Sydney to Brisbane via the Pacific Motorway

[@ItsThatMilkshake]

Thanks mate saved me a heap of fuel.

[@Tommmmmmmmmmmm]

Was definitely kind of him to drive us to Brisbane from Sydney

[@Secretlyanothername]

Didn't save me any time though...

[@ItsThatMilkshake]

@@Secretlyanothername bullshit, I played it on 2x

[@sicktomystomach]

@@Tommmmmmmmmmmm🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@miladzabest8023]

😂😂

[@isobutyl]

if you play it at 1.5x speed you can pretend you're a red P plater in a Holden Commodore

[@scuvastebe5778]

8:33:48 That’s me in the work van passing on the right 😁

[@VXLLAIN.MP3]

source: Trust me bro

[@BurgoYT]

I swear I’ve seen that van at the gold coast

[@boonarga]

Nice video. Had to fast forward the F3 section around Newcastle. That has to be the most boring road in Australia. Would have liked to see the speed displayed.

[@jjperceval]

nah that goes to the stretch between rockhampton and clairview. hardest drive ive ever done

[@DodderingOldMan]

Why was my first instinct to just immediately go and watch the bit where he drives past where I live? I live there! I drove that bit a few days ago! If I wanted to see it right now I could literally go and see it IRL! I think it's because I'm old enough to remember the days before the Internet, when actually seeing familiar things on a screen was exciting and rare. But that's still incredibly stupid, because if I wanted to see my town on KZbin, I could just go and film it and upload it myself. And yet... here I am :P

[@dynamic283]

Same haha, I went to where they drove past the theme parks on the Gold Coast which I drive past every day to/from work

[@rionhunter]

wasn't that also the first thing we all did with google maps / earth & street view?

[@4SHOlegit]

hahaha same here

[@richardbug3094]

Absolute bloody legend for uploading this.

[@starpawsy]

Wow, amazing you got through the Elanora roadworks almost at the full limited speed without having to stop . !!!

[@cwegers3]

I can't tell you how many times I've done that journey. It's almost 100% dual carriage way now which is incredible. I've done it from my home town Murwillumbah to and from Sydney every year at least once since 1986 . Every step of the journey is so familiar.

[@rickicoughlan8299]

I lived in Tyalgum and Murwillumbah a few years back and also made this run frequently.

[@PapiandPrincess27]

Have you ever done the trip at night time?

[@cwegers3]

@@PapiandPrincess27 sure have

[@timefilm]

I’ve only done this drive a thousand times, why am I watching it?

[@goldcoast8549]

same here lol

[@ScholarBabar]

Can we friends?

[@ScholarBabar]

@@goldcoast8549i need foreign friend

[@ThomasCorfield-r4n]

@@ScholarBabar No. He hates you. He told me.

[@ScholarBabar]

@@ThomasCorfield-r4n its ok. What about you

[@SolidIncMedia]

Admittedly I'm only 10 minutes in (I'm definitely going to watch the whole thing), but I watched the CGP Grey video where he drove a Tesla across the US and was amazed at how people can stay silent during a long drive. Even when I'm driving to work I've got music or an audiobook playing, I'm talking to myself, shouting at / speaking to cars driving past. If I were to try and be silent for 9 hours, I'd probably lose the plot!

[@tangible-media]

oh man, if only you knew how loud I sing in the car... The camera is outside so you can fill in my swearing at other drivers yourself, but my soundscape is a mix of new and old music and audiobooks.

[@ryanfox2478]

great video :) I can't wait for the coffs and hexham bypasses! :)

[@offtodamoon]

5:22:46 The Big Banana!

[@Donald_Trump123]

Reminds me of my ex wife

[@InsideThe10]

Thought it'd be bigger

[@Sam-sdh]

Core childhood memory for me right there

[@Tesssasasasaaasa]

Always the highlight

[@SpannerinDAworkss]

reminds me of my year 3 teacher

[@between2spaces340]

I see you stopped at the Macca's at 15:22. There's a cut with in in the middle lane, then continues again with you in the left lane retraveling the same section of road.

