More cyclist bashing from Magda Szubanski in Australia

Ha!

Fair play.

i grew up riding on Melbourne roads and i've been sworn at, had bottles thrown at me, had plenty of narrow misses, but it happens just as often in London.

do you honestly believe that? not been there myself (not likely to either) but the anectdotal evidence suggests a prevailing bad attitude towards cyclists that is far worse than over here.

I'll go again in December/January. if I manage to get myself a bike there, I am sure I'll report to the forum.

nothing like riding on beach road in Melbourne with a big crew!

yes - he is world champion.

He may be but every time I've seen him interveiwed he comes across as an arrogant tosser!

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/871795/v8-fans-face-slab-limit-at-bathurst-1000

I reiterate: Fucking savages

I lived there for 10 years and fucking hate that country.

If you weren't interested in footy, cars and surfing you don't exist in their spectrum of expected behaviour.

The amount of times I had people try to run me over when out skateboarding or cycling(even mounting the curb sometimes whilst I was skating on the pavement).
Numerous occasions having shit thrown at me from passing vehicles, including beer bottles..
People taking swings at you just walking through town with a deck under your arm.

A land of fucking, fucking, savages.

Nice beaches and weather though.

@Ma3k
You're about the same age as my bro, things were actually different then. Perth is not the same as it was with the whole bogan or surfie type thing, with nothing inbetween. My bro used to comment on me and my group of friends (Im 8 years younger) and basically point out that I was lucky and times had changed, everyone's into different stuff. There's been loads of immigration from countries other than the UK (and still loads of that too) and I reckon it's made things better via diversity. People can be openly gay these days, there'd be no way that would be possible back in the Maddington you knew. Back in the 90's you'd be labelled a "poof" for being into electronic music. My Irish mate had been brought up on the rave culture in Ireland and people would slag him off for going to raves and listening to his helter skelter tapes. These days it's hugely popular, everyones all over it.

Culture wise somewhere like Perth is not a scratch on London (few places are) but its not a wasteland either. Can't speak for Melbourne or Sydney as I've never lived there but they're probably more sound than Perth.

Driving attitude still sucks, my ol' man tells me stories every so often of issues on the roads, luckily he's never had bottles thrown at him. Been knocked off a few times by ignorant drivers though.

do you honestly believe that? not been there myself (not likely to either) but the anectdotal evidence suggests a prevailing bad attitude towards cyclists that is far worse than over here.

the opportunities for catastrophe are greater (bigger roads, traffic is much faster, less opportunity for cyclists to escape or catch up/remonstrate), so maybe the incidents that do make the news are more extreme, but i reckon the proportion of total fuckwits is similar.

people in aus can be bad drivers, but apart from the odd hoon it's not as mad max as it sounds.

i get deliberately cut up more in London.