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Thought from Australia
Happy and sad to be back but here are some thoughts.
Right hand driving is a blast! took about 1 day to get used to as you want to go left but once you get the hang its normal.
Round-a-bouts! my GOD we need these here! they make your life so much easier as traffic just flows.
imagine going down edmonton trail to downtown and instead of lights there is a round-a-about and you just flow right into downtown..
petrol.. ranged from 140-160/litre depending on where we were.. average was about 144/litre.. i only filled up at BPs but this was the oddest thing
regular gas there is 91! mid is 95! and premium is 98!!!!!!!!! i'm honestly not sure why but damn!
cheapest gas was E10 which is just ethanol blended but i never used it since BP didn't have it.
australia is crazy about thier speed limits and road tips. There are photo radar and average speed cameras ALL over the highways.. not just outside cities but everywhere! but they legally have to warn you so if it was a 100 zone and i was doing 110 you'd see the sigh saying speed cameras used ahead.. and you see it on the side of the road and slow down.. i didn't get one photo radar thankfully but i didnt' really speed as i didn't want to have to deal with that crap.. once i got flashed by a cop doing 112 in a 100 zone in the middle of nowhere but that was it..
they also have random speeds on thier highways.. you'll go along and be doing 100. then it says 110.. then literally 5kms later it says 80! it was annoying at first but you get used to it
they love their road work too.. for ANYTHING they shut a lane down! even cutting the grass in the ditch lol! i can't complain was we never really got stuck for more than 3-5 minutes in them so meh..
car i rented was a holden commodore sv6
it was a pretty good car!
http://www.holden.com.au/vehicles/commodore/sv6
aussies love modding cars.. tons of holden car-trucks slammed with v8s and exhausts and lots of modded audis and VWs i saw.
overall a country i could totally move to.. very similiar to canada and the people were great
Right hand driving is a blast! took about 1 day to get used to as you want to go left but once you get the hang its normal.
Round-a-bouts! my GOD we need these here! they make your life so much easier as traffic just flows.
imagine going down edmonton trail to downtown and instead of lights there is a round-a-about and you just flow right into downtown..
petrol.. ranged from 140-160/litre depending on where we were.. average was about 144/litre.. i only filled up at BPs but this was the oddest thing
regular gas there is 91! mid is 95! and premium is 98!!!!!!!!! i'm honestly not sure why but damn!
cheapest gas was E10 which is just ethanol blended but i never used it since BP didn't have it.
australia is crazy about thier speed limits and road tips. There are photo radar and average speed cameras ALL over the highways.. not just outside cities but everywhere! but they legally have to warn you so if it was a 100 zone and i was doing 110 you'd see the sigh saying speed cameras used ahead.. and you see it on the side of the road and slow down.. i didn't get one photo radar thankfully but i didnt' really speed as i didn't want to have to deal with that crap.. once i got flashed by a cop doing 112 in a 100 zone in the middle of nowhere but that was it..
they also have random speeds on thier highways.. you'll go along and be doing 100. then it says 110.. then literally 5kms later it says 80! it was annoying at first but you get used to it
they love their road work too.. for ANYTHING they shut a lane down! even cutting the grass in the ditch lol! i can't complain was we never really got stuck for more than 3-5 minutes in them so meh..
car i rented was a holden commodore sv6
it was a pretty good car!
http://www.holden.com.au/vehicles/commodore/sv6
aussies love modding cars.. tons of holden car-trucks slammed with v8s and exhausts and lots of modded audis and VWs i saw.
overall a country i could totally move to.. very similiar to canada and the people were great
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