[@RodSwansmad]

Eagle eye

[@saymichaelwibowo4045]

Reason he didn't use the M2 connecting to northconnex

[@Thorntreed41]

North Ryde maccas is good

[@newsgetsold]

9 hour Maccas run.

[@Gray_Vox]

And at 5:10:52 he decides it’s time for some KFC. The man knows his food

[@DanA-xt8xy]

Pretty cool to watch, like the train videos.

[@tangible-media]

I love having the Japanese train videos on in the background. Really interesting city and landscapes.

[@annebellette201]

Boy it all changed since we did that drive Sydney to Brisbane it a nice drive ..thank you .. enjoy your day

[@hakunamatata324]

Idk how I got here but I'm staying for whatever reason hahaha Thanks OP

[@shanojebs]

Made some timestamps, very pixelated so feel free to correct it: 1:00:00 Wyong 2:00:00 Karuah near Nelson Bay 3:00:00 Rainbow Flat near Forster 4:00:00 Kundabung near Kempsey 5:00:00 Valeny near Urunga 6:00:00 Glenugie near Grafton 7:00:00 Woodburn near Evans Head 8:00:00 Currumbin 9:00:00 Brisbane skyline

[@tangible-media]

I will admit to being a bit lazy with timestamps, I meant to do them. Trees are very hard on the compression algorithm, not much can be done.

[@shanojebs]

@@tangible-media decent effort though, i can't afford to buy the gear let alone be bothered to record for that long, still a great watch

[@milithdheerasekara6957]

I can verify that that is indeed the Brisbane skyline

[@Matty12787]

100% Glenugie. Just after Halfway Creek and Wells Crossing. Halfway Creek's my home 'town'. Not many people know of Glenugie, did you live around here or have you passed through here many times?

[@delfisky3012]

I watched this very sentimental journey from my favourite of all time, my heart, Sydney, (3 generations born and bred) through Logan, till Briissie city.,over Storey Bridge. Loved it! Absolutely loved it! Thank you.

[@firstfreeone]

Good drive. Thank you.

[@tangible-media]

No problem.

[@rx-heaven8934]

I love the feeling of leaving a city early in the morning, starting a long drive, and then seeing the city at the other end after all those hours itching to get there. Also, I can tell this guy is from Sydney by the way he drives.

[@tangible-media]

Not from Sydney, but lived there for many years. I used to commute from Zetland to North Ryde for work.

[@kwakaholic]

I travel from Brisbane to the NSW South Coast annually and up until a few years ago, I took the New England due to all the horror stories of roadworks etc on the Pacific. A few years ago i decided to give it a go for the first time. I instantly fell in love. Dual carriageway literally the whole way from door to door. Traffic even over the Christmas holidays was nothing. No lining up waiting your turn when an overtaking lane finally came around. Just set the cruise control and munch through those miles. Oh, and the Northern Rivers region of NSW is beautiful.

[@snowman01]

Awesome upload. I'd love to see a GPS overlay version too

[@TeaRizz]

How did you get through the palm beach, elanora road works without sitting in traffic for 15 minutes! Timed to perfection

[@julian4334]

Time to start speedrunning

[@CottonyAlmonds]

Some quality ASMR there

[@ANMOLMehta-lf8cq]

A very lovely journey.. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheHeroIsRisingUp]

Beautiful country

[@starpawsy]

Yay, saw my house on the Gold Coast. Yay.

[@Stem_Cie]

2:28:11 Bulahdelah my beloved

[@MegaWombatGaming]

You make it look easy.

[@V10Krazy]

I wish to do this trip in my first car!

[@jigsterify]

Love the area around Byron😊

[@Myne1001]

Last time I was up in the Clarence Valley (back in 2012 lol) they had just started building the new highway and those two big bridges over the Clarence River. Looks so different now after seeing the old highway for almost 20 years.

