This is what makes me feel senile, and, "What the hell am I doing here?!" It has been nine months. I decided to make a map of places/routes I've traveled frequently enough to not get lost without looking at the map (red lines). Part of the problem is I have done relatively little driving on my own - I've mostly been walking, bicycling, or taking the train. So I know the train lines pretty well, but otherwise, I know a fairly small area. Even Australians, even people who live in Sydney agree that Sydney roads are convoluted. If you miss a turn and try to turn around, you may end up on a street shooting off at some odd angle, and not be able to get back to where you were. Most streets are at an odd angle, and even if you think you know which direction you're going, soon enough you'll be spun around on a round-about and shoot off at some new angle. There is no "what direction am I going". The train lines are good (and fairly straight-line) - but that means you can't go from point A to point B without crossing a train line - and they have limited underpasses, overpasses - so you have to run along them or find the underpasses.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Convoluted paths
This is what makes me feel senile, and, "What the hell am I doing here?!" It has been nine months. I decided to make a map of places/routes I've traveled frequently enough to not get lost without looking at the map (red lines). Part of the problem is I have done relatively little driving on my own - I've mostly been walking, bicycling, or taking the train. So I know the train lines pretty well, but otherwise, I know a fairly small area. Even Australians, even people who live in Sydney agree that Sydney roads are convoluted. If you miss a turn and try to turn around, you may end up on a street shooting off at some odd angle, and not be able to get back to where you were. Most streets are at an odd angle, and even if you think you know which direction you're going, soon enough you'll be spun around on a round-about and shoot off at some new angle. There is no "what direction am I going". The train lines are good (and fairly straight-line) - but that means you can't go from point A to point B without crossing a train line - and they have limited underpasses, overpasses - so you have to run along them or find the underpasses.
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Back in the days prior to handheld GPS and phones with built in GPS, I always carried a small compass. When travelling in strange cities, especially on cloudy or rainy days when you couldn't see the sun, it was tough to figure out what direction you might be heading.
ReplyDeleteDoes moss grow primarily on the north side of trees in the Southern Hemisphere?
Here, there seem to be ferns that grow in the cracks of walls that aren't in direct sunlight. The moss would be predominantly on the south side of trees here, though I haven't jumped out of the car to look.
ReplyDeletep.s. did your compass always say that north was towards the engine?
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