Driving in Australia

Every motor car ride is an adventure, whether your the driver or the passenger!
The terrain is very hilly, much like San Francisco only much larger. Anyone sitting in the back seat has to have their windows partially opened so that they don't get ill. road signs appear only at the intersection, never before. If you are familiar with the roads, you better have plenty of time on your hands. there is no such thing as turning around on the main roads. you need to have a key map with you to find roads that intersect with the road that you need to be on. We bought a vehicle today in Fortitude Valley which is maybe a 10 minute drive. It took us well over an hour to find our way back to the hotel. "You just can't get there from here."
The turn signal is on the right side of the steering wheel so we are constantly turning on our windshield wipers (much to the embarrassment of Rachel). You would think that after the 50th time, that we wouldn't do it. That's what 30 years of driving will do to you. The hills pose problems of their own. Automatic transmission vehicles have a truly tough time chugging up a hill loaded with people. Folks driving with stick shifts find it terribly tough to stop at the top of a huge hill and not roll backwards into the car behind them when the light turns green. When we first arrived here in Australia, I thought that the roundabouts were scary. Now I think that driving where you have not been before is scary. I'll have to take a picture of some of the road signs and put them on the blog. Never seen anything like some of them before. I have no idea what they mean.
Duane said that he is determined to enjoy AND appreciate this whole new on road experience. My prayers are with him!