Roads

Pavement

Since the sun mostly burns mercilessly onto the streets, the Australians add much more gravel to the asphalt than it's common practice in Austria. That way it has a better resistance against the heat, but the streets are rougher and the tyres (of cars, bikes, ...) wear down a little faster. (Respect if somebody plans to travel through Australia with roller skates!)

The pavement is considerably rougher than in Austria

Cycle tracks

are available in and around cities only. Especially Perth and Canberra are exemplary in respect thereof. In these cities it is enjoyable to ride a bike. Many tracks lead through beautiful parks (often as shortcut to the streets) and they are well labelled. Adelaide appeared for us to be the most dangerous city for cyclists (we even had an accident there) since the motorists were very ruthless. In Sydney there were not many cycle tracks too, but there the motorists were at least accustomed to cyclists.

Roadtrains

Roadtrains supply remote regions

We were often warned of these up to 50 meters long trucks (3 - 4 trailers). Whe do not know why, since the roadtrains were more considerate than cars and held a lot of distance to us while overtaking. In fact they create a strong pull because of their size, however, especially at headwind this was very pleasant.

Roadtrains mostly remain aloof