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Two Trips in Wintertime
approaching the Grampians National Park
Yuki and me went to Adelaide for four days. It is a very nice city in South Australia, about 10 hours by bus from Melbourne. The city is very calm, with a lot of green. There are some really nice vineries in the area around. If Melbourne is relaxed compared to Sydney, Adelaide really is slow - people have time and are probably the most friendly type of people in all places I have been visiting so far here in Australia. I forgot to bring my camera so there are no pictures now.
Some weeks ago I went to the Great Ocean Road and the Grampians again. Pretty much the same route, but in three instead of five days. Although it is winter here we once again had a very nice time.
Sydney
During the Easter holidays I went to Sydney for about five days (as you can see from the too obvious picture). It was a nice break for my major project which I handed in this Monday, and which was the reason for not logging, calling and writing for quite a while. Sorry for that. Well, so I went to Sydney. Basically, except the standard tour Opera House, Botanical Garden and Harbour Bridge, I concentrated on pubs, and in fact there are a lot of them. My favourite is "The Old Fitzroy Hotel" in Woolloomooloo: very comfortable, includes a small theatre, a great bistro offering delicious laksa - just a very nice and relaxed athmosphere. Unfortunately there´s a rub in it: It closes around twelve which is a shame. It would the perfect place to end an evening.
Australian East Coast - Part One: Brisbane and the Glasshouse Mountains
From November 25 to December 24 I was travelling with some friends (Andrea, Andreas, Peter and Tim) along the Australian east coast. We took the greyhound bus from Brisbane up to Cairnes. The stations were: Brisbane - Noosa - Rainbow Beach - Fraser Island - Rainbow Beach - Rockhampton - Airlie Beach - Whitsunday Islands - Airlie Beach - Townsville - Mission Beach - Innisfail - Mission Beach - Cairnes.
We left Melbourne on November 25 to go to Brisbane by plane. There we catched up with our fellow students Andrea and Peter who did their semester abroad in Sydney. The picture above is the landscape around Brisbane on a one-day-trip to the Glasshouse Mountains and the Rainforest there.
Australian East Coast - Part Two: Fraser Island
If this is true Fraser Island is the hugest sand island in the world. It's quite close to the land so you get there by ferry in aproximately five minutes. As you probably don´t want to walk the 75 kilometres along the beach you should consider to take a jeep then. We did so and had three great days on the island.
Australian East Coast - Part Three: The Whitsunday Islands
After Fraser Island we arrived at Airlie Beach. The next day we took a three-day sailing trip to the Whitsunday Islands. Last minute, we booked ten minutes before the ship should leave.
Australian East Coast - Part Four: Townsville
This is the lookout point of Townsville which was quite close to our backpacker hotel. Townsville was a short stop while travelling. We went to a nice aquarium there and to destroy the las little piece of hope to swim in the sea we watched the Imax movie 'Island Of The Sharks'. I fear stinger suits are not shark-resistant.
Australian East Coast - Part Five: Mission Beach
We stayed in Mission Beach for about one week. It was quite pleasant that - compared to most other parts of the east coast - tourism kept within limits.
Australian East Coast - Part Six: Innisfail Crocodile Farm
During our stay in Mission Beach we made a one day trip, hired a car and had a look at the area around. The first stop was the crocodile farm in Innisfail. Jurassic.
The first four ones are Emus, the last one is Tim.
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