Around The World Gaby and Gu 2006-2007

Camping in a Van after our comfy stay in the Blue Mountains looked like it was going to be tough...but actually it was way better than we thought. Probably because we found a very nice camping spot which wasn't too crowded. The next day, we open the sliding door and first thing we see is a big Goanna trying to find leftover food from our neighbours !! That's the kind of thing you like to see in the morning except when "the beast" gets too close to you ;O)

This is the place we actually couldn't get away from !! Cozy, beautiful and more importantly held by two very nice persons that made our stay in The Blue Mountains unforgettable. Thank you David and Anthony, we had a lovely time with you. By the way, the address is following.

...gorgeous ! Yes they are gorgeous and this time again we had an amazing weather that made the whole place look even more beautiful !

Today, the weather is much better...but even if it had been bad, we would have gone to Jenolan Caves since they are...caves no need to have sun ;O). There are actually many caves with different sorts of stalagmites / stalagtites / stromatolites and other amazing mineral formations. We only visited one cave but that was enough to impress us ! Today also...introducing a parrokeet fighting a raven for the sake of a french frie and our first encounter with wild kangaroos (see closely the last 2 pictures...) ! Yeah, what a day ! ;O)

Too bad !! We are not lucky with the weather...kinda normal, it's the end of the summer and we are in the mountains where it can go from sunny to rainy in one hour. Today, we just went for a walk around the Leura Falls close to the Three Sisters...and because we're some sort of Turtle Style people, where others only take one hour to visit, we take like two and a half hour to enjoy it. That's real life !! ;O).

Wow, if there's one thing you can't miss when you are in Sydney, it's definitely The Blue Mountains National Park. It's so close and convenient to get there that it'd be a pity not to go. Planning to stay four days we finally stayed seven because it's such a lovely place to relax and do some nice trekkings around. One of the things we are really starting to like about Australia is all the wildlife one can see (and is not used to see...). By the way, we are officially WICKED, if you know what we mean...even if we didn't sleep in the Van the first nights ;O). Wanna know more about the Three Sister rock formation...check it out here...there's a nice legend behind it The Three Sisters Legend!

That's it ! We are in Sydney and we won't rush to visit it all in 2 days. In fact, we have decided to make of Sydney our australian headquarters. We will be leaving in two days but coming back in nine to pick up my sister, with whom we'll visit more and more of Sydney. That said, it's a wonderful and green city...but we keep wondering...when do Aussies stop running around and doing sport to work ?!?!?! :O)

Perth is a nice city, Australia seems great but we still have trouble re-adapting to a more relaxed lifestyle. We miss the asian dynamism and its diversity. That's probably normal and we'll get used to this new rythm very soon... starting now by chilling out in downtown Perth, visiting the Swan Bell (a tower with twelve 16th century Bells) and taking a walk in King's Park where we noticed that Aussies really like doing sport !!!!

It is with great sadness that we left the Asian continent but also with lots of expectations about our new destination : Australia ! We had initially planned to stay 6 days in Western Australia but had to reduce it to two days because we extended our stay in fabulous Malaysia. Not a bad thing when you see the prices in Australia : so expensive (or maybe we are not used anymore to the "western" prices... :O). Anyway, here we are in Fremantle, a cute little town about 40 kms south of Perth for our first visiting day in the land of the 'roos !!