Wombat Crossing

Landed in Sydney at 6 AM and just got checked into the hotel after a drive to Canberra. The whole driving on the wrong side of the road thing actually gets to be pretty easy after about 30 minutes. But trying to climb into the wrong side of the car seems to be a perpetual problem I just can’t shake.

On the way southwest from Sydney I encountered several of these types of signs- I think it is warning motorists of giant mutant groundhogs, but I can’t be sure.

One thing I’ve noticed about driving around in different countries- the roadkill varies wildly. In my region there are loads of dead deer littering the roads. In the UK, pheasant seems to be the top roadkill. Here in the 3 hours it took to get to Canberra, I think I saw at least one dead wombat, (Crikey they are large!) what I think may have been a dead dingo and upon entering the capitol of Australia, I saw my first kangaroo- splattered on the side of the road.