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Rest stop farce

I aim to focus on two things to start the year. On a trip back from Central Queensland, I found three ‘stopping bays’ all in a row. And I mean one after the other. So three within one kilometre!

Now that must be nice for the third vehicle (and they were barely big enough for a B-double if that) to be able to stop when the first two were full. We have been asking for more and better rest areas for years and this has at least, until recently, been generally ignored because they are not important to those who

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