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Traveler Melbourne International 2019
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- Nov 28, 2019, 9:55am
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 256 ft
- Australia New South Wales Sydney Denham Court -33.975143, 150.8484533°58’31” S 150°50’54” E
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Day 15
Australasia Bethel
November 28, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Bethel Tour day! Incidentally we can smell the smoke from the bush fires. Also Sydney assembly hall!
Traveler The beautiful O in your organization Ryan!
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Traveler Other brothers died riding their bikes through Australia trying to preach?
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Traveler My question was for this pic. Sorry. New to this find penguins thing.
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Traveler Yeah, lots of stories about the brothers surviving getting through the bush, it took many lives. This one story of them crossing the country in coal fueled cars was crazy to reach a convention, the newspapers made fun of them and mocked them for their sure failure trying to make it. Needless to say, again, Jehovah made it happen
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Traveler backpacking down under
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- Sep 15, 2017
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 58 m
- Australia New South Wales Liverpool Austral -33.92886, 150.8002133°55’44” S 150°48’1” E
Day 364
Sydney
September 15, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
I stayed at my friend in adelaide and we did some slack-lining. That was really cool! It's basically walking on a rope without holding anywhing.

In Tuesday evening I started driving with my car towards Sydney. I drove about 250km. The next day I drove to gulbourn. I had to stop there because my car started to run really crappy. So I slept there and started the car the next day and everything was fine. On my way to Sydney the car started to run crappy again. But after 10 minutes it was over again.

I drove all the way to my friend mohamad. And helped him with a job. The next day I met up with another friend and did a hike in the royal national park. That was really nice.

In the end of the afternoon I drove towards the city centre. Halfway my car started to run really crappy and I could barely get to a side road to get a safe spot.

There I called road assistance and they came after an hour and told me the pickup sensor from the Ignition was bad and had to replace it. The car still runs fine if it's cold but when it's warm then it gets problems. it was to far back so I got towed away for free because I was an premium member. Then I got an free cab to the the hostel I was staying (normally $140 for the taxi!).Read more
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Johannes Büchl Auszeit bei den Aussies
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- Feb 24, 2017, 1:00pm
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 241 m
- Australia New South Wales Wollondilly Picton -34.18333, 150.634°10’60” S 150°36’0” E
Day 177
Training für den Rückflug
February 24, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
...war das hier natürlich nicht, sondern eine Sache, die ich auch in Deutschland schon lange mal machen wollte. Dann hab ich mir gedacht: Wieso nicht beim ersten Mal über der schönsten Stadt, die ich auf dieser Reise gesehen habe?

Und so kams dann. Aber hätte mich John, mein Jump Master, nicht geschubst, wäre ich natürlich NIE ausgestiegen :) Und vor lauter Aufregung und/oder Schiss habe ich glaub ich auch nicht gespürt, was so ein Sprung an Adrenalin freisetzen kann. Eine Wiederholung ist wohl irgendwann nötig.Read more
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Romane chez les kangourous
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- Dec 3, 2023, 1:29pm
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 134 m
- Australia New South Wales Wollongong Thirroul Bulli Pass -34.311245, 150.91006534°18’40” S 150°54’36” E
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Day 171
surprise !!!!
December 3, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
hier, mes copines m’ont fait croire qu’on allait au restaurant, avant que je comprenne qu’on me faisait une surprise pour fêter mon prochain départ…
Toute ma famille d’accueil, les voisins et mes copines réunies !!!
Une journée incroyable qui a évidemment fini sous la pluie !!!Read more
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Traveler backpacking down under
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- Apr 9, 2017
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitude: 64 m
- Australia New South Wales Campbelltown Raymond Reserve -34.06031, 150.812134°3’37” S 150°48’44” E
Day 205
Melbourne & Sydney
April 9, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
In Melbourne I stayed a couple of days and met some old friends. I also went skydiving in barwon, it was really cheap! Only $40 a jump including gear!

