Driving In Australia

Did it. You just have to be real cautious and pay attention. Not bad.

It’s no problem driving on the left after the first five minutes. It seems like you brain just flips and driving on the left seems normal. The number one tip is to always take time and think when pulling out into traffic from a parking lot, that is the only time I almost had a booboo.

It gets easy fast. Just have your passenger help you with the left side of the car make sure you aren’t too close to the curb

It's no big deal. You just need to remember when in doubt STAY LEFT!! My rental car in NZ had that posted on the instrument display.

I did it in Ireland. The wrong side of the road and car are easy to adjust to. The hardest thing for me was to remember to look the opposite direction crossing divided roads. Almost got into a wreck shortly after getting the car. Once you get that down it will be a breeze

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The hardest adjustment for me was to avoid signalling my turns with my windshield wipers

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I moved to Aus two years ago. You can tell the North Americans in town, because we have the cleanest windshields!

I've done it several places (Trinidad recently) and it's not so bad because you are focused on it, just visualize every turn in advance. A good GPS screen helps with this. The larger problem for me is getting back to the States and lapsing back to the left side since I'm relaxed.

I do get an automatic whenever possible, with everything going on I can do without the left handed shifting. And as mentioned, the turn signal will drive you nuts.

Not looking the right direction when walking across the street is more dangerous than the driving.

It’s not bad since you’re just following other people. The worst part about driving in Australia are the roundabouts and getting the windshield wipers mixed up with the blinkers.