[@Matty12787]

What time stamp did you see that as they have now by-passed Grafton. I think the bridges you saw are the Harwood bridges. They left the old metal girder bridge and built the big concrete hump looking bridge for the new highway. The turn off to Grafton is at 5:58:51 (the old Pacific Hwy) now named Big River Way. There is a new bridge in Grafton though alongside the old one which is still used plus the old one is the railway as well so it's still a permanent feature. The new one was to help with the trucks and the congestion during school hours. Edit: Was the timestamp your thinking of at 6:26:27? If so, that is Harwood.

[@Myne1001]

@@Matty12787 I know the new highway completely bypasses all that. I know that's Harwood Bridge (driven over it more than enough times to know that). What I mean is now you don't go through that area at all now on the highway. Just boring dual carriageway the whole way now. Efficient and brings traffic off of local roads but unfortunately not at all scenic :/

[@danielrickard215]

Thank you, now I can skip seeing my family this year. I’ll just watch this and pretend I did that crappy drive.

[@EliotDroll]

Can't wait for the M1 Pacific Motorway to be extended To Raymond Terrace

[@kelsix1]

i was wondering if you would film the same trip, Sydney to Brisbane on the New England Highway, that would be cool

[@ItzWindyyy]

Want thiz so much

[@newsgetsold]

Turn off at Newcastle though so the first part is the same.

[@inthedesert2008]

Haha…you certainly took the long way around to get to the Storey Bridge.

[@tangible-media]

I wanted to point west, and the loop onto both bridges at the start and the end I thought was a nice touch seeing as the bridges are designed by the same architect, Bradfield.

[@Secretlyanothername]

I like to put this movie on the infotainment screen when I'm driving down the Pacific Highway. It's a good reminder of where I'm going, where I've been, and where I'll be

[@SledTillDead]

Concentrate on the fucking road

[@mcdonalds5972]

@@SledTillDead 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@DjMozz.]

I guess it was shot on a gopro.How much memory did this take? what resolution?

[@tangible-media]

I think I used two 64gb cards, can’t remember the file size. Recorded in 50fps HD. allows better use of the bit rate for recording over pixels in 4K. Hero 12.

[@msl758]

If you didn't make that detour via North Ryde I think the first set of traffic lights is up near Newcastle.

[@tangible-media]

Yeah, I go that way for purely sentimental reasons and I was dying for a coffee which was surprisingly hard to find at 6am Sunday in the cbd.

[@Dr_Pickle]

wow you're a really fast runner!

[@AfterburnerAv]

ikr

[@roadmonitoroz]

I recognize the end... Riverside expressway, Turbot street exit, right Edward, left Elizabeth, etc 9:05:32 Watch out. Speed camera. They love sitting there and will get you for doing 41 in the 40 zone. 9:06:00 Still going. Now in Adelaide street towards the story bridge 9:07:10 Ivory street tunnel 9:07:55 Story bridge. If you wanted that, you could have taken Stanley street off the freeway, looped around and up Allen street then right into Vulture.

[@CalciumPlus]

Confused me too, very convoluted way to get to KP

[@tangible-media]

@@CalciumPlus I live in Ipswich. I wanted to get home but also to bookend the trip with the similar curving on-ramp to the bridge. I did not do it the quickest way home, I went bridge to bridge. Both designed by John Bradfield.

[@dalebelfield3525]

Christ bloody miles from Sydney living in uk we so lazy everything next door love Australia 🇦🇺

[@DrCMac2024]

🔸️ 5:10 Looks lkke a very large town / small city ❗️🔸️

[@tangible-media]

North Sydney. I’m always amazed at how they keep squeezing new towers into these areas.

[@ChordettesFan325]

7:59:25 NSW/QLD border

[@SirGregoryPageTurner]

Looks like cruise control and lane centering all the way except for Raymond Terrace and Coffs Harbour?

[@tangible-media]

Adaptive cruise control is amazing but I don’t use the lane assist. I can’t get used to the feeling, just odd. Maybe it’s not great in a Subaru?

[@SirGregoryPageTurner]

@@tangible-media I've tried the Subaru Lane centering and I think it's a little better than the klugers. Yes, I agree, it did feel strange at first, but I persevered and eventually got to accept that it would take slightly different lines to the ones I would choose but it was still safe.

