Since coming to the country, I realise I’ve been an “urban” driver for the last 3 decades of my life. It’s been a very long time since I’ve had to travel on a 2-way road, you know the ones where you purposefully put your vehicle on the wrong side of the road, at 100km/hour + … Continue reading Big Trucks and big balls

Out here in the country, the weather is everyone’s favourite obsession. When there’s a chance we might get rain, there’s a buzz of excitement. The more rain in the forecast, the greater the buzz. We got a storm last night and 28mm of rain (I know this because we’ve got a rain gauge…. ya know, … Continue reading The Weather Obsession

On my road-trips from the big smoke, I always know I’m getting close to home, because other drivers give me the one-finger-wave. You know, that typically country gesture when they lift their index finger off the steering and give you a “wave” (friend or stranger, high speed or low, it doesn't matter). It's also known as the country wave or the bush salute.