# Chillin' Down Under **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 18, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chillin-down-under/250396 "2010-02-18T01:17:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OsoiNA6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/osoina6/32/6301_2.png) [@OsoiNA6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OsoiNA6)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chillin-down-under/250396/1 "2010-02-18T01:17:29Z")
I’m in Brisbane this week at a conference… Check out what it took to get here: Last Saturday 2/13: 6 AM, leave CP… 9 AM, park the car at JFK (still mad snow around and a pink SRX whuuuut!?) ![http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m380/ajg914/2010%20Brisbane/IMAG0037.jpg](http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m380/ajg914/2010%20Brisbane/IMAG0037.jpg) My home for the next 14 hrs (what’s with the mean mugging and player hate from behind my seat tho!?) ![http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m380/ajg914/2010%20Brisbane/IMAG0041.jpg](http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m380/ajg914/2010%20Brisbane/IMAG0041.jpg) 12:40 PM, take off and head to Incheon Airport 7000 miles, 30,000 gallons of fuel later… (Carbon footprint my a$$) It’s Sunday 4:35 PM and we touch down in Korea ![http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m380/ajg914/2010%20Brisbane/IMAG0043.jpg](http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m380/ajg914/2010%20Brisbane/IMAG0043.jpg) Korean Air **FTW** … Bwahahahahha ![http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m380/ajg914/2010%20Brisbane/IMAG0045.jpg?t=1266485027](http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m380/ajg914/2010%20Brisbane/IMAG0045.jpg?t=1266485027) 7:50 PM, leave Korea Settle in for the 9+ hr flight… ![http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m380/ajg914/2010%20Brisbane/IMAG0044.jpg](http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m380/ajg914/2010%20Brisbane/IMAG0044.jpg) Now it’s 6:45 AM on Monday morning local time… and finally I see: ![http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m380/ajg914/2010%20Brisbane/IMAG0048.jpg](http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m380/ajg914/2010%20Brisbane/IMAG0048.jpg) It takes an hour to get to the hotel… View from outside my room: ![http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m380/ajg914/2010%20Brisbane/P1030713.jpg](http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m380/ajg914/2010%20Brisbane/P1030713.jpg) Well worth the 35 hours door to door… Too bad I’m only here for like 96 hours… Car sightings in AU, see: [http://shift518.gom-host.com/showpost.php?p=549444&postcount=13301](http://shift518.gom-host.com/showpost.php?p=549444&postcount=13301) ---
**Author:** ![kramerbuccs24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kramerbuccs24/32/6397_2.png) [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chillin-down-under/250396/2 "2010-02-18T01:19:28Z")
I LOVE all your “documentaries” whether it be with your e36, your travels, whatever. Keep 'em comin, Archie! ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chillin-down-under/250396/3 "2010-02-18T04:12:49Z")
I’m going to :rofl if it suddenly snows in Brisbane. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chillin-down-under/250396/4 "2010-02-18T04:49:36Z")
:rofl @ FTW, I see what you did there :shifty Living the dream man, really are :number1 so what exactly happens if you get an excessively large speeding ticket in a country you know you won’t ever be in again and you don’t pay the fine? ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 5:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chillin-down-under/250396/5 "2010-02-18T05:27:22Z")
unless u get arrested i doubt its an issue ? LOL dude awesome ! i shoulda done one of these when coming / going to india… that shit fuckin sucked… ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chillin-down-under/250396/6 "2010-02-18T08:05:51Z")
Nice man, looks gorgeous there!!! ---
**Author:** ![MX-5](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mx-5/32/6336_2.png) [@MX-5](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MX-5)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chillin-down-under/250396/7 "2010-02-18T08:11:21Z")
even if it’s only for 96 hours, beats the hell outta the weather here. haha ---
