We woke up at 11am and drove to the next town to get petrol (we were not sure to make it – I calculated afterwards that we probably had 4L left). We wanted to head back straight to Melbourne with ...
We left her place at 3.30pm and we drove to Jervis bay, which took us 2hrs. Once there we faced an entry of the national park where the employee told us that there was no available camp site left. ...
We woke up at 11am, packed up rapidly after breakfast and crossed the forest to the beach, where we met a fisherman and its dog. We hit back the road to Woolongong, 100kms south of Sydney, and ...
We woke up with the sound of the music, very nice. We drove towards Sydney (300kms) and stopped by a national park close to Kempsey. We were surrounded by some kind of tropical trees and found ...
We should have checked out at 10am but were quite tired and decided to stay another night in order to enjoy peacefully the day in this artistic hippy town which attracted more tourists than I ...
We left at 1.30pm for the Quicksilver surf championship at Tweed Head, close to Gold Coast. The competition was not on at the time but there were some good surfers (one even swam with a dolphin). ...
Packed up everything straight after waking up at 7am, left at 7.30am and went to the port to approach the dolphins very near. We took a shower in the public amenities, cleaned the car and hit the ...
We woke up at 7am in order to have breakfast and be at 8am in the bus – we were not late this time! In fact, the annoying point in the tour was a tight schedule to see things with a very strict ...
We woke up at 6.30am and arrived just on time at the appointment at 7.45am. We arrived at Fraser island at 9am. The island is listed as a world heritage because it is totally composed of sand, ...
We woke up at 10am and left at 12pm for Hervey Bay. On the way we stopped in a shopping centre to eat and get water (after having been sick with the river smelling water of Taree I decided to buy ...
We checked out at 10am, took a shower and ate lunch. We went for a 5 kms walk in the national park, departing from the camp site. We parked on the track leading to the camp and started walking in ...
In the day we realised that it was a caravan park mostly inhabited by grey nomads, the Australian elderlies selling their house in order to get a good camping van and travel around the country – ...
After a second night in the camping surrounded by skyscrapers we checked out at 10am, we went for a swim in the swimming pool of the camp site, and went to Safeway in order to get ice and food for ...
We woke up at 11am, went shopping until 5pm and enjoyed the beach until night, 7pm in Queensland because they do not have daylight saving. The beach was very nice and not as crowded as I expected, ...
We woke up at 10am, packed up and were ready at 12pm. We went to the beach until 4pm. I tried to fish there but the current was too strong and brought my sinker back to the beach all the time. We ...
We woke up at 7am and went to the beach. We were surprised to see so many 4WD driving along the beach. We went back to sleep until 11am, packed up and went to the beach for a swim because the sun ...
We woke up at 11am, assuming that the car will not be ready this time! I called, nobody answered, we went then there at 1pm and were surprised to hear that the car was fixed. We exchanged the yens ...
We woke up at 9am and packed up to get the car – the day before they told us that it will be ready for lunch. We arrived there but the car was not ready. We booked another night. The weather ...
We brought the car to the garage where they told us that it could take up to Friday and cost more than $1,000. We looked for another motel close by the repair shop and we went shopping. I started ...
We woke up at 9am by a ranger asking us to pay the camp site fees. We went back to bed until 12pm. It was raining and we packed up painfully until 2pm. I checked the car which lost 2L of coolant ...
We woke up at 11.30am because we did not hear the alarm. We went to see Linda at her workplace close by at 12.30pm and said her bye. We hit the road at 2pm. I drove under the rain and stopped ...
We woke up at 1pm, Linda was still asleep (she woke up at 4pm actually). We did not do much, just took it easy, the weather conditions being so bad. We watched TV and prepared the dinner for them. ...
We woke up at 11am, instead of 9am. It was raining outside, we did not have much incentives to go out. I did not have any back pain anymore in Linda's bed – that was miraculous. It was very ...
We woke up at 11am, headed off at 2pm for Sydney (Canberra originally). We found Linda Hemmert's place (my parcel's friend having the same name as me :)) quite easily, arriving at 8pm. They ...
We woke up at 1pm and left at 4pm for the Yarrangobily caves. We stopped on the way to see an abandoned village. The caves were numerous, in the mountains, over a beautiful view: many hills ...
We left at 3pm and we arrived at 9pm at the entry of the snowy mountains, close to a lake at a free camp site. On the way we drove through a thick smoke, due to the bush fires (black Saturday few ...
Français Vu que nous avons beaucoup d'espace dans le jardin nous avons commencé à faire un jardin accueillant pour l'instant des tomates, des petits pois, du persil, des épinards et de la menthe. ...
Français Mes collocataires m'appellent car ils entendaient un bruit étrange en face de leur chambre. Je prends ma torche dans la voiture et nous cherchons une dizaine de minutes pour trouver la ...
Français Nozomi a acheté un piano d'occasion pour $200 après négotiation. Lorsque l'accordeur est venu il lui a fait savoir que le piano avait plus d'un siècle! English Nozomi bought a piano for ...
Français A la fin d'une soirée avec mes collocataires japonais, après de nombreux verres et un film de Michael Moore, je les ai interrogés sur différents points concernant leur pays. Tout d'abord ...
FRANCAIS Avant le jour national australien appelé Australian Day, nous sommes allés à une des plus renommées soirées gothiques de Melbourne, Golgotha. La soirée a eu lieu à l’Insignia. Avant cela ...
FRANCAIS Comme il a été dit dans le précédent article, après avoir rencontré de nombreux problèmes avec mes colocataires, tels l’empreint non autorisé de mon véhicule juste avant un examen, des ...
FRANCAIS Voici, nous y arrivons; Ici s’arrête notre histoire passionnelle après six mois de pleurs, de joie et de rire. Cette séparation a été très difficile. Nous avons passé la dernière nuit ...
FRANCAIS Encore une remise de diplôme! Ici Chie porte une sorte de Kimono nommé Yukata. ENGLISH A graduation ceremony again! Here Chie is wearing a Yukata.
FRANCAIS Vivant en Australie je peux jouir à moi seul d'un espace de 384 615 m² - la densité étant de 2.6 habitants/km2 seulement ! ENGLISH Living in Australia I can enjoy 384 615 m² just for ...
FRANCAIS Quoi de meilleur que de pratiquer cet art mystique, incompris par l‘occident, avec les personnes originaires du pays l’ayant conçu? ENGLISH What's the best thing than practicing this ...
FRANCAIS Ici nous sommes a la remise de diplôme de mon colloque avec un prof terminant la cérémonie avec un chant australien! C’est le côté british des australiens J ENGLISH Here we are on the ...
Francais Devinez vous a quoi cet instrument sert? Les japonais usent cet objet appelé mimikaki afin de se nettoyer l’intérieur des oreilles tel un coton tige :). English Guess what's the purpose ...
FRANCAIS Il est un de ces dimanches matin où vous vous réveiller sans vraiment comprendre ce qui se passe. Vous émergez doucement et vous vous apercevez qu’un petit bout de femme est assis à vos ...
FRANCAIS Fini le squat dans cet appart… La colloque est revenue. C’est dommage car j’ai pu apprécier la cuisine japonaise pendant deux semaines au quotidien :). ENGLISH The squat in this place is ...