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11 février 2014

newcastle

I felt, like in the United Kingdom today, we first visited Newcastle a city of about 150,000 people (500,000 including the outer suburbs). The city looks shabby because it is an industrial place, huge super tankers can anchor in the port. It is also the...

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17 février 2014

glass house mountains

Third and last day in the Queensland. We have spent a few hours in the Glass house Mountains which is a range a dormant volcanoes, active 25 millions years ago. The range was named by James Cook as it remembered him the Glass house of his homeland. Aboriginal...

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18 février 2014

West MacDonnell NP

Getting very close to the end now and it is desert time. Alice Springs is probably the main gateway to that part of the country so it is where we touched down around 9am. After a useless detour to Maccas as I do not have a visa yet, we drove west of Alice...

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15 février 2014

Gold Coast

Chilling out was the master word today. On the Gold Coast I met up with a old kiwi mate in another state, another day. The beach is sitting at the bottom of skyscrapers so it is quite easy to reach the beach from the city centre. The highest building...

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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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23 janvier 2014

Freycinet National ark

The coastal jewel of Tasmania, this is the description of Freycinet National Park and when you see it you cannot agree more. Dramatic cliffs, golden beaches and sandy bay compose the park. Wineglass bay is apparently one of the most photographed bay in...

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23 janvier 2014

Hobart and Tasman National Park

Breaking News, It can be raining in Australia. Everything had started so well or almost, my phone fell off my bed during the night and when I woke up I found it on the floor, battery out and hidden on someone else’s bed. But anyway, sunny in Hobart, nice...

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20 janvier 2014

Mount Field NP and South west NP

Third and last day in the wild west Tasmania and two more National Park in my basket. The first one Mount field is a small alpine park. I stayed there for a wee while as my main destination for the day was the South West NP. It was really liveable to...

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17 janvier 2014

Launceston

My NZ trip over, it is not making any sense to upload the australian pictures on the NZ blog, so it is time to start a new blog that will be a lot shorter for sure. And for a start in Australia, what a start. First the temperature, Summer is not pissing...

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20 janvier 2014

Cradle Mountain

Wild Tasmania, here I am. My destination today was Cradle Mountain National Park. That park is classified as a world heritage area due to its wild and intact nature. Entering a national park in Tasmania imply an entry fee. So I paid 60 dollars to have...

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20 janvier 2014

Lake Plimsoll-Queenstown-Lake Burbury, Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park and Lake St. Clair National Park

The next step of my Tasmanian trip is along the Lyell Highway, still in the world heritage area. On the way to Lake St Clair, I have had several stopovers that I did not expect when I planned my journey. The first one was at Lake Plimsoll which is a beautiful...

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23 janvier 2014

Bicheno and Douglas Aspley NP

My last day in Tasmania, Time goes by to quickly. It is for sure an awesome state. As I had the whole morning free, I left Bicheno around 6.30am to have a stroll in the Douglas-Apsley National Park. The hiking of 3 hours to the Apsley gorge was perfect...

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24 janvier 2014

Adelaide

The day started in a taxi as we needed to go and pick up the car. When we arrived at the office I finally understood why the credit card did not work. My dear dad changed it before flying over here. Obviously, it cannot work. The car collected, we went...

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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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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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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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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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4 février 2014

Kosciuszko NP

Finally a bit of fresh air in the Australian highlands. After a stormy night, we discovered a misty morning with a wee hope to have a panoramic view over the Mount Kosciuszko National Park once at the top of its highest peak which is without any doubt...

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6 février 2014

Booderee NP

From Canberra to the coast it is about 2 hours and a half drive. Jervis bay was the step of the day, in the Booderee National Park to be accurate. A pleasant tramp winds through a forest and along the coast ending up at St George Head where dramatic views...

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7 février 2014

grand pacific drive

Today, we visited the second National Park created in the world after Yellowstone but it is actually the first named as it is (Yellowstone was not called a National Park when created). From Wollongong to the visitor centre it is a bit more than one hour...

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8 février 2014

Nattai NP and lake Burragorang

Hot temperatures are coming back and we are getting closer to the Blue Mountains, it seems like we will have a great day tomorrow. But for today the Nattai National Park was our destination. It is actually part of the greater Blue Mountains world heritage...

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9 février 2014

blue mountains NP and Katoomba

Blue Mountains, probably the highlights of our trip. The name of those mountains comes from the blue tinge the range takes on when seen from away. Katoomba, the main gateway to the national park, is ideally situated on the edge of high cliffs dropping...

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10 février 2014

AWWP

More than 3 hours to go from Katoomba to the wildlife park for only 136 kms, a huge accident on the motorway and here we are on busy suburb streets a monday morning during the rush hour to try to get to the park, it was obviously a lost cause considering...

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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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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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