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Melbourne

Well, we have been here in Melbourne for the past few days and it is definitely a different Australia to the Australia that we have seen up to now. Our first impression of Melbourne is that it is a metropolis. It has a nice skyline with sky scrapers, office buildings and a victorian era trainContinue reading “Melbourne”

The road to Melbourne

Well after a month in South Australia it was time to move on. After all there are 6 states in total and two territories (NT and ACT), which in effect do function as States though. We had to swap our hired car as the inspection light came on, so after sweet talking Bill the GreekContinue reading “The road to Melbourne”

The Red Center

Well, it has been a month since we arrived in Australia and about half our time here has passed. It has been a wonderful month… an awesome month. One thing that you realize once you are on the same road for over 600km and seen road signs advertising rest areas 500km ahead, a road whereContinue reading “The Red Center”

Stuart Highway

Well, on the 22nd of Feb we were all ready to go. We woke up early, too early for Beth but exactly right when you consider that midday on our road the temperatures could reach 40C plus easily. If you have a map go take it out and trace your finger along the route thatContinue reading “Stuart Highway”

Adelaide Hills, the Wine Country and the beach town

This past week we have spent meeting with friends of Beth and Beth’s parents. Beth left Australia in 1981 and she was 8 years old at that time. I am surprised how much she remembers from back then. Of course they had seen each other since then but there was a lot of talk aboutContinue reading “Adelaide Hills, the Wine Country and the beach town”

Adelaide, SA – Part 3

Adelaide seems to be one of the forgotten cities in Australia. It seems forgotten as not many people outside this country have heard anything about it, and within Australia it seems to be bypassed by just about everybody, they go to Perth or Melbourne, of course Sydney, maybe Brisbane but not Adelaide. We have notContinue reading “Adelaide, SA – Part 3”

Our first Outback Experience – Part 2

Although we had seen signs warnings us of Kangaroos we had not seen one yet but as soon as we turned off the main road to head to Wilpena Pound Resort (a fancy name for an excellent motel that was trying to be more than it should) we saw Emus and Kangaroos. There is somethingContinue reading “Our first Outback Experience – Part 2”

Our first experience in the Outback – Part 1

Before I go on to describe our excursion into the Flinders Ranges, which in effect is in the Outback I want to give you an idea of how big and diversified Australia is. The basics that you might have heard before is that Australia is the only continent that is a country and the only country thatContinue reading “Our first experience in the Outback – Part 1”

A quick update

I have finally managed to get an internet connection. I had to, Lost was on a couple days ago and there is no way I am going to miss an episode, not now… ….not in the final season. Well, we had a thunderstorm yesterday and we rushed back to the hotel as flash floods areContinue reading “A quick update”

Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Ranges, SA

After a long drive through wondeful country roads we have made it to Wilpena Pound, the hotel here is great, Kangaroos and Emu all over the place. It is hot, we had more than 40C all day yesterday. Flew over the Pound, amazing! We will hike around for the next couple days and then backContinue reading “Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Ranges, SA”

Adelaide, SA – Part 2

Well, here we are more or less where I last left off. We have explored the surroundings a little bit and met many of Beth’s friends from the old times. We visited the Museum of South Australia in Adelaide, a very interesting museum about Aboriginal history and culture and also the civilizations of the Pacific.Continue reading “Adelaide, SA – Part 2”

Adelaide, SA

The driest city in the driest continent, that is what the say about Adelaide. The city was named after a German Queen, who married William IV and became the Queen of the UK and Ireland. As we approached the city we could see a brown landscape, I expected more green. The city sprawls for miles inContinue reading “Adelaide, SA”