could please quote me that would be appreciated.
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Sorry hyena , looks like a road block is starting to begin at Holbrook 😜
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ҜɪⱠⱠеƦ✭Ǥ wrote:
Still a couple of days away...Sorry hyena , looks like a road block is starting to begin at Holbrook 😜
Do I push through or go around??? 😥😰😨😱
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Well it looks like I upset Mr G. At his wife's urging I tapped his Yass turf as I went past. Well apparently he was looking forward to me reaching Gundagai. Why because he had a turf there and was hoping to cap one of mine as I hopped by. Well this morning he lost Capo of South Gundagai.... 5 minutes later he got it back with a polite PM that I was just hopping through. I got one back saying, he had been hoping to cap me. Well looks like he hasn't given up. Guess I am "The Bandit" to his "Smokey". As you can see from his post he is setting up a roadblock a couple of days down the road to try and get one of this cat's turfs... 🚗.🚚💨 🚨
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This is very entertaining, I've been following your diary and your trail from the start. It's nice that you're keeping tracks of your stats while hopping. When I hop I just go for it and don't look much at the numbers. Keep on hopping, I'll keep on watching!
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You're almost half way there and doing it with a very low turf limit. It's too bad you couldn't leave a bigger trail.
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18 May
Middle of nowhere, not only that but it has taken me 2 days to get here. For those overseas thinking deserts. Wrong part of the country. There have been a few vineyards and mainly farm land. Crops of canola and sunflowers a few orchards. The Snowy Mountains where Australians go for what passes as skiing is to the East. In fact while Melbourne is South West of Sydney I find myself more West than South on my journey.
With regards to Smokeys blockade I am still deciding on how to manage him. At best estimates 2 days at worst 7 (the wife doesn't like me hopping on weekends). So I have plenty of planning time. In fact I am at a juncture right now and could go west and around him....
But where's the fun in that?
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May 20
Past the half way point. Well as long as Smokey doesn't force any big detours.... Still in the middle of nowhere, hop 650 saw me just short of the small town of Kyeamba. This town is so small that they share their horse with the neighboring town.
Well I am currently 367 kilometers as the crow flies from my starting point. This is the equivalent of driving from London, England to Brussels, Belgium.
I have about 40kms to go to reach Smokey and his 4km road block. Smokey has been quiet, most likely listening in to the CB hoping to work out what I am going to do....
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Holy...
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I chuckled a little when I saw the names 'Smokey' gave his roadblock turf. 😏👍
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BlackWall$treet wrote:
A) I'm not African AmericanNigga talkin' like it's some Louis and Clark expedition lol
B) a diary is merely a recording of ones actions and thoughts. I'm not claiming to go where no one has gone before, just where I have not been. Considering most are enjoying this thread I would suggest you just don't read it.
♠Aⅅⅅ ϮuƦƑ₳♠ wrote:
lol, yeah I saw those and PMed his missus asking WTF!!! Should be fun...I chuckled a little when I saw the names 'Smokey' gave his roadblock turf. 😏👍
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21 May - Gas Day
Woken up early in the morning by a delivery of boots in honor of Gas Day by a witch. How she found me in the middle of nowhere I don't know.
I was extremely polite and returned the favour, I also made an early morning donation to Smokey's Policemans Ball. Due to the size of my donation Smokey and his wife both went into shock and had to be rushed to the ER.
As such I have decided not to hop today, as I am both concerned for Smokey's health, and if he does recover will not be capping a turf on the same day as I made such a generous donation.
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22 May
Well Gas Day has come and passed. Smokey ERed me but the Turf were kept out of range on the Hume Highway so none of the ones he wants to cap were in reach.
I have reached Hop 700 on the journey, I'm 5km short of Holbrook where Smokey has set up the 4km of road block. I'm still out of capping range though. Guess this now comes down to who flinches first.
On a separate note 10 mob fled on Gas Day, bloody chickens...
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23 May
8:00am, leaving the truck behind I set off to run the Gauntlet in my 75 Trans Am Firebird. At 🚗💨 Gauntlet Run 🚨💤 3 I am still 4km from Smokey's Roadblock when the road turns and run directly at it.
🚗💨 Gauntlet Run 🚨💤 6 and I am now close enough to cap Smokey, due to his size I think I have 1 more hop before he can cap me. Time to put that foot to the floor and run until the gas tank is empty.
🚗💨 Gauntlet Run 🚨💤 10, I have reached the roadblock. I have to swerve off road to get past Smokey but took time for a photo of Smokey sleeping at the wheel. I can show it on PAL for those interested.
🚗💨 Gauntlet Run 🚨💤 12, being sneaky I see a photo op and swing right in-between two of Smokey's turfs and leaving a cloud of dust take another photo.
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No more time for silliness. Smokey may wake up with all the noise I am making. Foot flat to the floor and bee lining it out of Holbrook.
🚗💨 Gauntlet Run 🚨💤 19 run out of fuel. 🚗💨 Gauntlet Run 🚨💤 18 is still up as well. Smokey is still sleeping and when I look back I am out of range. I have successfully run the gauntlet set up by Smokey to try and cap 1 of my hopping turf.
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