To help with the move and ensure that a steady supply of parcels from Ikea arrived for me to put together Alison hired a car for the weekend.

She hired it at a place called Rent a Bomb, which as the name suggests rents old cars. The car was an old banger, full of rust  but only cost $75  ($ 30) for three days!

Being a non driver, driving has always been a bit mystical and mysterious to me. However, driving in Melbourne seems a bit bonkers really. Firstly there's the trams. Most main roads have two lanes each way and the tram tracks occupy the centre one. It's fine driving along side trams on the inside, but when they stop to allow passengers on and off you have to stop to avoid running them over. It seems to work as I haven't been run over yet, but I can't imagine it working in Britain.

Likewise at intersections they have traffic lights, but no dedicated light to enable you to turn left or right. You just have to wait in the middle of the road until there's a gap in the on coming traffic.!

I could also go on and go about the fact that when you can walk at a pelican crossing (Green Man showing), cars turning left can still proceed and try and run you over. Bonkers really. I wonder if they have a green cross code man over here!