28 Octobre 09 – Perth, Australie – Je rencontre deux personnes à France – Ludi et Stephane. Ils ont une camionette. Alors mes plans ont changé. Je voyagerai nord avec les à Darwin. Il y a du vent au nord. Alors, je vais au nord.
( I met Ludi et Steph in Perth. They own a van. So, my plans have changed again. I will travel north with them to Darwin. I am learning to allow the winds to direct me. The unknown is far more exciting)
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
J'ai changé d'avis (Change of Plans)
24 Oct 09 – J'ai pris l'avion jusqu'à Perth, Australie. Woolworths (supermarché) fermé à cinq heure. C’est cinq heure et vingt ! Pas de nourriture pour ce soir. Bienvenue à western australia. Je pars de Perth tout à l'heure. Je voyagerai à l’Outback cette semaine. Il y a peu gens dans l’Outback et on peut conduire tout de jour et ne voir pas aucun. J’ai changé mes plans. Mon plans precedents: New Lambton, Melbourne, Apollo Bay, Port Fairy, The Grampions, Esperance, Walpole, Coral Bay. La problem est que la saison de pluie commences à la fin de novembre à la fin de décembre. Je se rendre compte de je ne pouvais pas aller à Coral Bay durant ce temps. Je me sens sous pression. Donc, j’ai acheté un billet de vol de Sydney à Perth – $228 AUD. J'irai en sens inverse.
(I flew to Perth, Australia. Woolworths (supermarket) closed at 5pm. It’s 5:20pm. No food tonight. Welcome to Western Australia. I will leave Perth soon. I will travel to the Outback this week. There are few people and one can drive all day and not see anyone. I changed my plans. I was going to travel from my friend’s place in New Lambton, NSW, Australia south to Melbourne, Apollo Bay, Port Fairy, The Grampions, Esperance, Walpole, Coral Bay. The problem is that Coral Bay is heading into the northern half of Western Australia and wet season is coming soon. I realized I would have had to rush to do this plan and I felt anxious and stressed. Then, I stopped myself and realized I on vacation. So, I got on the computer and found a flight for the next day from Sydney to Perth for $228 total! And so I changed my plans. I am starting in Coral Bay area and moving as the wind takes me. I will do my plans in reverse)
(I flew to Perth, Australia. Woolworths (supermarket) closed at 5pm. It’s 5:20pm. No food tonight. Welcome to Western Australia. I will leave Perth soon. I will travel to the Outback this week. There are few people and one can drive all day and not see anyone. I changed my plans. I was going to travel from my friend’s place in New Lambton, NSW, Australia south to Melbourne, Apollo Bay, Port Fairy, The Grampions, Esperance, Walpole, Coral Bay. The problem is that Coral Bay is heading into the northern half of Western Australia and wet season is coming soon. I realized I would have had to rush to do this plan and I felt anxious and stressed. Then, I stopped myself and realized I on vacation. So, I got on the computer and found a flight for the next day from Sydney to Perth for $228 total! And so I changed my plans. I am starting in Coral Bay area and moving as the wind takes me. I will do my plans in reverse)
Mon Ami Dave (my friend Dave)
23 Oct 09 - Mon favorite Australien. Il est trés simpas, fiable et généreux. C'est un honneur le savoir. Il m'a permettre avoir des bagages à son maison. Merci, Dave! Sa maison est trés cool!
(My favorite Australien. He is very nice, trustworthy and generous. It's an honor to knoz him. He has let me keep some of my things at his house while I travel. Thanks, Dave!)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Un téléphone d'Optus sur Le Savannah Way, Australie (Optus téléphone on the Savannah Way, Australie)
Voilà ce qui se passe quand on a la service avec Optus(téléphone portable) - Pas de signal! Je n'ai pas eu signal de telephone portable sur le Savannah Way - pour deux semaines! Cette telephone a ete attachee a un arbre un peu cents km de n'importe qui. Il n'y a pas des cables ou signal. LOL!!! Je vous suggere de vous visiter l'Australie que vous echappez a Optus...
(This is what happens when you have service with Optus (portable telephone) - no signal! I didn't have a telephone signal on the Savannah Way - for 2 weeks! This telephone was attached to a tree a few hundred km from anybody. There are no cables or signal. LOL! I suggest that you avoid Optus if you visit Australia...)