**Author:** ![OsoiNA6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/osoina6/32/6301_2.png) [@OsoiNA6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OsoiNA6)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chillin-down-under/250396/8 "2010-02-18T11:14:05Z")
> [@FS: 2003 350z "Track" w/ APS TT + cage (price drop)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-2003-350z-track-w-aps-tt-cage-price-drop/28065/24): > > I LOVE all your “documentaries” whether it be with your e36, your travels, whatever. Keep 'em comin, Archie! Will do man… Will be on diaper and feeding lockdown in March but should have at least two more international trips coming up before summer begins… > [@OFFICIAL Buffalo Sabres Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-buffalo-sabres-thread/25170/5627): > > I’m going to :rofl if it suddenly snows in Brisbane. Yeah I would :rofl too… It’s summer here remember?! Heheh. But on the serious tip, I was talking with some the guys in our local office here and it can get up to 45 deg C (that is 113 F (!!!)), usually stays around 95-100 ish though. > [@\*\*\*\*Official: Southgate Meet Thread\*\*\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-southgate-meet-thread/29171/366): > > :rofl @ FTW, I see what you did there :shifty > > Living the dream man, really are :number1 > > so **what exactly happens if you get an excessively large speeding ticket in a country you know you won’t ever be in again** and you don’t pay the fine? I’ve thought about this many times but I end up coming back so I don’t wanna find out… Wimpy I know. > [@5/20 Nyspeed BBQ @ Chestnut Ridge \*\*PAYMENT INFO INSIDE\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-20-nyspeed-bbq-chestnut-ridge-payment-info-inside/24869/301): > > Nice man, looks gorgeous there!!! Yeah, it was nice down here… I’m definitely staying connected with our local office here in the hopes of being assigned here one day hehehe > [@Newbie](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newbie/29413/4): > > even if it’s only for 96 hours, beats the hell outta the weather here. haha True man, I’m not complainin’! ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chillin-down-under/250396/9 "2010-02-18T17:32:43Z")
Have you seen a kangaroo yet? ---
**Author:** ![Hooked\_on\_240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Hooked\_on\_240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hooked_on_240)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chillin-down-under/250396/10 "2010-02-19T01:24:20Z")
So why is china’s richest man still behind bars? WAY TO LEAVE A CLIFFHANGER!! :vlad ---
**Author:** ![Sully93vr4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sully93vr4/32/6278_2.png) [@Sully93vr4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sully93vr4)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chillin-down-under/250396/11 "2010-02-19T05:22:01Z")
I was in Brisbane last may, I loved it there! Very cool. Are you traveling anywhere else while you’re there? ---
**Author:** ![OsoiNA6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/osoina6/32/6301_2.png) [@OsoiNA6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OsoiNA6)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chillin-down-under/250396/12 "2010-02-20T10:08:33Z")
> [@To the hoodrats in N.F.........](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-hoodrats-in-n-f/29428/4): > > Have you seen a kangaroo yet? Didn’t see any, sorry… Heard they cross the highway from time to time and are pretty dumb when they do. So they are similar to deer I guess… > [@OMG I'm hungry.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/omg-im-hungry/29420/10): > > So why is china’s richest man still behind bars? > > WAY TO LEAVE A CLIFFHANGER!! :vlad To sum up the article in a sentence, he is basically getting too powerful and is a threat to the government so he’s still there because of trumped up charges and the slow legal process (that the government is of course in no rush to expedite). There, can you sleep better now? I doubt anyone cared anyways. Haha. > [@So this guy thinks he knows everything!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-this-guy-thinks-he-knows-everything/29092/69): > > I was in Brisbane last may, I loved it there! Very cool. Are you traveling anywhere else while you’re there? Unfortunately, I only had Monday to go anywhere, so I hit up Surfer’s Paradise, which was about an hour south of Brisbane and 20 min from our hotel… It’s kind of like a scaled down South Beach, with restaurants, shops, and of course the beach. Interesting zoning though- It was interesting to see a legit Ferragamo and Louis V store across the street from a Vietnamese noodle shop… Back in CP now… But I’ll definitely go again someday with my family… ---
**Author:** ![LKSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lksi/32/6316_2.png) [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chillin-down-under/250396/13 "2010-02-20T10:42:56Z")
You get my JDM parts? ---
**Author:** ![OsoiNA6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/osoina6/32/6301_2.png) [@OsoiNA6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OsoiNA6)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chillin-down-under/250396/14 "2010-02-20T10:47:56Z")
> [@Printers check here](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/printers-check-here/29298/8): > > You get my JDM parts? Not this time… Sorry kid… Try Benny though, he just opened up shop there so he’s doin’ a li’l sumthin’ sumthin’: ![http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m380/ajg914/2010%20Brisbane/P1030766.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/e/6/e6fd3d1bf080d64b3a76cf9fe82610c6eea008cb.jpeg) ![http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m380/ajg914/2010%20Brisbane/P1030767.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/1/f/1f76df1c50e19627e302d164cbb64ab92e507731.jpeg) Lots of “parts” here…