Driving in the Big City

The few times that we have actually driven in to the city Steve has been behind the wheel. I'm comfortable driving around our neighbourhood and on some main streets but driving in Melbourne is a whole other ball game. There is this great thing called a "hook turn". When you are going to turn right you stay in the curb lane, pulling up to stop in front of the traffic on your left side and wait for the turn signal to give you the go ahead. It's a frightening thing to watch and goes completely against every bit of logic I can think of.

Huh?



The bridge we wanted to be on was getting closer...

When we set out to drive up the Great Ocean Road we were trying to find a way through Melbourne on our way to Geelong. We took a few wrong turns and ended up in the heart of the city. The city where the roads seem to be half the width of a normal road and you can reach out and touch the trams that are going up and down the same streets in the middle lane. The city where you need to sit through numerous traffic lights just to sort out which signal you need to get where your going. The city where U-turns are completely legal and you need to take advantage of to get where you are going. We actually pulled a U-turn to get onto the freeway on-ramp that we needed.

and closer...

Yay! We made it. The city is behind us!

The girls can hardly contain their excitement...