Voyage au bout du monde

3 février 2014

Albury

Not much done today, mainly driving, we had a short stop in Albury, a nice wee city then we drove straight to Thredbo to settle in for the night before climbing to the top of Australia tomorrow. Just one fact today, I ran over a snake, it was crossing...

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2 février 2014

lake eildon NP

After a luxurious night in Healesville that we left 10 minutes before the checkout deadline (need to enjoy when you pay a lot ae) we went to Lake Eildon once again under a blazing sun for a tramp. After a short stop at the visitor centre and for the groceries...

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1 février 2014

Wilsons prom NP

The trip of the day was in Wilsons Promontory National Park. The “Prom” as Melbourne people calls it. This is where the southernmost point of the mainland is but we did not go there as it is a two days hike. Instead, we had a 17 kms stroll around Mount...

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1 février 2014

Melbourne

Melbourne, the second largest city in Australia after Sydney. A place of sport that welcomes the Australian formula 1 Grand prix and the first tennis open of the year and shelters three huge stadium, one of them with a capacity of 100,000 seats. Attempts...

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30 janvier 2014

ballarat

Ballarat, a Victorian city, one of the wealthiest cities in the world back in the 19th century owe to an important gold reserve in the subsoil. Before the gold rush period, the area was a quiet settlement used by 2 shepherds to feed the flocks, leaving...

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29 janvier 2014

great ocean road

Great Ocean road, one of the most famous Aussie handmade road built after the World War I with the help of explosives to give a job to the soldiers back from the european front. It lies from Port Campbell to Torquay over about 200kms and roughly follows...

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28 janvier 2014

Grampians and Port Fairy

I cannot say today was a bad day but I had some disappointment in going through it. Everything started well, with a great blue sky. But Australia in Summer with blue sky often rhymes with fire risk. Indeed at 8am the temperature was already higher than...

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28 janvier 2014

Canunda NP and Mount Gambier

First really hot day of the trip, We had a half day walk on the Limestone Coast in the Canunda National Park, where the flies pissed us off for most of the stroll but the coastline was extremely shaped by the erosion. Concerning Mount Gambier, that is...

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28 janvier 2014

Courong Country

A bit of New Zealand today on this Australian Day, 26th January, 2014. As we drove toward Kingston SE today, we boarded a ferry to get across the Murray River to reach Wellington (named Wellington Ferry). It is obviously nothing to do with the Cook Strait...

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25 janvier 2014

Fleurieu Peninsula

The road trip really started today as we left Adelaide in the morning after buying a new external hard drive because mine broke down yesterday night. After a short trip on Adelaide hills where we can find a few good spot to see the city, we drove down...

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