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ANONYMOUS JONES'
AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION NEWSLETTER #39
AUSTRALIAN AUTOMOBILISTS
One of the more pleasant attractions of Australia is the
awesome magnitude of the magnificent vistas visible from
an automobile on an Australian road. Some of the roads
stretch unbroken for hundreds of miles through the wild
Australian countryside. One such, the Eyre Highway across
the Nullabor Plain passes only a half dozen small towns
in nearly 750 miles. In some areas, in fact, the principal
traffic encountered is kangaroos, not cars; the roos find
the even surface of the roadway well-suited for high-speed
long-distance travel. The right-of-way rules are simple
enough; you drive on the left and anybody on your right
has right-of-way! (It is uncertain whether the roos
understand this.) This and other regulatory simplicities
prompt Australian Automobilists to unusual creativity and
assertiveness in their driving style, which can bemuse and
befuddle the newcomer, for instance, who has observed the
common but inexplicable Single-car Accident In The Middle
Of An Utterly Desolate Road At Least A Hundred Miles From
The Nearest Civilization. But after all, consider that
you are at least as safe in Sydney as you might be on I-40
between Raleigh and the Research Triangle at 7:30 in the
morning, and furthermore, no one on I-40 ever gets passed
by a speeding west-bound kangaroo...
(C) 1986 by Anonymous Jones. All comments are welcome. Leave
them in the <C>omments Message Base addressed to ANONYMOUS JONES.