One friend already booked a flight to Sydney but she went anyway with me with the car to Sydney. On our way we stayed on the dropzone in Nagambie. In the morning I did 2 jumps, first jump I did a frontflip out of the plane, that was pretty awsome! After our dock I did a 360 and afterwards a backflip. During the flip I got accidentally in sit-fly position. But got back on my belly again. After opening of the canopy I had no penetration so I had to land off dropzone. And that was 1km off dropzone so pretty far away. They came to get me with the car. Now I'm on 41 jumps.

Then we left towards Sydney and watched power Rangers when whe got at the cinema. I dropped her off and went to mohamad. I helped mohamad during the week. Unfortunately I had to drive a holden commodore ss, it was quite hard to don't floor the throttle because it was a quick v8 and it drove really good!.

On Friday I went with a friend to the figure of eight pools. That was really crazy, she lived for 25 years in Sydney and never went to the royal national park and even never went hiking. It's so close to home and never been there. (who recognized themselves? Haha) the weather was really nice, around 27 degrees and only sun. When we where there and tried to climb out of the pool there was a wave that came over the rocks and dragged us 2 meters. But we survived :-D

I spend the weekend. In Sydney cbd (central business district) with other friends.Read more
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Weltenbummler on Tour Australien 2.0
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- Oct 31, 2017, 9:30am
- ⛅ 9 °C
- Altitude: 946 m
- Australia New South Wales Oberon Jenolan Caves -33.816101, 150.02052333°48’58” S 150°1’14” E
Day 12
Jenolan Caves
October 31, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Es ist 8:13 Uhr und wir sind schon wieder on the road. Wir müssen/wollen wenn möglich um 9:30 Uhr die erste Tour in den „Jenolan Caves“ mitnehmen. Hoffentlich bevor die Massen an Touris, vor allem unsere Freunde aus China 😉, kommen.

Da es sich laut Reiseführer und Internet teilweise um eine Einbahnstraße handelt, waren wir auf einiges gefasst. Für uns hieß es jetzt 76 Kilometer schnellstmöglich zu bezwingen. Anfangs noch ganz relaxt und entspannt dachten wir, das schaffen wir locker! Die letzten 20 Kilometer hatten es jedoch in sich. Solche Spitzkehren, die lediglich mit Tempo 15 gefahren werden konnten und dicke Felsbrocken auf der Straße waren eins, die Wallabies am Straßenrand und auf der Straße waren das andere. Zweimal mussten wir haarscharf bremsen, um nicht noch ein weiteres Tier auf dem Gewissen zu haben.

Die Tour wurde aufgerufen und wir konnten uns der kleinen Gruppe von vier Damen aus China und dem Pärchen aus Australien anschließen. Zu besichtigen gab es den Höhlen Teil „Tempel of Baal“ - der größte Teil der Höhle bestand aus Calciumkarbonat. Nach 285 Stufen, wir merkten unseren Walk von gestern und einigen netten Stories, waren die 1,5 Stunden auch schon vorbei.

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- Nov 10, 2016, 10:09pm
- 🌙 18 °C
- Altitude: 90 m
- Australia New South Wales Liverpool Austral -33.92663, 150.8216233°55’36” S 150°49’18” E
Day 55
car fixed, check!
November 10, 2016 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
This morning at 6:00 I woke up because of loud knocking on my car window. I opened my eyes and saw the police! Oh shit.. I opend the door and asked me if I was Allright. Then they said a neighbor has called because of noise pollution. Probably I was snoring to loud and now I gonna Get an ticket. Wft man, what were these guys thinking. Go fetch some criminals man!. Haha no just kidding, they asked me if I was Allright, and a neighbor called because he was worried. So they Said, go back to sleep. Crazy thing to start the day with. But I slept for a short time.

Finally they started to fix my powersteering of my car. I was asked by the mohamad (mechanic shop owner) to do some work and sell some stuff and get some money. So I got some work pants.

I helpt the another mechanic to get my back door fixed, he couldn't get it open. And I could, he looked surprised and thought I was joking. Haha so happy my door and powersteering is working!

Now refreshing oil, replace oil filter and airfilter. Get my dual battery system working and make the floor for the Matress better.

I went to Bunnings (kind of gamma) and I had to laugh about the power plugs and switches they use for power.

