I’ve got a friend coming from Shanghai . He and his family are going to visit Canberra in the weekend. He rang me in Sydney and said he and his wife and two kids will arrive at Canberra at the late of this evening.

Guess what! He didn’t make it until the midnight. They drove up to Yass along the Hume Highway instead of turning left to Federal Highway. And, they used up all the petrol in the tank. It was 10pm at the night. Where would be the next service station? Luckily some Aussie guys were so kind. They normally are very kind and friendly people. A guy led them to Belconnen and get the fuel filled up. That was big scary! My friend bought a map book in the shop, so they would not be lost again

And, this not the end yet! They didn’t book a motel until they got on the way from Wollongong to Canberra. It’s Saturday. What would you expect for Saturday? I gave him 10 motels numbers from yellow pages through the mobile. He rang everyone of them, and everyone of them was booked up. I had to give him the Queanbeyan’s motel number finally. That’s why I say I love Queanbeyan so much. He rang and got successful on the first number.

My husband said it could have been an interesting experience for a traveller. I agreed. But I would try to avoid to do that, especially driving to a strange place that I am not familiar with at the night time. By the way, my friend had his stay in Australia for more than 10 years in mid and late 90s. I suppose that he knows very well of this piece of land, but he still couldn’t get away from what had happened. Apart from the interesting side of this kind experience, can’t you say there IS a risky side at all?