I am really enjoying your blog & photos. I like many am incredibly jealous.
I visited Australia in 2001, right before the dollar fell, so it was cheap. I really enjoyed all of Australia, but especially Tassie and Perth.
Best of luck and I'll be checking in daily.
p.s. I was the guest on episode 121 of the Amatuer Traveller podcast.
kevin
· 1 year ago
Melbourne's right-turning cars pull over to the left into their own turn lane, practically stopping along the curb, because they have to wait for traffic to clear. The reason they can't pull into a right hand lane is because that lane must remain clear for trains. I found after a few days, that the left hand side becomes "normal" for driving (and walking traffic). I thought I remembered that China drives on the left hand side as well, but I was there 20 years ago, so maybe they changed (or I was just wrong, I know former British colony Hong Kong was left hand side).
Anca
· 1 year ago
You really made me laugh! I don't know if you were trying to be funny, but.. you were.
crash course
· 1 year ago
What a fantastic journey - amazing. In terms of driving on different sides of the road; the only time I have to remind myself is after leaving a car park. I've given myself - and other drivers! - the odd shock whilst leaving car parks on the wrong side of the road. Keep your eye out for killer koalas :)
jesie
· 1 year ago
LOL, I understand as I have been throught that. I drove on the left side of the road all my life and then found UAE, mainland China and the US driving on the right side. It was dangerous to cross the road as I was looking at the side that had no car. Now I am so used to driving on the right side as I reside in the U.S. for a while now. After a while it is just a matter of remembering.
A.
· 1 year ago
We live in the UK six months of the year, and six months in France, so changing from one system to the other has become fairly normal, though not always easy . The trick is remembering where you are! Quiet country roads are the worst, in towns and cities you can take just follow everyone else.
I live in England I've driven right-handed in France but never in a left-hand-drive vehicle. The trouble with driving on the right side of the road in a car built to drive on the left is that it's very hard to see if it's safe to pull out to overtake. Stuck behind tractors on the Normandy coastal road, my husband and I had to set up a team effort. Mostly he drove and I watched out to see if it was safe for him to pull out. Then he'd pull out enough to judge if it was safe to overtake.
I wondered if it would be easier with a left-hand-drive car. I was interested that your post gave me a flavour of the difficulties of trying to drive a car with the steering wheel on the opposite side to the one you're used to.
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I visited Australia in 2001, right before the dollar fell, so it was cheap. I really enjoyed all of Australia, but especially Tassie and Perth.
Best of luck and I'll be checking in daily.
p.s. I was the guest on episode 121 of the Amatuer Traveller podcast.
In terms of driving on different sides of the road; the only time I have to remind myself is after leaving a car park.
I've given myself - and other drivers! - the odd shock whilst leaving car parks on the wrong side of the road.
Keep your eye out for killer koalas
:)
After a while it is just a matter of remembering.
I wondered if it would be easier with a left-hand-drive car. I was interested that your post gave me a flavour of the difficulties of trying to drive a car with the steering wheel on the opposite side to the one you're used to.