[@Coopers79]

How big was the file? Did you have some other way of storing the file?

[@KeithLeggett-k6e]

Loved this but didn't see the Forster or Taree signs.

[@astrospeedcuber]

You should add chapters for each road/turn

[@tangible-media]

It’s on my list 😂

[@astrospeedcuber]

@@tangible-media Oh lol I didn’t even think to check… but why don’t they appear on the video player?

[@tangible-media]

@@astrospeedcuber sorry, I wasn’t clear. It’s on my list… of things to do.

[@astrospeedcuber]

@@tangible-media oh lol i see

[@CarDrivingASMR-1]

Whats the max time of recording continuous video by this camera?

[@tangible-media]

Hey, sorry for the late reply. Unless heat is a factor (and it would never be recording in HD) I think the memory card size would be the limit. I did use 2 256gb cards. It's a GoPro Hero 12.

[@CarDrivingASMR-1]

@tangible-media Thank you for response. I sold my hero 11 because od heat and not so good quality of recording at night. I bought iPhone pro max 15.

[@_indie_and_emily_]

8:24:27 Wet n wild, top golf and movie world!

[@AfterburnerAv]

wet n wild is the best of them all movie world gets you so hot never been to top golf tho

[@FolixFoxtrotDaFurry]

5:18:56 the king is back baby

[@mathewcurtis8872]

What type of vehicle were you driving?

[@tangible-media]

It's a 2020 Subaru XV.

[@TheDavo10001]

What’s with the audio? Did you really do a 9 hour drive without any sound but the car noises? Or did you record the audio externally?

[@tangible-media]

Cam is outside. I listen to audiobooks and loud music.

[@TheDavo10001]

@@tangible-media thanks for clarifying

[@D0qy]

8:27:30 the giant drop!

[@newsgetsold]

The Tower of Terror.

[@D0qy]

@@newsgetsold they’re the same thing

[@newsgetsold]

@@D0qy they're different rides on the same tower 🗼, but it's called the Tower of Terror.

[@SpannerinDAworkss]

planning to watch the whole thing - 35:47 in, ill reply to this comment when im done

[@MelbourneShorts11]

What time did you leacve sydney. early? not much traffic around.

[@supaflask1275]

He said Sunday at sunrise

[@UltraNoobian]

I have good and bad memories driving the same route, wouldn't do it now, too tired.

[@Theozpilot93]

Couple of questions. Do you have the camera inside or outside the car? If outside, where do you put the camera, how do you mount it and how do you run a cable to it?

[@tangible-media]

Sorry I missed your comment. GoPro mounted at roof level outside vehicle powered via usb. I did use a long cable to run inside the car but found it a little inconsistent with charging so I use multiple usb power banks. One charges inside the car while the other powers the camera. Swap a few times.

[@Theozpilot93]

@@tangible-media that’s all good. What suction mount are you using for the GoPro? Also how do you hold the power bank in place?

[@tangible-media]

@@Theozpilot93 It's a hard mount via the 1/4-20 tripod screw in the GoPro to the end of a roof mounted camping awning. This puts the camera in a really protected position high up and close to the Bonet of the car. Cable is run back along the awing to roof rack where powered via USB or sometimes into the car to the 12v socket.

[@Theozpilot93]

@@tangible-media awesome thanks!

[@carisi2k11]

Was this before Northconnex?

[@tangible-media]

No, I wanted breakfast at North Ryde :) and like that last little stretch of the old Pacific Hwy through Pymble.

[@tigerwarsaw99]

The road out of Sydney is the best 😅

[@Diptera_Larvae]

I don't know why, but driving past Opera House at the begin gave me Locke vibes

[@maikeliRAIWALUI]

8:52:39 the big westfield shopping centre that's shown I work there

[@kcplanespotting8812]

What car are you driving?

[@tangible-media]

2020 Subaru XV

[@KoalaFarmer]

What time did you leave Sydney.. no traffic. was it a weekend?

