Australia 2013

The last days in Australia. Only a few hundred km to Sydney. We are moving on along the Murray River. The area is dominated by fruits, vegetables and wine. The vegetation is greener again. You can see that the environment is more water-rich. 28.03.Echuca, also on the Murray River, once had the largest inland port…

22.03.We left Uluru and continued to Kings Canyon. The distance was “only” 300 km, a walk. At Kings Canyon there is only a small resort with a gas station, a small shop, bar, restaurant and accommodation from camping to luxury. When booking the hostel something went wrong and when we arrived we were five people…

We arrive in the Barossa Valley on Sunday 17.03 at about noon. There are a lot of parks around the center, like a green belt. Time zone changed and we won half an hour. Yes, you read correctly, half an hour. When checking in at the hostel, the counter person gave us a tip where…

15.05.  We are leaving Robe and heading to Barossa Valley. While the population in south east Australia is very dense, we are driving kilometer for kilometer through empty regions, often just straight ahead. The navi says “38km tip the next waypoint”, then “Stay 65km on this street”. We pass a few small villages on the…

We are leaving Melbourne on March 11th. Over the next few days we want to go to Adelaide along the Great Ocean Road. The 180km for this day is not so easy, as we have been out until late in Melbourne. We try to get to Apollo Bay as fast as possible and are happy…

We are staying in Melbourne for three nights. The preparations for the Grand Prix next weekend are already in progress. The fence around the race track is almost finished. But the track is still open and we are driving down the track. We can catch a sight on the boxes and breathe a little bit…

After a long flight I arrived at the Youth Hostel in Sydney on March 3rd at about 22:30. Just time enough for two welcome beers with my friends, before the bars closed. The next day we had a quick breakfast in a cafe close to the hostel, before we went to the airport to pick…

It is Saturday March 2nd. Today is the flight to Sydney. I spent the night at my parents home, my dad is supposed to bring me to the airport. We get up at about 3am. I take a quick shower and we start close to 4am to the airport. We don’t have breakfast. My dad…