Walk!

There are banners on the streets of Sydney with the names of cities and countries.

I could not figure out what they were.

Until a friend of mine visiting from Manila explained that these were what the pedestrian crossing men look like in the different parts of the world.  

It is part of the Art & About Sydney  banner gallery.

In all honesty, nobody really paid much attention to the pedestrian lights in the home country.  (The Australians take it quite seriously here.  In fact, I saw someone get caught for jaywalking in the city last week.)  But it didn't occur to me until yesterday that the walking men look different around the world.

Check out the walking man ... and look right and left (or left and right, as the case may be) ... before crossing the street.   Stay safe!