This evening I stayed @ the house of mohamad and had dinner over there, it was so nice! He has 5 children and needed a big house.

Tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday I'll be working.Read more
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- Nov 12, 2016, 8:27pm
- 🌙 28 °C
- Altitude: 87 m
- Australia New South Wales Liverpool Austral -33.92597, 150.8210433°55’33” S 150°49’16” E
Day 57
work weekend
November 12, 2016 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
Thursday I arrived at the house of mohamad. I waited till they came home. At 22:00 they made some dinner for me. I slept in my car in their garden.

The next morning I had some decent breakfast and started to work. We had to sort all kind of boxes with michelangelous stuff. The idea was to sell this Sunday at a market. So today helping packing and Sunday selling stuff. The dinner was with thin bread like the bread you use for eating rotti. Together with stoved meat and unions. It was pretty good. Never had it And it's something else! They are so kind to me, I get everything, drinks, food. And as much as I want.

Saturday I fixed their lawnmower and did some cleaning in the shed and outside the shed. The dinner was raw meat, Some vegetables and some potatoes. With the meat you put some olive oil on it together with some raw onions and with the thin bread you pick some raw meat and eat it. It was pretty good, I didn't expect that. So hopefully I'm not getting sick from the raw meat :-P.

Sunday we woke up early to pack the ute and trailer for the market. I went together with the dad of mohamad. We put all our stuff on the tables. And a few people where coming. It wasn't that busy. We sold some stuff. But it was not successful enough. So we had to bring a hole lot of stuff back home. It was a fun day and learned a lot about selling products.

Afterwards mohamad and I cleaned in frons of the shed. I also managed to make my 2nd battery system working in my car! Another thing finished. In the evening I had also a goof conversation with the father of mohamad about religion and moslims.

Now only new engine oil and filter. And I have to finish the floor properly. Tomorrow I'll also help mohamad with some stuff.Read more
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- Feb 19, 2017, 11:05pm
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 87 m
- Australia New South Wales Liverpool Austral -33.92593, 150.8212233°55’33” S 150°49’16” E
Day 156
Drive to Sydney
February 19, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
This morning I woke up later. And I left around 10 am. First went to 2 waterfalls. They were really nice to see. On the way in the car I could see the mountains where I drove yesterday on the Dirt bike.

I drove to the bigger city Albury to get some fuel. It was a few cents cheaper over there. And then I took off towards Sydney. When I turned up the main motorway I saw on my navigation I had to drive 500km straight! Damn that's a long road. And I didn't have cruise control, so I made my own cruise control :-P it did work okay but not perfect because you go uphill slower and downhill faster. But it's better than a deaf feet. On the way I saw an rocket car pass me! How cool is that? In Sydney I made my tea in some park, I was there around 6 and at 7 closed the park so I had to hurry a bit. I was just 18:59 outside the gates :-P

Then I went to my friend mohamad and I stayed there for the night.

In the end it took me 7 hours to drive to Sydney it was almost 700 km from wandiligong.Read more
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Adrian und Svenja Australien
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- Dec 11, 2016, 9:14pm
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 137 m
- Australia New South Wales Wollondilly Silverdale -33.91867, 150.615333°55’7” S 150°36’55” E
Day 78
Silverdale
December 11, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Gestern mussten wir leider unseren schönen Camper abgeben. 😏
Danach ging es mit dem Zug direkt nach Silverdale (ca. 60 Kilometer westlich von Sydney). Dort sind wir jetzt bis nächsten Sonntag zu Gast bei Adrienne.
Sie hat ein großes Haus und ein riesiges Grundstück inklusive großem Pool mit Whirlpool. 😀
Wir müssen morgens dann immer etwas Gartenarbeit machen und Nachmittags können wir am Pool entspannen. 😊
Gestern und heute war auch noch Adriennes Freund Thomas hier, der Österreicher ist. Er hat uns gestern mit österreichischem Kartoffelsalat und heute mit Wiener Schnitzel und selbstgebrautem Bier verwöhnt. 😀
So können wir es gut eine Woche aushalten. 😆Read more
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