This and That

On a quest for a Motorhome!
Our search for a motor home continues. As I mentioned in my last posting we went to Geelong the other day to visit a dealer. Trox got to practice driving on the left side of the road again today as we went to Ballarat. When you look at the map - we are staying at "B" in St. Kilda (a suburb of Melbourne). "A" is Geelong about 80 Kilometers (km) away and "C" is Ballarat about 120 km. We may just have found the RV we want today. Trox drove it and liked the way it handled and it is big enough we think we can "live" in it for a year but small enough we won't feel we are driving a behemoth down the little roads. We also looked at an RV about 20 km from here in another suburb of Melbourne. Tomorrow we may go back out to Geelong to visit some more dealers.

Signs along the highways

Driving down the highway today we saw some new signs (at least to us). We saw both Roo (kangaroo) crossing signs and Koala crossing signs. Also many of the freeways here allow "cyclists" (i.e. bicycles). There are signs all along that are for the cyclists not the cars. Very interesting. In addition we saw lots of "Powernap" signs. What we in the states call "Rest Stops" or "Rest Areas" the Aussie's call "Powernap areas". Some of the signs we saw included:

Eyes Tired
Powernap now!

Open your eyes fatigue kills
Powernap now!

Trouble concentrating?
Powernap Now!

Droopy Eyes?
Powernap Now!

Also saw a sign that read "Placarded loads must exit now". That one took me a minute or too before its meaning clicked in.

BIRDS!
AND! HEY! DOUG! We say flocks (literally multiple large flocks) of Cockatoos bedding down for the night. Was quite a sight to see 20 or so cockatoos on the median of the highway obviously coming in for the night. Also all over the fields near the highway. Pretty cool! Sorry I didn't get any pics but will try next time we see them.

Get the idea?
Australians call themselves Aussies
They cook on the Barbie
They call people who live on Tasmania Tassies
They don't watch football they watch Footy
I'm sure there are other exampies!