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  • In 119 Tagen um die Welt
    Day 64

    Santaroo

    December 17, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 39 °C

    Es weihnachtet Down Under. Nadscha hat die Idee, als Spiel ein Känguru mit Klausmütze zu suchen. Wir erwarten, dass dies ein einfaches Unterfangen wird und die Kinder nicht lange beschäftigt. Doch die Aufgabe gestaltet sich schwierig. Wir finden sehr viele Tiere mit der roten Mütze und dem weissem Bommel. Im Einkaufszentrum begrüsst uns ein Santa auf einem Schlitten, der von Roos gezogen wird. Sogar als heilige drei Könige werden Kängurus dargestellt, nur nicht als Samiklaus. D nimmt sich später eine Mütze und hüpft mit angezogenen Armen auf uns zu. L zeichnet eines und Peperonas versucht sich mit KI-Bildgestaltung. Aber wir wissen, dass uns dies nicht den Sieg bringt.
    Nach einer erfolglosen Woche treffen wir vereinzelte Kängurus mit Rentiergeweihen. Unterdessen suchen wir alle eifrig bis angestachelt. Peperonas entdeckt auf einem Prospekt an der Kasse einer Bar einen möglichen Treffer. Doch das Tier ist irgendetwas zwischen einem Wallaby und einem Schnabeltier und die Beine sieht man nicht. Im Familienrat wird entschieden, dass es nicht zählt.
    In einem Souvenirladen ist es dann doch so weit. Neben zig anderen Tieren hängt das letzte gültige Exemplar, welches wir gleich kaufen und im nächsten Mietwagen ab 23.12. aufhängen werden.

    Frohe Weihnachten!

    Nachtrag:
    In einem Fossilienmuseum finden wir vor Silvester den Vorfahren von Santaroo.
    Und kurz vor Abflug Mitte Januar entdecken wir die Letzten ihrer Art aufs Mal.
    Im Februar entdecken wir in New Orleans mehrere Santacrocs.    Read more

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  • Besuch von Crocodile Dundee
    1
    Day 39–40

    Vom Buschcamp nach Bourke NSW

    January 13 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 40 °C

    Um 8 Uhr verliessen wir unser tolles Buschcamp! Wir wurden von einem Emu verabschiedet! Den Vormittagskaffee und den Lunch nahmen wir "fliegend" ein. Auf der ganzen Strecke begleiteten uns Emus, Känguruhs und zwischendurch mal ein Lizard! Um die Mittagszeit überquerten wir die Grenze QLD/ NSW. Jetzt sind wir in Bourke in einem Caravanpark und geniessen die Vollmondnacht mit zwei vorbeihüpfenden Känguruhs. Bourke liegt am anderen Ende des Darling River als Pooncarrie, wo wir auf unserer ersten Tour am 14.12.24 waren.Read more

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  • TravelerAustralien
    3
    Day 193–194

    Bourke

    December 15, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 38 °C

    Wie haben entschieden im Cobar noch weiterzufahren weil es zu heiss ist um irgendwas zu unternehmen!

    Wir sind also weitergetruckt nach Bourke und als wir so kurz vor Bourke waren haben wir gemerkt dass es bereits kurz vor 18:00 Uhr ist und die Caravan Parks wahrscheinlich schon zu sind…. So war es auch beim Wunschplatz und man konnte ohne Buchung nicht reinfahren!

    Wir versuchten also unser Glück beim zweiten Park und hatten Glück dass zufällig noch jemand das Telefon abnahm! Mit AUD 55.- zwar eher teuer und die Host-Frau sehr unfreundlich aber wie waren froh ein Platz mit Strom zu haben für die Aircon! Weil wir momentan doch viele Kilometer fahren ist guter Schlaf nötig 😅

    Es hat sogar zwei Pools, Josh war also im siebten Himmel!!

    Da der Fluss grad nebenan ist, sind die Moskitos aktiv und essen dich lebendig auf aber auch das ist aushaltbar 🤪

    Ein Känguru hat uns bei Sonnenuntergang noch besucht! Die Bettzeit momentan ist immer noch viel zu spät (Zeitumstellungen und Vollmond helfen unglaublich) aber das pendelt sich bestimmt wieder ein wenn wir zurück sind an der Sunshine Coast wo die Sonne wieder um 18:30 untergeht 😅    Read more

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  • TravelerReise ins Ungewisse
    Day 1,263

    Homestay im Outback

    May 20, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 5 °C

    Bei all der Fahrerei wollen wir uns natürlich auch mal was Gutes tun. Dafür haben wir uns eine Farm mit einer heißen Quelle ausgesucht. Über weitere kleine und große Orte geht's ins Nichts. Unser Campingplatz liegt direkt neben der heißen Quelle, so können wir zum Sonnenunter- und -aufgang ein 42 Grad heißes Bad genießen. In der Region hier merken wir auch schon deutlich, dass der Winter im Anmarsch ist. Nachts kühlt es deutlich ab und auch am Tag ist es nicht mehr so schön warm wie noch 1.000km weiter nördlich.Read more

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  • TravelerFirst Quarter Lap
    1
    Day 13

    Mutawintji National Park

    December 26, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

    Arrived after 2.5hrs on unsealed roads. No-one else here so we had the pick of the sites! Chose a nice shady site next to the dry creek bed. Amazing here, really pretty and about 20 degrees cooler which is a nice change. Hiked the Mutawintji Gorge Track (8.79 kms) the first day and the Homestead Gorge Walking track and Rockholes Loop walking track the next day (11.7 kms). The scenery is just stunning and is hard to get a photo that captures it (on my phone lol)! Great campsite with showers & flushing loos (yes!)...there was a resident baby snake in the men's and it finally moved on on our last day haha! Guided tours on the Homestead historic site didn't seem to be running...we tried to contact the Ranger but maybe on hols? Not as many flies & mozzies here but ants a plenty! Stand still for more than 2 seconds and they're up your legs...quite funny if you're not the one doing a jig to get them off you 🤣Read more

