There are about 8-10 signs on the road at any given time for you to read. Some are funny, some are warnings and others are actual road signs.
*There's this one sign that I think is funny and makes no sense really, but says "Looks good Mown, eh Lisa?". And it's next to a big field that looks like it just got mowed. I laughed (cause I'm yellow) and Jeremy said, "I don't get it." with a confused look on his face.
Their speed limit changes about ever 10-15 seconds of driving time. It is really irritating.
You pump for gas first and THEN pay. (They are trusting) ;)
There are so many damn cities here, but all with in Canberra. Canberra is considered a city and has 4 large cities with in it (Tuggeranong, Gungahlin, Queanbeyan, Belconnen --- I think). Then the 4 large cities have cities with in them and the roads that connect from one city to the next change names as you enter the new city. The entire city of Canberra is only as big as Provo and Orem combined. So, you are running into a new city every 1-2 minutes. lol
The words they make up don't follow the rules of english for sounding them out at all. Some example of their city names below... Not to mention the fact that the city names are randomly spelled and sound like nonsense words.
Canberra = "Can-Bruh"
Gungahlin = "Gun-GOLL-in"
Belconnen = "Bel-Coe-nen"
Tuggeranong = "Tugga-non"
Manuka = "Monica"
Ghirraween = "Jur-ween"
Jerrabomberra = "Jeh-bomb-bruh"
Queanbeyan = "Kwenbee-ehn"
Cooyong = "Coo-I-ong"
I'm not exagerating when I say that every place opens late and closes early. Spoken like a true "yellow". A yellow would say, "work is a necessary evil".
I had my mom take a picture of a sign in the mall for a store that says:
Trading Hours:
Opens around Noon
Stays open 'til Real Late
Everyone is soooo nice and friendly. I've never had so many people talk to me in an elevator or standing in a line somewhere. We also had so many people help and offer to help on our way here into Australia in the airports and what not.
All store/bank operators are way more personable and have things set up to be a one on one personable transaction with everyone that comes in.
Not very many children here, but have a whole lot of bars.
*There are tons of signs and commercials here to promote no drinking and driving and no speeding. But they are catchy little funny signs like "Drinking + Driving = You dead in a ditch" as you are driving over a ditch. Not funny, but you know what I mean. Someone serious wouldn't do that.
I don't feel like people are very judgmental here and are just here for fun.
The fact that everyone is still in the 80's says something about here. Overall I think it is a much slower paced life. People just don't stress about getting stuff done like in America. Not saying that they don't do things or get things done. It is just soooo much different than coming from Utah where all the moms are pushed to see who can be the most productive, creative, scheduled, routine, mother of the year at making dinner, keeping their house clean and their kids looking perfect, etc.
Their roads are literally all in a big circle. (Type 1 shape is a cirlce) It's so confusing! If you keep driving straight on a road, you are really going in a circle and could quickly end up on the other side of town if you don't know where to turn off (I know cause I spent approximately 6 hours of my "free time" doing it this week... not by choice).
Whenever we try to figure something out everyone tells us, "Oh that's easy to figure out. Just throw your logic out the window and then it will make sense."
Everyone tells Jeremy to "stop stressing" at work and not to worry, that it will "get done". My hubby is kind of a stress case and worries about everything. Maybe it will rub off on him.
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