Hobart International Airport

No, definitely not Mark. I'm fortunate to have photographic memory capabilities.

Apologies to JohnBass and Peter in SA.
I wrongly attributed the stadium statement to John when it was in fact Peter who added that bit. I have just come out of hospital after surgery and perhaps not thinking clearly enough.
Cheers
Roy G.
Toowoomba

Only a bit Allan. On the inward leg the luggage took half an hour to hit the carousel... But yes, it was indeed a carousel...

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Ah, they probably took the scenic route John.

It escapes you; Cairns isn't a state gateway. I have traveled to Cairns 3 times over the last two years and the AP has better facilities, as a regional AP, than does HIAP.

Gateway? There are no fences let alone a gate.
I like the Mohawk Indian with the Mickey Mouse ears in the pics above, just in front of the camera, obviously an overseas traveller.

Cairns is an international airport . It feeds the gateway of North Queensland which is an area 4 times (at least) larger than the whole state of Tasmania. Tas airport sees around 2.5 millions visitors a year. Cairns is around 4 million, both domestic and international.

Hi Kenell,

No offence intended, but you live in Melbourne?

There is a saying about Melbourne weather, “if you don’t like the current weather, just wait a few minutes it will change”. Or this one, “Melbourne has four seasons in one day”. I would certainly not call that “settled” or even “predictable”.

Macca.

Macca,

What are you trying to say?

We both know there are only 2 types of people in this world. Those who DO live in Melbourne and those who WANT to live in Melbourne.

For the record I have lived in both Hobart and Melbourne. In fact it is 52 years today since I first stepped off the plane at Hobart (then domestic) airport. We moved to Hobart from Cairns. Needless to say I am well versed in weather variances.

Kenell

Looks like Macca did not catch onto the irony!!!

Kenell, there are actually three types of people, the third type is the majority, they do not want to be included in either or your two types.

You guys obviously haven’t heard of the great exodus out of Victoria but in particular Melbourne during the “Covid Years”. People left in droves trying to escape from “Dictator Dan” :-)

Macca.

Macca, oh dear Macca, I appreciate that none of us is getting any younger but one really should try to stay informed of current events. In spite of Chairman Dan and Covid, Melbourne is now officially the largest city in Oz - at least in population terms. One can assume that the defectors you referred to have either returned or been replaced now that Covid and our "beloved" Chairman have gone. Of course the more likely and dare I say most obvious attraction for the growth is the weather (see previous post).

Kenell

Well, Kennel, we are seeing an increase in psychiatric disorders, particularly dementia with our increasingly aged population. Maybe accounts for the bounce? Also may explain the "interesting" take on the weather?

(speaking as one of the increasingly aged)??

Cheers,
Mark

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I live on the delightful Queensland Sunshine Coast and something that often puzzled me was the number of cars with plates proclaiming "Victoria - the place to be".
If Victoria really was the 'Place to Be'……. then why were they on the Sunshine Coast?
But in later times their message changed to. ….."Victoria - on the move".
So that seemed to explain it……. they were just sussing out a place to escape to!

The Vic rego plate slogans have variously been… "The Garden State', "On the Move". "The Place To Be"' Stay Alert - Stay Alive", The Education State". They really cannot settle on their objective.
Whilst Tassie has since 2008 stuck with "Explore the Possibilities". Seems they are still exploring!
NSW could do little more than the egotistical "Premier State".
Queensland stuck with "The Sunshine State" for 15 years before going clever with "The Smart State".
WA proclaimed "State of Excitement", "Home of the America's Cup" and "The Golden State" and then couldn't think of anything better so dumped the whole idea in 1990.
SA made a good start with "The Festival State", ran through a few less-than scintillating expressions and now is issuing "The Defence State" whatever that may convey to the world.
The Northern Territory ran some boringly appropriate slogans but it was rather pointless as many of their vehicles did not even display plates!

Allan

South Australia's plates should have the logo

" State of Confusion "

Cheers
Gazz

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Is that how you are feeling Gazz?
I quit while I still could determine which way to head!

Howdy Allan

South Australia is a great place to live !

It's just that "management" doesn't have a clue on how to run it !!

Cheers
Gazz

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And who put that "Management" in the Job Gazz?

Allan, a lot of people who now regret they did !

Cheers
Gazz

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To John Baas,
Sorry John, I have been hijacking your Tassie thread. But please forgive me. A bit of Forum State Rivalry is as good as State of Origin night. (Actually it's better but don't tell anyone I said so)

As a Vic originally I can't remember as a kid anyone holidaying in SA.....was a place you drove through to go somewhere.
Have been here since 2005, Coffin Bay for a while, now Fleurieu. Great place to live.
Sorry Allan B, our daughter lives on the Sunshine Coast and neither my wife or I could live there. But each to their own??

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Bricky, it can depend just where on the Sunshine Coast. It does stretch for 60km along beautiful beaches and hinterland.
The weather varies a little….. it goes from wonderful to glorious.

Yes Allan, beautiful one day, monsoonal the next. :-)

Macca.