[@tangible-media]

I wanted to time the sunrise as I was crossing the Harbour Bridge, clouds put that idea to rest so was about 6:30 on a Sunday morning, the best time to get out of Sydney early. Also, I managed to time it so they had just opened all the tunnels after a weekend overnight close, so that made the traffic even less.

[@BlackHatGaming]

How did you record the trip? Did you have to change the battery every 2 hours or so?

[@tangible-media]

The cam is powered via usb from inside the car.

[@adrianbaker3218]

I saw my mates car near Gosford exit

[@daveydaves9361]

those road works entering QLD have been going on for 5 years! in the meantime sydney has opened one under ground interchange and 3 joining tunnels in westconnex! what the hell are they doing in Qeensland!

[@TomasUjhelyi]

It’s the budgeting. Coomera connector is gonna take at least 5-10 years

[@mattyjpati]

How come you didn't use the NorthConnex? Was it too expensive? Great video otherwise!!! :D

[@tangible-media]

Thanks! Purely sentimental reasons. I used to basically do the beginning of the drive from central Sydney (I lived in Zetland) to north Ryde for work (aside the Lane Cove tunnel). That, and I knew the coffee was closer that way.

[@baileycampbell]

Thanks just gave me another reason to never drive long distance and to spend money on flights instead lol

[@djtforever1414]

39:06 entering the real Australia.

[@lvpo8866]

Sydney isnt Australia?

[@newsgetsold]

Nice lighting with the sunrise. Must have used a half decent camera.

[@tangible-media]

@@newsgetsold thanks. Filmed with a GoPro hero 12.

[@shak650l]

Huge amount of time wasted going through the city to get onto the outgoing lanes of the story bridge. Nice vid

[@tangible-media]

I live in Ipswich so was just wanting to get home by that point... Going inbound on the story bridge from the freeway is a nightmare sometimes.

[@shak650l]

@@tangible-media I understand, being from Brisbane it seemed very strange without context. Cheers

[@remainparanoid]

I watched this in reverse

[@user-vk4vd7vr5t]

What is the fascination of using the middle lane on a 3 lane highway when there is such little traffic?

[@steeltrap3800]

It's how Aussies are told to drive. It's usual to drive in the centre lane of three. "Keep Left Unless Overtaking", which in NSW (all the way from Sydney to the Qld border around Tweed Heads, so ~700km) applies on any road with a speed limit >80km/h, means any lane BUT the right lane. Left lane on three is used particularly by 'slow vehicles', and if climbing a steep hill it can be a little awkward suddenly to find a B-double rig doing 40km/h in a 110 zone. So, staying in the right lane is illegal, and there's no real point in using the left lane with light traffic.

[@user-vk4vd7vr5t]

@@steeltrap3800 ​​⁠its lunacy. The national road rules need to be updated to reflect how it is in the UK. Keep to the left most lane unless ofertaking and make undertaking illegal. Its insane that an L plater can sit on 80kmh in the middle lane and have traffic flying past either side at 110kmh.

[@steeltrap3800]

@@user-vk4vd7vr5t Yes, well I wasn't attempting to defend it LOL, rather to explain it. I wasn't sure whether you knew the relevant road rules. A driver not travelling at the speed limit OUGHT to drive in the left lane, but I don't think it's a legal requirement unless there's a "slow vehicles use left lane" sign in effect (I'm a bit rusty on the particulars as I moved from NSW ~4 years ago). Regardless, discipline on highways in Aus is garbage compared with somewhere such as Germany where it really stood out to me on a trip I made through it ~2015. Cheers

[@Alpha4Sierra]

@@user-vk4vd7vr5t Additionally, staying in the middle lane allows for better reaction if there are hazards, where the driver can veer right or left in an emergency. Middle lane is the way to go when driving in Australia. Regardless, all driver's should stay left unless overtaking.

[@user-vk4vd7vr5t]

@@Alpha4Sierra they ARE the hazard. They turn Australian motorways into rolling roadblocks that triggers others to do stupid stuff to get around them.