Nimbin - Australie...La Ville du Hippie (The Town of the Hippie)
Nimbin est une ville hippie. C'est un lieu tranquille. Mais, c'est marrant. Ca sent le cannibis presque partout et il y a les policiers de regarder dans les buissons! Peut-etre, les policiers sont....
(Nimbin is an old hippie town. It's a laid-back place. But, it's strange. It smells like pot almost everywhere and the police are looking in the bushes! Perhaps, the police are....)
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Fraser Island, Australie (Fraser Island, Australia)
6-11 Octobre 09 - Sur Fraser Island - Fraser Island et le Savannah Way sont ma region prefere dans l'Australie. Les 4x4 routes sur le Fraser Island sont la plus difficile que j'ai ete sur dans l'Australie. Il a les routes sauvages!!! Kate, 4x4, a accompli l'ile. En bas, en haut, en bas, en haut... Les choses dedans le 4x4 a rebondi la plupart du temps. Beaucoup de 4x4 rester coincé dans le sable moins fort. Beaucoup de gens n'avont pas de experience avec 4x4. Un personne a su faire les roues a 4x4. Une autre personne n'a su pas le psi du pneu a 16-20 psi. La premiere nuit - nous avons campe sur la plage bien loin de l'ocean. Dans le matin, la maree a ete 3 m de notre 4x4. Eli Creek - On devrait traverser Eli Creek dans 2 heures de la maree basse. Nous avons arrive 3.5 heures de la maree basse. Nous avons le traverse. O.O Lake Mackenzie - Nous avons rencontre Flamm aussi (le premier temps a ete a Deepwater National Park). Quelle chance! Le sable blanc a Lake Mackenzie est comparable à Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday Island, Australia. Le sable a senti tres doucement. J'ai fait un petit somme ici. Le route 4x4 de Lake Yabby a la cote-est de l'ile a ete tres sauvage. Six 4x4 sont restes coinces dans le sable. Mes bras ont ete tres fatigue apres six 4x4. Trois du 4x4 (y compris notre 4x4) avons pris la route comme un convoi. Donc, nous avons campe a la plage. Un dingo m'a passe a 1.5 m durant dejeuner. Ses yeux a eu un regard sauvage.
(Fraser Island and the Savannah Way are my two favorite places in all of australia. 4x4 driving on Fraser is by far the most difficult I have been on in all of australia. The unsealed roads are savage!! Kate (my friend's 4x4) did well as usual. Up down. Up down. Up down..... Many people's 4x4 got stuck in the soft sand. Many inexperienced drivers on it as well. One person didnt want to lower the pressures in his tires to 16-20 psi because he was concerned about going over rocks and sticks... ooookkkkkaaaayyyyy,,, riiiggghhhttt. The first night we slept on the beach between the sandbank and the ocean..mistake. We woke up in the morning with the tide 3 meters from our 4x4. We quickly left. We got to Eli Creek 3.5 hours from low tide.. We were supposed to traverse it within 2 hours of low tide. Yikes. We crossed it but wow. At Lake MacKenzie we met up with Flamm again. How lucky! (he is the man we met in Deepwater National Park I talked about in another post). The sand here was comparable to Whitehaven Beach and this is an inland lake. It is silky soft sand and I took a nap on it. I was eating some noodles for lunch and a dingo walked within 1.5 meters of me. His eyes looked wild! Lake Yabby to the Beach was the most boggy area we went through. 6 4x4 got stuck in the deep soft sand.. My arms were so tired by the end of digging them out. 3 of us in 4x4 followed each other to the beach campsite to ensure all of us making it. The sun was setting quick).
(Fraser Island and the Savannah Way are my two favorite places in all of australia. 4x4 driving on Fraser is by far the most difficult I have been on in all of australia. The unsealed roads are savage!! Kate (my friend's 4x4) did well as usual. Up down. Up down. Up down..... Many people's 4x4 got stuck in the soft sand. Many inexperienced drivers on it as well. One person didnt want to lower the pressures in his tires to 16-20 psi because he was concerned about going over rocks and sticks... ooookkkkkaaaayyyyy,,, riiiggghhhttt. The first night we slept on the beach between the sandbank and the ocean..mistake. We woke up in the morning with the tide 3 meters from our 4x4. We quickly left. We got to Eli Creek 3.5 hours from low tide.. We were supposed to traverse it within 2 hours of low tide. Yikes. We crossed it but wow. At Lake MacKenzie we met up with Flamm again. How lucky! (he is the man we met in Deepwater National Park I talked about in another post). The sand here was comparable to Whitehaven Beach and this is an inland lake. It is silky soft sand and I took a nap on it. I was eating some noodles for lunch and a dingo walked within 1.5 meters of me. His eyes looked wild! Lake Yabby to the Beach was the most boggy area we went through. 6 4x4 got stuck in the deep soft sand.. My arms were so tired by the end of digging them out. 3 of us in 4x4 followed each other to the beach campsite to ensure all of us making it. The sun was setting quick).
