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Jennylolo makes an excellent point. Local Melbournians do not know the rules either. I was driving with a Melbourne-born friend. Approaching the intersection outside Flinders Street Station in the city where I needed to turn right, I pulled over to the left lane to await the change of lights...

When I moved to Melbourne from Sydney, I had to learn how to do hook turns. I was there for about 16 years and frequently drove through the city intersections where hook turns were the rule. The trick is to keep your nerve and pay attention. At the intersection, pull to the left, wait for the...

Great photo! Beautiful bird.

Scam email asking for gift cards This week I received an email from a friend’s email address saying that she had laryngitis and could not call but wanted to ask my advice about something. I did not reply immediately as it didn’t look like something she would send. A few days later, I heard...

Roll clouds are long tube-like clouds which are rare across most of the world. They are detached from other cloud features, for example they are not part of a thunderstorm. They form within a vertical slab of air when wind shear across a horizontal boundary leads to uplift and cloud formation...