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So I made my way to Torquay about 1.5 drive south of Melbourne.....the beginning of the Great Ocean Road. I survived a couple of roundabouts and some very interesting in town driving! Have a room to myself tonight, easing myself into the hostel life! Arrived to find out two tour groups of university kids are taking over the place tonight.....thankfully I have ear plugs!! With my vehicle parked for the day ( too tired for safe driving) I went for a walk down to the beach and walked in the water.....not quite the beach I had imagined, however I believe that will come soon! It is about 30 degrees and loving it! I went and got some supper and breakfast at the grocery store.....headed back to the hostel and spent the better part of the evening sitting at the picnic table chatting with the guy who runs the hostel, a guy from India and a guy from Melbourne.....great chats and story telling.....then the 30 university students showed up! I had a great chat with the guy who runs the place and he gave me some great ideas for places to stop along the way over the next couple of days.....he also suggested waking up at 615am tomorrow for some great sunrise pics!! Will see if that happens or not! Fighting to stay awake, is 8 too early to go to sleep? Can't wait to start the Great Ocean Road tomorrow! Lesson of the day.... Looking both ways before crossing the street is backwards here....there may of been a near miss when I looked left and there were no cars coming only to have cars coming from the right!!!
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Maureen Miss you already! Great to Skype though. So glad you made it safe and sound. and look right before you cross the street!
Mum your a fast learner. the driving will get easier
Sarah My trick for crossing the road in places where they drive on the opposite side is to look both ways twice then it doesn't matter which way you look first :-)