Le Bear de Bundaberg (The Bear of Bundaberg) - Australia
5 Octobre 09 - Bundaberg, Australie - La ville du Bundaberg Rhum et de Bundaberg boisson gazeuse au gingembre! Délicieuxf! Mon ami a pris un photo de moi devant du grand Bundaberg Bear. Tout les deux le bear et moi avons eu un sourire jusqu'aux oreilles.
(Bundaberg, Australia - the town of Bundaberg rum and Bundaberg ginger beer! Delicious! My friend took a photo of me in front of the Bundaberg Bear. both the Bear and me grinned from ear to ear)
(Bundaberg, Australia - the town of Bundaberg rum and Bundaberg ginger beer! Delicious! My friend took a photo of me in front of the Bundaberg Bear. both the Bear and me grinned from ear to ear)
Deepwater National Park
4 Octobre 09 - Sud de Town of 1770, d, nous avons rencontré Flamm (Allemand/Francais) dans Deepwater National Park. Nous avons eu diner pres la plage et nous avons parle de ses voyages tout autour le monde. Il a voyage pour 5 ans dans les deux dernières années. Wouaou!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(South of Town of 1770, we met Flamm (German/French) in Deepwater National Park. We had dinner with him near the beach and we talked about travels around the world. He has travelled for 5 years total in the past 12 years!!!!! Wow!)
(South of Town of 1770, we met Flamm (German/French) in Deepwater National Park. We had dinner with him near the beach and we talked about travels around the world. He has travelled for 5 years total in the past 12 years!!!!! Wow!)
Rocky Point a Round Hill Head dans l'Australie (Rocky Point Australia)
4 Octobre 09 - nous sommes monte a Rocky Point. Nous avons porte le sandales! Vive la Sandales! Prochain, nous sommes monte un palmier et nous avons pris les photos de nous vacillement sur le palmier.
(we climbed Rocky Point. We did it in our sandales! (or thongs as Australians call them). Long live sandales! Next, we climbed a palmtree and took photos of us swinging on the palmtree)
(we climbed Rocky Point. We did it in our sandales! (or thongs as Australians call them). Long live sandales! Next, we climbed a palmtree and took photos of us swinging on the palmtree)
Tropique du Capricorne a Rockhampton (Tropic of Capricorn in Rockhampton)
3 Octobre 09 - Nous sommes allees a la marque du Tropique de Capricorn a Rockhampton, Australie. J'ai saute d'un cote a l'autre cote de la marque du tropique. Le monde sent un peu moins grand maintenant.
(we went to the line of the Tropic of Capricon at Rockhampton, Australia. I stood on each side ot the Tropic line and hopped from one side to the other. The world is not so large to me now).
(we went to the line of the Tropic of Capricon at Rockhampton, Australia. I stood on each side ot the Tropic line and hopped from one side to the other. The world is not so large to me now).
Plus des Whitsundays, Australie (More of the Whitsundays, Australia)
2 Octobre 09 - Whitsundays, Australie- je ne pouvasi pas nager au corail de Border Island parce que je besoin de garder seche ma tatuage pour un petit more temps. Erin de Reefjet m'a fait sur a petit bateau avec les lunettes de plongée voir les corails et les poissons de beaucoup d'espaces. J'ai trouve le corail ici plus que le corail a la Grande Barriere de Corail parce qu'il y a plus especes du corail ici. Je m'ai le mal de mer!
(Whitsundays, Australia - I could not swim in the water at the coral around Border Island because my new tattoo is supposed to kept dry for a little while longer. Erin, Reefjet tourboat person, took me on a dingy with a viewer I put into the water to see all the coral and fish. There were so many species of coral and colorful fish here. I liked the coral here over the Coral at the Great Barrier Reef off of Cairns because there were so many fragile species of coral at Border Island. I even got seasick!).