  • TravelerFirst Quarter Lap
    1
    Day 12

    White Cliffs (Christmas Day)

    December 25, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C

    We arrived at around 12pm as the woman we spoke to prior to arriving, agreed to let us check in early (12.30pm) as we'd booked Christmas Day lunch at the local pub. We sat and waited and waited in the 38°C heat. Thank goodness there was an undercover area outside reception. I was excited to see a pool as I hadn't had a swim since being out here in the unbearable heat but it was not to be...nothing but dirt in the bottom 😢. Two other patrons arrived (ladies from Broken Hill) and were devastated about the pool as they'd made the booking on the premise there was a usable pool - as per the website. They stayed outside huffing and puffing while I found an open door, so I let myself in to have a wander around (see video). It was awesome...quite dated and not entirely clean but awesome. I thought it was an old mine that had been repurposed but it was actually purpose built by a family then extended...sold and extended again until it became a 33 room underground hotel. The lady ended up turning up an hour later (with her two kids in tow) profusely apologising. All good, it was Christmas Day. She had only been working there for 3 days and the Manager had left her to run the place on her own till he returned on the 27th. Poor thing. We quickly threw our bags in our dugout (room) and headed down to the pub for lunch. Kim, from Broken Hill was driving so we bummed a lift. The pub was lovely...alot nicer than I expected. Recently renovated I suspect. Again, the Manager- Peter had only been there 3 weeks (he was from Newcastle also). The other attendees were a mix of locals and tourists...about 18 in total including us. The 3 course lunch was good and we went home with food babies in our bellies. Time for a nanna nap! Didn't do much for the rest of the night...had a few more drinks, face-timed the girls & Mum then watched a movie - Don't Look Up...new Leonardo movie on Netflix, a satire...a little funny in places...not great though. 5/10. Big day.
    Breaky and a coffee before heading out to Mutawindji NP for the next 3 days. Bummed there were no opal shops open before we left as I wanted to buy some opals.    Read more

  • TravelerFirst Quarter Lap
    1
    Day 11

    Overnight stop in Tiboorurra

    December 24, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 35 °C

    Time to hit the road again...overnight stop at Tibooburra (or Tiberoo as Pete calls it) to do some washing and enjoy some air-con before heading to White Cliffs (Opal mining town) for Chrissy Day. Came across an amazing natural waterhole on the way (we decided on the scenic route)...loads of birdlife with a bird-watching hut for people to use. Tibooburra pub was great, everyone was super friendly and the cook was a BFG Islander guy who made enormous meals! Murals have been painted on the walls by some of Australia's most renowned artists- Clifton Pugh, Russell Drysdale, Eric Minchin, Rich Amor walls had been painted I believe it started by an artist who was stuck there for a couple of weeks due to flooding so decided to paint the walls to kill some time. It was our first time in about 2 months that we'd slept in a "proper" bed and had our own bathroom. It was heaven.Read more

  • TravelerFirst Quarter Lap
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    Day 10

    Drive out to Cameron Corner

    December 23, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    Another eerily silent night...so different to Gunderbooker with all the bird and insect noise each night. Made bacon & egg rolls for breaky then headed out to Cameron Corner...named after John Cameron, a NSW Land Dept surveyor who led the first survey in 1879. It was approximately a 230km round trip. It was shaping up to be another 40°C day so was nice to sit in the air-con during the peak of the days heat. Again, only saw a couple of roos and emus on our trip. Visited the famed Corner Store for a nice cold beer and a chat with Kim the publican - a lovely lady who was Outback born and bred and took an obligatory photo with the corner stone where NSW, QLD & SA meet. Drove through a variety of different landscapes. One minute it's brown & rocky dotted with small shrubs, next it's red dirt and clumps of dry grass then it's sandy (almost white) with gum trees and green grass growing everywhere!Read more

  • TravelerFirst Quarter Lap
    2
    Day 9

    Sturt National Park

    December 22, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 35 °C

    Woke up at dawn (well when the sun peeking over the horizon) and it had cooled down overnight thank goodness so had a great rest. Not an animal in sight...I thought I'd see some roos or a lizard out early but nada. Weird. Oh well, back to sleep then. Another couple of hours on and it was time to face the day. After a quick breaky, we headed off on the Jump Up Loop walk. The Jump Ups are hills in the area formed....it was a really rocky path but not too steep this time. Glad we set off at 9.30am because by the time we returned at 11:15am, it was around 36°C. A quick wash of the face then had a game of cards. It just kept getting hotter. I ended up lying on a towel on our outdoor floor in my undergarments for around 3 hours while Pete pottered around doing a few jobs that needed doing - he has become something of a novice plumber and electrician. Downloaded the 2nd season of The Witcher (back when we had wifi) so watched an episode of that before calling it a night 🌙Read more

  • TravelerFirst Quarter Lap
    1
    Day 7

    Last day at Yanda Cmpgrd (Gunderbooker)

    December 20, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    For our last day here we decided to take a drive to Toorale NP (right next door but a 200km round trip) and do a couple of the walks they had to offer. No such luck - they were closed. So a lazy day it was! Hooray, I needed it after yesterday's hike...so got to lay down under a tree by the river, start my book and do some bird-watching while Pete collected firewood and did the books. Had our first fire this evening once the sun went down - mainly to try and get rid of the flies, they've been horrendous and to get rid of the last bit of firewood as no more camp-fires allowed after this one. Then packed up ready to head off first thing in the morning...Read more

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