Ya Brian they have them but they are no source for confusion, we just treat
them as speed bumps....
Actually they do and I'm not sure I always navigated them properly either.
Also they had some other thing like a half circle on the side of the road
that caused the whole road to veer around it. I don't know what these were
called and only saw them in Queensland near Fraser Island.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Rick Barnhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, 4 December 2000 4:32
Subject: Re: [RR] Aussie Trip
>Rick
>
>Reminds me of my trip to the US. Didn't have any problems with the gear
>change as we hired an automatic but my wife and I usually went to get into
>the car on the wrong side. The major problem I had was that I tended to
veer
>to the right when I was driving. It was only after some time that I
realized
>that this was because I am used to finding my road position by the centre
>line which is to my right in England. Once I realized this I adjusted to
>positioning the car by the centre line (this time on the left) and I was
ok.
>Do they have many traffic roundabouts in Oz? I understand they are a source
>of confusion for most Americans.
>
>BoW
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Rick Barnhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 10:08 PM
>Subject: Re: [RR] Aussie Trip
>
>
>> Ask me about the parking meters anywhere in Australia. I never could
>figure
>> out where to pay for them. It's a wonder I'm not in jail. Also that
>driving
>> on the other side of the road will really mess with your mind. It's not
>just
>> being on the wrong side of the road it's the other little things, like:
>>
>> It took me two days to find my rear-view mirror. And I never did figure
>out
>> how to use it.
>> Every time I would try to signal my winshield wipers would go on.
>> I kept looking over at the car next to me and thinking "NO DRIVER!!"
>> Getting into the car on the passenger side and having to get back out and
>go
>> around.
>> Going to the driver's side and the person owning that car asking "Are you
>> driving?"
>> Shifting with my left hand
>> In downtown Melbourne they make right hand turns form the far left lane -
>> some of the time.
>> Weird signs like: "Wombat Crossing" and "No Overtaking" and "Drunk
Drivers
>> Die"
>> My wife asking, "When they say Look Right do they really mean Look Left?"
>> At night when you wake from a sound sleep at the wheel, the white lights
>> SHOULD be on your left and red lights on the right.
>>
>> Rick Barnhouse
>> Bolivar, MO
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: The Larrikin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: Rick Barnhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Monday, 4 December 2000 3:49
>> Subject: Re: [RR] Aussie Trip
>>
>>
>> Hey Gang
>> > I did learn quite a bit about new wildlife and even some things I
didn't
>> know about American wildlife. For instance, I never knew that the
>difference
>> between a crow and a raven was that the crow has only 7 tail feathers
>(also
>> called pinions), whereas the raven was 8 pinions in it's tail. So the
>> difference between a crow and a raven in just a matter of apinion :)
>> That ain't one of my jokes.
>> Ask Rick about the Parking Meter in Sydney.
>>
>>
>> There's a storm coming, our Storm.
>> PROCLAIMING GOD'S LOVE TO A DYING WORLD
>> Say to the captives, 'come out,' and those in darkness, 'Be free!'
>> Isaiah 49:9
>> Love in Jesus
>> Adrian Bonham aka Morning Light, The Larrikin
>>
>> I looked to the heavens to where God dwells
>> I looked into my life to see he lives there as well.
>>
>> Outpost 49
>> Hawkesbury Royal Rangers
>> Windsor, N.S.W.
>> Australia
>> F.C.F. 94
>> http://www.summit.net.au/~founder1/
>>
>>
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