This morning we drove the 3 hours from Grampians to Melbourne, checked into our hotel in St. Kilda, an ocean-side suburb with lively street scene and many excellent restaurants, and then drove into downtown Melbourne to get rid of the rental car. It is an enormous relief to be done with driving in Australia.
We drove over 3300 miles on the wrong side of the road without killing a marsupial, hitting a human being, or inflicting any damage on any of the five rental vehicles. I only ended up on the wrong side of the road twice, and was never ticketed for unknowingly turning left on red, which it turns out is not allowed in Australia. I did drive across a sidewalk once in Ballarat when the road ended suddenly and inexplicably.
No doubt my successful driving was in large part due to the innumerable driving tips I received from my passenger. I am happy to report that while there was much whinging, there were only two loud gasps and no uncontrollable sobbing (as occurred in Costa Rica). My driving has definitely improved.
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