hehe i was gonna say, i wouldnt complain about traffic in Perth on a board full of sydneysiders lol - I have heard in extreme cases in sids, one drives home, and then turns around immediately in order to complete the journey and arrive at work on time in the morning
well thats an exageration of course, but not toooo far off.
yes public transport in regional Oz is crap to put it mildly, and since they let all the loonies free around 10 or so years ago?, it is too creepy (specially for women - my partner got sick of being accosted very regularly on the bus years ago now, and stopped working in the city) now they drive the taxi's instead
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So a booming gold rush ecomomy has its problems eh Roger - I remember when a car was virtually a luxury - now their a dime a dozen, thats the real problem (altho petrol is now the luxury lol).