This is what they don't want you to see

This is the side of the Gold Coast the tourism promoters don't want you to see. My commute to and from work passes two brothels in Upton Street. That is not what this post is about, but it's interesting that there would have been such community opposition to their establishment in Bundall (something that passes for an "inner suburb" of the Gold Coast). Interesting because, although a passer-by can't see what goes on within those walls, it's a fairly safe bet to say that it's considerably more sanitary than what goes on outside them.

One idiot today was honking/abusing someone in front of them who had *gasp* actually stopped at a red light. How dare they! (spot the sarcasm). A little later some idiot in a bus wanted to have a go at me because he couldn't handle the fact that I was traveling faster than he was and had legal right of way in a particular traffic situation.

I can only assume that he had already been to one of the aforementioned brothels, but the lady he hired couldn't even find it with tweezers -- and consequently he had to try to compensate in whatever way was possible. Idiots like that amuse me more than anything else these days, I've been dealing with them long enough not to be particularly bothered by them. As I said, this probably isn't what Gold Coast tourism promoters want me to publish, but hey, I'm still waiting for my cheque for all those hinterland photos I've uploaded in the past. ;^)

Still, it could be worse -- I could have been on a bikepath. According to a news report last night, there have now been 30 assaults on bikepaths in Brisbane in the last 12 months. Of course, the police are promising a "crackdown", but anyone who has ever reported an assault to the police in Queensland knows how unlikely that is. While this comment would probably get me flamed on any "advocacy" themed BBS, I'll stick to the roads. Even with the idiots, it's much safer there.