Thread: Grey Nomads - things I've learnt in the last few days.

Originally Posted by goingbush

dont know what all the fuss is about,
makes sense to me and I HATE Melbourne

Melbourne CBD Hook Turn - YouTube

Mick, didn't he just drive past table eight?

Originally Posted by bacicat

Oh, and Mick is correct about how many Taxis get it wrong - that's because most of them cannot drive, and a lot of them don't even have licences.

Fair go; they don't do hook turns in the sub-continent.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Fair go; they don't do hook turns in the sub-continent.

Didn't want to mention that point.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Mick, didn't he just drive past table eight?

He's turning from Bourke St into Queen St.
Not quite but close. The Mitre is between Collins and Little Collins. After the guy turns right, you turn down the next right he passes at the end of the clip (no hook turn) and the take the second left.

Grandma Still Drives



Grandma is 88 years old and still drives her own car. She writes:
Dear Grand-daughter,

The other day I went up to our local Christian book store and saw a 'Honk if you love Jesus' bumper sticker ..

I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper.

Boy, am I glad I did; what an uplifting experience that followed.

I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost in thought about the Lord and how good He is, and I didn't notice that the light had changed.

It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus because if he hadn't honked, I'd never have noticed.

I found that lots of people love Jesus!

While I was sitting there, the guy behind started honking like crazy, and then he leaned out of his window and screamed, 'For the love of God!'

'Go! Go! Go! Jesus Christ, GO!'

(What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus!)

Everyone started honking!

I just leaned out my window and started waving and smiling at all those loving people.

I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love!

There must have been a man from Florida back there because I heard him yelling something about a 'sunny beach'.

I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air.

I asked my young teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant.

He said it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something.

Well, I have never met anyone from Hawaii , so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign right back.

My grandson burst out laughing.

(he was enjoying this religious experience!!)

A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me.

I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed.

So, grinning, I waved at all my brothers and sisters, and drove on through the intersection.

I noticed that I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again and felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared.

So I slowed the car down, leaned out the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away. Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!!

Will write again soon,

Love, Grandma