Newcastle & Central Coast floods: F3 freeway waterfalls

[kidnamedcal]

maybe if everyone wasn't blatantly ignoring the "keep left unless overtaking" law then  this truck wouldn't have to have to overtake on the inside to make is deadline (or in other words, doing his job)

[Taxistudd]

I think they drilled holes all through the rocks so now I think the water drains itself before it can flow onto the road

[TCFan25]

Fucken miss the Sydney to Brisbane trips along the Pacific, especially heading through The Hunter in the afternoon... sorely missed!!!

[charliecharlie200]

Everyone is slowing down for a look....truckie is thinking of ways to keep food on the table. Give him a break.

[Swfty01]

Nah their slowing down because its pissing down rain.The F3 is slippery as fuck when its that wet. Ive watched a car hit a big puddle and just spin into the dividing strip about 20 from our car.The truckie just wants to get paid.

[truckinaussiestlye]

how is that truck driving in a wreakless manner you fuck wit? one thing you have to remember is that us truck drivers are in the trucks for many more hours then your in your car we know the roads and most of us know how to handle our truck and what it can and cant handle so wake up to yourself and fuckn grow up you fool.

[guitarsehole]

@truckinaussiestlye Oh didn't you know that if you go faster than a car whilst driving a truck, you're a reckless driver?? Fuckin idiot car driving commentators who can barely drive their Hyundai and most DO NOT know the road rules.

Car drivers need to thank truck drivers EVERY DAY for not fucking killing them by always being on the lookout for stupid behaviour. If it weren't for our AWARENESS and RESPONSIBLE driving, there would be a lot more people killed on our roads.

[shawnogram]

That doesn't look normal at all.

[adrianniesrules]

I was in bloody victoria and we watched the whole thing on TV. Got back to good old Cardiff with a huge clean-up job haha.

[dyll182]

reminds of the movie the day after tomorrow

[HBKsweetCHINmusic10]

hectic week people at wamberal didn't get power bak till 2 weeks after strom =/ Im At Bateau Bay We Didn't Get Anything Much Except 4 a flooded street Our Scholl Was Closed Tht Wednesday It Was Cool

[headshothazard]

yeh we drove from taree down too wyong that day we were going 40 on the highway most of the time

[Phil28168]

wow...... been on this stretch of road a few times. Crikey! What a sight! Ta.

[CrazyHicko]

i got evacuated from tafe in newcastle cause of the floods, i had to drive down the f3 to the central coast i pulled over 5 or so times, came home to find floods around the corner covering cars, my mates traped in st peters cristain high at tuggerah for 4 hours, hectic week that was. no power for 6 days, though i saw the pasa bulker before it ran ground and after

[mickeynismocat]

awesome, see that truck lol!!!

[hcforlife123]

thats fucken wild

[ozzygrrrl]

You've got to love the F3. Breathtaking scenery, but with it comes, floods, fire, horrible MVAs, police radar, mad truck drivers, even madder car drivers, wayward kangaroos etc etc etc . Yep..... just your typical Aussie freeway.

[Hipac01]

yeh sums it up pretty good

[ouivuwah]

Exactly. Australian roads have some real character. I miss O'Sullivan's Gap (Mountains just north of Buladelah), and they're taking out those S-bends when they do stages 2 and 3 of teh Karuah to Buladelah Deviation

[Swfty01]

The Pacific Highway around Buladelah 20 years ago was challenge,fely like you achieved something just getting through lol.

[MotAdvNSW]

Owing exceptional circumstances, the poor lane discipline (keep middle) by traffic is understood, particularly IF the left lane surface had rocks on it.

[0othephantomo0]

man i do sydney 2 newie all the time,i would have been gettin outa there before it all came tumblin.

[heimic]

That's crazy.. so much WATER.

[jollygreen3801]

dont forget guys that the pantech has 2-3 tonne on the road where a car depending on which type of car it is has around 900 kilo to 1.5 tonne. i think i would have rathered be in the truck in those conditions!

[lake40]

did i see a navman they are very handy to have where aver you go

[Figtreed]

The idiot in the pantec truck? - what about the idiot taking the movie while driving in that rain!

[Spyplane2005]

If you thought that was bad, you should have seen my street! :O

[BEATNIKCASS]

tanga, sorry 'bout the sarcasm earlier. i take it all back.just discovered the "revver" site. wow. it's great. now i can pretend to drive trains like when i was a kid in Adelaide...from near the driver's cabin...thanks a lot. love it.

[tangararama]

As discussed on 2GB by Ray Hadley. I happened to be listening while at work when Ray started talking about this movie! I have made a clearer copy of it available which you can see by clicking on the link over in the description (top of the next column over) click "more" to see full description --->>

[fredie464646]

he is not going that fast . and all the cars are in the right lanes with brakes on .

[BEATNIKCASS]

fredie, yeah, he was probably carryin' urgent supplies for some hospital, that's why.spot on about the right laners.

[tangararama]

I didn't intend this to become a truckie-bashing exercise, but your comment about "right laners" is ill-informed. These were exceptional circumstances. The left lane was dangerous and littered with debris, with a real risk of rock falls caused by the volume of water coming down. Unless you were there you have no idea.

[BEATNIKCASS]

tanga, i was flooded too. but i apreciate your fine camera work. in fact i'm gonna flagellate myself with a barbed wire whip now, for sayin' that terrible thing about the right lane. this aint sarcasm, i likes it.

[BEATNIKCASS]

fredie, how dare you mention right lane gawkers with cameras, we's comin' to git you, soon as we dry out.

[riverbasil]

yikes! I hate driving through those gorges, always think some rocks are gonna crumble over... the water has certainly weakened much of the road infrastructure as well as rock placements

[Toolalla]

Checkout the idiot in the pantec truck going twice as fast as everyone else and overtaking on the inside! The driver must like hospital food.