The second day of Christmas started with flat tyre.
Christmas holidays and summer holidays come at the same time in Australia, so noone is working, except the big safari like zoo.
Please do not touch the Giraffes.
Very shy.
Author: laurius
Vacation day 8. Victor Harbor
Our trip from Adelaide to Melbourne and back came to the end, but the vacation didn’t. On the eight day we went to Victor Harbour to see the Little penguins.
Brown Quail (lat. Coturnix ypsilophora) – the real master of disguise.
While waiting for the penguins.
It seems it’s going to rain.
Singing Honeyeater (lot. Lichenostomus virescens).
It’s getting dark.
Strange rocks.
Finally! The penguins are back from the hunt. They are really sensitive to the light, so you can’t use the flashlight. These little birds are really fun to observe. The way they walk and climb on the rocks is really funny and amazing at the same time. They don’t have hands but can climb the rocks so steep not every human could. And even one falls down it’s nothing. They are really tough creatures.
Road Trip: Adelaide – Melbourne. Day 7.
On the seventh day we came back to Adelaide to rest a little before continuing our journey. On our way back we visited Hallet Cove. The funniest thing we saw that day, were the exploding seeds of some plant. Poor bugs that where sitting on those barrels of TNT.
Little show-of before hitting the road again.
Kiata – town in the middle of nowhere.
It’s forbidden to take any fruits and vegetables to SA so we disposing remaining apples and other goods. The funny thing is, that this should stop fruit flies from invading the state, but while we were gathering stuff to be thrown away or car was full of those flies 🙂
The rocks of Hallet Cove.
Somewhere far away like a mirage – Glenelg.
It seams like you are on Mars.
Elephant the climber.
The sunset.
Xmas. 37’C
We wish you a hot Christmas!
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 🙂