[@MrSango123]

do not understand why he took the Lane Cove tunnel should have taken the via Chatswood and turned on the M1 at Wahronga a ls a lot shorter

[@steeltrap3800]

I was somewhat surprised at that, especially given he DID join the highway at Pymble anyway. From there, he did of course join the M1 at Wahroonga.

[@DeepThought9999]

As someone else commented (and I noticed also) there was a break in recording at Macquarie Park when the vehicle was opposite the North Ryde Maccas. Looks like he might have stopped there for an early breakfast (open 24hrs). Probably he thought that he wouldn’t be able to stretch it out to the Wyong Twin Servos or to the servo near Heatherbrae/Raymond Terrace where he refuelled, before having a break and brekkie.

[@tangible-media]

I used to work at North Ryde, family is from Pymble etc. That route from Elizabeth Street to North Ryde was my route to work for years when I occasionally drove to work, aside the Lane Cove Tunnel of course. I was also going to go along the Comenarra Parkway but knew I had a long day.

[@tangible-media]

@@DeepThought9999 yeah, I was hungry... lleft Parramatta at 5:30 and nothing in the CBD was open. I knew it was coming, coffee and hash browns. :) I don't like stopping before the other side of Newcastle most times.

[@Gray_Vox]

5:10:52 time for some KFC. hell yeah brother.

[@RLstavista]

I did this one time. Started just before midnight. Hit a kamikaze dog at 80kph right in the middle of it, and also the middle of nowhere. Busted my radiator. Had have my family drive down with a new radiator and tools and coolant to fix it up before driving home. Probably not a good idea to drive at night and watch out for kamikaze animals.

[@bella0167]

🥱😴

[@MrSango123]

i suppose it could be called a Cooks Tour

[@Updasharkies]

Ive done that

[@AfterburnerAv]

thanks, feds will never find me here

[@bringtheseo]

9 hours???? Jesus it took me like 12 hours.

[@tangible-media]

@@bringtheseo that’s driving time. I took out the couple of power naps I had. Still, the drive was a good one. Not much traffic, leaving Sydney at sunrise Sunday is a good time I have found.

[@goldcoast8549]

we leave about 3am, drive nonstop to Coffs for breakfast at about 9am, then try and make it to the border by 2-3pm. occasionally we make a stop at a place like Woodburn or Grafton for lunch but we tend to pack lunch often. All in all it is about 12 hours but man it's so much faster than the highway before the upgrades though I will admit, the old road was my childhood pretty much

[@MenderSlen579]

if you get any speeding tickets in your mail,its because i played this video at x2 speed.

[@AlmightyFilms]

Had to stop around coomera. Goated area.

[@bradleyparker9233]

Why?

[@MotivatedMan]

hey mate you're driving on the wrong side of the road

[@swatmann7541]

now I can doze at the wheel in total safety.

[@sylvaniaboi]

Haven't driven it in about 15yrs - saves me having to do it. At least this road is far better than the Hume - thats dead set boring

[@Arzetaire]

that 2nd last hour before the gold coast is excruciatingly boring

[@fireballs1000]

Enter qld and every one drives in the right lanes

[@kapparill]

cool video, but why drive in the middle lane lol

[@strikerbowls791]

It’s the best lane

[@tangible-media]

Left lane for slow vehicles, entering and exiting the motorway. Right lane for overtaking. Middle for driving. 🤷‍♂️

[@kapparill]

@@tangible-media this is why we have so many crashes on the m1 lol, keep left

[@tangible-media]

@@kapparill thanks for the driving lesson stranger. I’ll bet you never tire of sharing your opinion.

[@hdaman100]

​@@tangible-mediapeople who sit in the middle lane are the nemesis of anyone who drives professionally.

[@supaflask1275]

Who watched the entire video? 👇🏻

[@tangible-media]

I did.

[@Donald_Trump123]

Wasted my hole day off watching this..

[@ItsThatMilkshake]

More like best day ever

[@beybladeking2772]

film your private jet next time

[@Dan-re7go]

Could you go any slower

[@tangible-media]

🤷‍♂️ not a race, there’s a sensible speed limit, uses way more fuel going over 110, it’s a looooong drive.