If you’ve got friends you can borrow a car from — and if they let you — and you have an acceptable driver's licence, you can start driving in Australia right away. Or you can rent a car from such outfits as Hertz, Avis, Budget or a smaller firm like Rent-a-Wreck.
You, of course, enter the car from the driver’s side. Oops, not on the left-hand side, mate — on the right-hand side where the steering wheel is!
Give it the boot
Now for a few terms you may need, or want, to know. That thing you see through in front of you is not a windshield, it’s a windscreen. And you don’t put your luggage in the trunk, you put it in the boot. Don’t fill up with gas, go for petrol instead.
Ease into the left-hand side of the street and if you need to turn left or right, don’t worry too much if you switch on your windscreen wipers instead of your turn signal lights -- just so you get to turn on the signal lights after a bit of fumbling, but don’t take too long.
Next page: Australian Traffic Rules