(Whitsundays, Australia - I could not swim in the water at the coral around Border Island because my new tattoo is supposed to kept dry for a little while longer. Erin, Reefjet tourboat person, took me on a dingy with a viewer I put into the water to see all the coral and fish. There were so many species of coral and colorful fish here. I liked the coral here over the Coral at the Great Barrier Reef off of Cairns because there were so many fragile species of coral at Border Island. I even got seasick!).
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Planton Island, Whitsundays, Australia
29 Septembre a 1 Octobre 09 - Planton Island, Whitsundays, Australia - Notre ile pour trois jours parce que seulement un terrain de camping. La ile des amis Sarah, Nicole, Simon et moi-meme. :) Mon ami Simon et moi avons fait un radeau s'appelle HMS Kate (Son 4x4 s'appelle Kate) avec du bois échappé et des la plantes grimpantes. Donc, nous sommes alle faire un tour tout autour l'ile pres le corail. J'ai lu un livre de francais pendant que j'ai relache sur la hamac de plantes grimpantes. C'est la vie!
(Planton Island, Whitsundays, Australia - It was our island for 3 days because only one campsite for the island. The Island of Sarah, Simon, Nicole and I! My friend Simon and I made a raft called HMS Kate (his 4x4 truck is called Kate) out of drift wood and vines. Then, we "sailed" around part of Planton Island on it near the coral. I read my french novel while relaxing on a hamack made of vines. It's a rough life!)
(Planton Island, Whitsundays, Australia - It was our island for 3 days because only one campsite for the island. The Island of Sarah, Simon, Nicole and I! My friend Simon and I made a raft called HMS Kate (his 4x4 truck is called Kate) out of drift wood and vines. Then, we "sailed" around part of Planton Island on it near the coral. I read my french novel while relaxing on a hamack made of vines. It's a rough life!)
Le Grand "I" pour le Centre d'information (The Great "I" (for information center"))
28 Septembre 09 - Airlie Beach, Hervey Bay, et. - J'ai pense que tous les centres avec le lettre "I" ete du gouvernement. Pas en l'Australie. Beaucoup d'offices sont societes de tourismes.
(Airlie Beach, Hervey Bay, etc..ad nauseum. I thought the "I" were all government information centers. Not in Australia. Alot of em are private tourist booking agencies)
(Airlie Beach, Hervey Bay, etc..ad nauseum. I thought the "I" were all government information centers. Not in Australia. Alot of em are private tourist booking agencies)
Bowen, Australie (Bowen, Australia)
27 Septembre 09 - Bowen - Nous avons redescendu un 4x4 route de la colline a Bowen. Me manque les routes de 4x4 dans l'outback.
(Bowen - we descended down from a hill in Bowen which was a 4x4 track. I miss the outback in Australia)
(Bowen - we descended down from a hill in Bowen which was a 4x4 track. I miss the outback in Australia)
Ferme (Closed)
26 Septembre 09 - Tous les magasins ont ferme quand nous sommes arrive a Townsville, Australie parce que il etait un salon de l'aéronautique.
(all of the stores in Townsvill, Australia were CLOSED because there was an airshow...:( )
(all of the stores in Townsvill, Australia were CLOSED because there was an airshow...:( )
Tully, Australie (Tully, Australia)
25 Septembre 09 - Tully, Australie - Nous sommes montees le 7.9 metre "Gumboot". Il represente la chute de pluie la plus haute dans l'Australie dans un annee.
(Tully, Australia - We climbed the 7.9 meter "Gumboot". It represents the highest annual rainfall recorded in all of Australia).
(Tully, Australia - We climbed the 7.9 meter "Gumboot". It represents the highest annual rainfall recorded in all of Australia).
Atherton, Australie (Atherton, Australia)
24 Septembre 09 - Atherton - Mes Amies Sarah, Nicole, Simon et moi nous avons mange sundaes pendant que Simon etait facon une video pour l'anniversaire de son grande-mere. Trois heures. >.<
(Atherton - my friend's Sarah (Germany), Nicole (Germany) and Simon (England) ate sundaes while Simon was making a video for his grandmother's birthday. 3 hours!)
(Atherton - my friend's Sarah (Germany), Nicole (Germany) and Simon (England) ate sundaes while Simon was making a video for his grandmother's birthday. 3 hours!)
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