you tell arthur to have some goddamn faith

Oh wow, I didn't realise!

Tout le monde semblait globalement heureux. Je ne me suis jamais senti en danger ou importun. Everyone seemed generally happy. I never felt unsafe or unwelcome.

Thanks for your comment, I'm glad it brought back nice memories. I was thinking the other day about the trips we used to take from Logan (south of Brisbane) to Bribie Island to visit my Nan & Pop in the 80s. Wish I'd captured more memories back then - I do have a snippet of video when I visited from Europe (living in Finland at the time) in 1999 ... kangaroos on the Bribie golf course.

You're very much welcome!

OK, OK... avec le recul, j'aurais dû d'abord inclure une vidéo des cascades! OK, OK ... in hindsight, I should've included some video of the waterfalls first!

Thanks Joel. A beautiful island and wonderful people. /Brett

BTW Joel, I appreciate you taking the time to make a comment - this is my 2nd channel so I've not checked it lately (I mainly do retro-computer-nerd stuff) and as of 20-Apr-2024: 3885 views 58 likes (100% ... phew) 6 comments ... 🥹 So, I appreciate you taking the time to give some feedback 👍

Similar to Australia, they have phased out (I assume) plastic/paper shopping bags at the checkout ... so you need to bring your own (if buying more than a few items). I don't remember seeing the Carina Express having some you could buy if you forgot (I could be wrong) - the Carrefour supermarkets certainly do have re-usable ones you can buy and, I think, make neat "souvenirs" that you can re-use back home as some have Tahitian themes and/or French on them. /Brett

@@Brfff thanks for the quick reply. They phased out plastic bags in Hawaii and some states in the US. I will have to remember that when I shop in Tahiti one day. How much does a reusable bag go for on average at Carrefour or anywhere else in Tahiti?

Should clarify before some smartarse does ... "phased out FREE shopping bags" ... you can still get them in Australia and at the Carrefour in Tahiti, but you have to pay for them, hence the incentive to bring-your-own & re-use them.

@@bjpeterdelacruz7091 oooh, it's been a year ... can't remember ... I'm thinking maybe ₣300 (about US$2.70) ... but I could be wrong. They have different types in Carrefour. I've got one in my car (I'm away from home at the moment) ... I'll post a photo a bit later.

Thanks for taking the time to give some feedback, appreciate it. I am actually using a GoPro suction cup mount on my roof ... but, I've got the GoPro set to have a wider field of view to try to capture more of the sides. The downside is that it captures more of the sky than desirable. If I had it pointing any further down then it'd capture a lot of my bonnet bobbing in and out of view. I have thought about maybe mounting it on my bonnet - might give that a try on the local roads (worried the engine heat might make the suction fail ... ?). Small example of the bonnet being captured here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4Wng3droLaUi6Msi=GZIB4dSxn6dxOXgr&t=4383

@@BrfffTravels Bonnet would be way way too low. Yes, appreciate the challenges.

What do you mean.

WTF?

C'est un beau pays plein de gens formidables! It’s a beautiful country full of wonderful people!

Ahhh, sorry. I'm still quite shy about filming in public so I try to be discrete ... people look at you and wonder why you're filming a boring supermarket. I will try to do better!

That's exactly what I was aiming for ;)

Thanks for the advice! I was actually coming from Port Macquarie (the day before), or more directly Albury that morning. I'm driving down again to Melbourne tomorrow, via Albury again. I'll see if I can try your route out - I've been wanting to capture some of the Westgate Bridge, and the roadworks. /Brett {Edited: wrote "actually" too many times}

@@BrfffTravels The Western Ring Road is toll free and takes another 10 to 15 minutes to get to the CBD. I hope that it is a sunny day so everything will look good ! You get a better view of the Bay from the outward bound side leaving the CBD. You can do a long U-turn going over the Westgate Bridge, looping under, and going back again on the other side.

@@barnowl. thanks again! I'll be down there for about two weeks so hopefully should have some good weather.

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I wish 😕

Wdym? He followed the traffic laws completely?

Except you wouldn't be liable. That yellow led sign isn't a Uniform Traffic Control Device. If those red lights were on, then he would be liable. But they weren't. This tunnel had no actual legal signage directing drivers to stop.

No worries ... I wish I had a 4K GoPro back in the 90s to capture the drive down from Logan/Brisbane to the GC ... an incredible difference to today. Just trying to capture something to compare with in a few decades when the roadworks are a dim memory. /Brett

Great video thanks Your correct about the road works I don’t think I’ve ever drivin on the same piece of M1 / pacific Hwy bitumen ever Also interesting to see where the exits are NOW haven’t been up to our holiday units at Broad Beach since we were locked out QLD Going up again in July

Like people wearing masks to buy ciggys

A ten foot high "STOP" sign would make me want to stop! What a stuff up.

Ah so is this how stop signage works?

@@tedsmith6137 While, yes, the sign should not have said stop, that sign is not a statutory stop sign. For it to be one of those it'd need to be a red octagon. Or those traffic lights would have to be red.

@@alexd.1091 Yes. That sign was not a statutory stop sign. Here, you'd only stop at red octagonal stop signs, and red traffic lights.

​@@user-no9js5sk5c I am not wrong. On the road, only Uniform Traffic Control Devices carry a legislative power to direct road users to do something. I.e., simply seeing the word "stop" written does not mean you must stop by law. If you saw a red octagonal sign with a white outline and white capital letters reading "STOP" then you must stop. The point I'm making is there are certain signs and lights used to direct drivers. Some are statutory, meaning it is an offence to disregard them. And some are only advisory. Where it it's merely a suggestion and it's up to the driver to decide. The orange led light board is advisory only. This tunnel is fitted with red traffic lights and a statutory sign that says "stop here on red signal." If the tunnel wanted you to stop, those lights would be red.