Down Under - and everything gets upside down

Turn anti-clockwise to open (it took me about five attempts of entering the code until I found out...)

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There is a physical explanation why the air of high and low pressure areas circles the other way round in Australia than in Europe. It's the same principle which makes the mini water tornado in bathtub turn the other way round also. However, the exact reasoning for this I forgot shortly after having been tested on this knowledge. I've got a very good short-time memory :-)

The driving on the wrong side of the road (or as the Australians say - the right side) can be easily explained by the British part of Australia's history - but why did England start driving on the left in the first place?

So far so good. After about two month here I start to watch out on the right (aehh left) side of the road for cars and other vehicles before crossing it. I also started to wait on the right (aehh left side) for the trams and buses.

Toilet door. Turn clockwise to open

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Okay,  just a matter of experience to get used to down under's upside downs. But why the F-word do I have so much trouble opening (locked) doors? It seems to me that every opening mechanism has to be turned exactly the other way round than I would expect. Actually, it's not only me for I once helped a French guy to open a door (I had opened before) after he had tried for a while turning the key the wrong way round. I haven't performed any statistical tests yet but I strongly suppose that the opening mechanism opens when turning the key or handle in the direction of the door frame (i.e. mechanism is on the right of the door, it opens turning clockwise) - isn't that strange? I'm lacking a bit the explanation for this but might it be the same reason as for the air masses turning the other way round on the southern hemisphere that all other turning mechanisms are turned upside down? Or maybe it's the simplest of all - the people here are hanging on the earth and not standing...