Some more down under

Trains. Those things that nobody in their right mind uses in South Africa, are not as easy to tame as it would appear. It took a while to find the station from the Docklands apartment where I'm spending my first few days of work because it's just off the edge of the map of Melbourne that I have. When you're in a bit of a hurry (read : mild panic) to catch a train, reading all the available signage is not an option. I managed to buy the right ticket, get on the right platform and get on the wrong train. After blissfully travelling for about 45 minutes I started to realize that all the stations I had passed were the wrong ones. Consult map, get back on train to join up with the other line, get off again and wait 30 minutes for the right train to come along and eventually arrive at the Ringwood East station. What should have taken about 45 minutes took over 2 hours. Thankfully I've managed to catch about 4 trains successfully since then.

Trolleys. Trolleys in Melbourne have 4 wheels that turn instead of 2. That makes for incredible cornering ability and manoeuvring. Going straight is not an option. At least you can take them on the escalators (dunno if that's what they're called here).