apparently yesterday was alleged "cycle instead" day. i can only assume they mean cycle instead of driving...i guess the ace who thought of the name wanted to be evasive. but i wonder what the purpose of that day was. promoting exercise? saving petrol perhaps? because if the purpose of the day was to promote the save-age of petrol, i would have to say, i for one think it was a very stupid day indeed. mostly because it resulted in closing off freeway south for the morning.

i actually remember reading a sign on the freeway saying, "Freeway South Closed, Sunday March 19". i made a mental note in my head when i saw this, but dismissed it when i realised that i never use the freeway on a sunday. i also suppressed a stupid smirk at all the other sunday drivers' misfortune.

little did i know, that i would end up running like a little baby back to the freeway last sunday. sunday the bloody 19th, of all sundays. the prior warning completely slipped my mind, until i saw the barricades and the police deterring vehicles. so...i took it in my stride and followed the "DETOUR" sign down to marmion ave. apparently, we are supposed to just miraculously know what the exact pathway of the Detour is. as it turns out, that day i had chosen to leave my map book at home, as well as my mobile.

so the detour looked a bit like i was up shit's creek without a paddle.

45 minutes later, i reached the city after passing through the majority of northern suburbs. i daresay me, and a couple unfortunate others, used up double the amount of petrol that the "cyclers" saved that day.