Month: December 2011

Road Trip: Adelaide – Melbourne. Day 6.

We packed our stuff and went further.

When it’s time to leave the Sun is shining. Nothing new.

Our hostel with the bar that is always empty. Every time you pass, waiters looked at you with hope, that you stop for a drink.

Here we are still in Melbourne. And here we are in the middle of nowhere.

We passed a giant koala protecting little shop and a mini zoo. Though the road is between large cities, it doesn’t look like there are a lot of visitors. Everything is old and a bit abandoned.

In the afternoon we reached the Little Dessert National Park. We placed a ten in the middle of a huge camping site with only one camper van in it.

We watched kangaroos.

All sorts of birds.

Flies.

Little birds.

And bigger ones.

Later we were preparing dinner. When you don’t have a can opener you need to improvise.

Our block.

Mom with the crazy red eyes and her always hungry kid.

Did I mentioned, that we went north where it supposed to be warmer. It was really nice in the daytime. At night we sat in the tent looking our photos. And then the fun started. Something was scratching around in the dry leaves. Then something big passed just next to our tent and we heard the sound of emu.

Then we went out to enjoy the stars and to have some fun.

Our auras.

The fight of the creatures.

Our ride.

Kangaroo-Luka.

Reda and her imaginary friend.

Laurius and his bike.

Reda catching the wave.

Luka showing of in her new princess dress.

Road Trip: Adelaide – Melbourne. Day 5.

On our first day at Melbourne we were sent very far (to the other side of the Earth).
“Go back to your fuckin’ country” – cried the local tramp. As we were ignoring that he was trying to shout something in Spanish. Something new, because since then everyone was trying to talk to us in German 😀

In the morning we got up early and went for a walk in Melbourne again.

The laundry of our hostel – just on the stairs. Batman street.

We were walking with the hope to find breakfast and coffee.

The city form the hostel window looked promising.

Of course, if you were looking in the right direction.

So we went to the district of cafes and little shops. Nice windows, nit trees… It’s started to rain. Then we realized that everything opens at about 12. We had to hide from the rain in the shop of weird clothes.

While waiting we took photos of the closed shops and galleries. It’s strange, isn’t it? Everything opens early in the morning in Adelaide, and closes at 5. And they say Adelaide is more relaxed 🙂 Sleep in!

Doesn’t it remind of the Camden Town int London?

Window residents.

This dog amazed us with it’s charm!

Laurius is staring at the potential breakfast place.

Finally we got our breakfast. One moment it was raining, and then the Sun was shining.

Frankly speaking, Melbourne looked like a quite green city.

Maybe it is rain that makes everything to be green.

We tried something Asian… Something.

Local China Town. I must admit, I like China Town in Adelaide more, though, it’s much smaller. In Melbourne everything is made more for tourists.

After a walk in the city, we went to the Royal Botanic Gardens.

Just look at those eyes!

Local bully.

We left Reda in the flower garden…

Very proud hen.

And really hilarious her chicks.

Road Trip: Adelaide – Melbourne. Day 4.

One more freezing morning came. We stayed at a free camp site full of people with kayaks. They were living in huge tens of which some served as a kindergarten. Nearly a small town.

In the morning we met three kookaburras who were demanding food from everybody. After they got a piece of raw meat they flew to the tree and were killing the meet while smashing it, like it was a lizard or other creature.

Kookaburras often take care of a nest in a company of three – the parents and the elder child.

We spent a night next to the river where we were bitten by sand flies. If you think that mosquitoes are bad, than you probably haven’t faced these creatures.

Totally Australian scenery.

Crimson Rosella. They are more orange around Adelaide. But when you come closer to Melbourne, they become red.

Australians really like horses.

That’s the proper way of travelling.

Australia!

The road was winding along the ocean.

Passing through little touristy surfing towns.

We stopped for a walk in one of them

Warning in the cafe.

Laurius is waiting for the fresh juice.

You can really feel that the closer you get to Melbourne, the more tourists there are. Road signs designated for them.

We were still worried about the weather as it was cool and rainy.

And finally we’re in Melbourne. We were lucky to get a room near the CBD, even though, it was the Melbourne Cup that day. The city was full of high-heeled and hatted ladies.

It was really busier compared to Adelaide.

It’s just more of everything. It reminds of London somehow.

 

Local contrast – old and new, demolished and new construction, tall and small.

It gets dark instantly in Australia.

The city became empty.

We found this in the window.

After wandering a while we went back to our hostel.

Where we could finally enjoy warm night.

Road Trip: Adelaide – Melbourne. Day 3.

In the morning of the third day we were not in rush, because we didn’t know when it would be the next time we have a chance to enjoy hot shower and other achievements of civilization. Oh yes, it was freezing at night again. When we were about to leave, we figured out, that we should have left the camping at 10 and it was about 11 already. What’s wrong with you, Australians? You are on holidays and you need to get up so early. Anyway, they let us out and we were rolling further.

The main thing we learnt that day, that slowing down won’t kill you and that power nap can save lives. Another thing we noticed, that the road signs differ in different states. We though we need to collect photos of them, but they pass you so fast when you drive on the highway.

We came to Victoria, where it is absolute must to drive a Great Ocean Road if you’re on the road trip. The road is really amazing – turn after turn, amazing views of the ocean with the nice beaches. However, the weather wasn’t getting any better. It was cool, cloudy and a bit rainy.

Reda took a photo of Luka, who’s taking a photo of Reda…

…how she is taking a photo of a lizard.

Here’s the lizard.

We stopped in the little town to have a lunch.

A couple of sparrows looking to snatch something the car park.

The beach.

If there is something you can climb on, some just has to do that.

Sea-weed-eared rabbit.

Plenty of people in popular places.

One of these places – 12 Apostles. Though, there’s only ten of them left.

We checked in.

I wonder, how they got there…

We started to look for a place to spend a night when it started to get dark. Right after you leave the main road, you understand that road signs don’t lie. We found this beauty nearly in the middle of the road.

Some people hold the sun in their hand, and some…

What a charming face…

We put our tent at the Aire river camping. The place is really good – roaring koalas at night, big spiders in he toilet and other camping fun 🙂

What he might be shooting?

The koala thought it might run away from everybody by climbing the tree. The thing it didn’t realized, the tree was at the bottom of the pitch 🙂