lundi 22 mars 2010

Let's go to Melbourne because...(mi mars 2010)

...We have a flight to take in April...

...But if we arrive in Melbourne, because the van stop in the road...Why, is that mouse the problem...no, just the alternator, but we stay 1 night in the garage...


















After 10 days of
desert we need some vine tasting in the Barossa Valley...mmmmm!!!











And past the beautiful Murray River, we stop in the Grampian National park with is great mountains!









































Anne playing with a lizard...


















Geelong big city, but nice, with her beach, swimming pool, waterfront and hot shower...!!!












So, here we are, return to Melbourne, sell the Van "Txotx" and the surfboards!
Because 4th of April return to the trip around a world, starting in New Zealand!

mardi 9 mars 2010

In the middle of nowhere...one week...

We Left the Queensland...


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After one week raining in this beautiful reef coast we prepared our mental for crossing the desert and Australia...


...and make a lot of km's, so "the Txotx Mobil" was thirsty...

...and the storm arrived again for this night...





...but the "sauna" still alive in the van...so Anne needed a shower...


oohhhooo!!! The first City after a long way...Mt Isa and his biggest plomb mine of the world!



Anne stop here, please, I need to spend my energy...or maybe it's a child dream to do this...



Mmmmm for tonight in the bush restaurant is : Potatoes and corn in fire... Do you want some?




Marble of the devil's



5 o'clock in the morning we wake up for the sunrise and for looking a marvel of the nature...

... a good position for SIESTA!



...trip in the Moon!!!

Uluru..... turlututu...



The earth of indigenous people, Uluru, Ayers Rock! Awesome!!!

But the flies are still here to annoy us (EMMERDER)...but Anne has the fly net!!! ...and I'm the free transporter for the flies...!

yeah it's me!!! with beard!



The olgas, other rock... but in the middle of afternon is too hot for visiting...


Ayers rock in different hour!
....sunshine... ...sunset... ... and the Kitsch foto...


...after a bootle of wine, are you drunk?

Was it that the monolith?!



Oooo yeah 36° in the road...for the tyre is too hot... and he burst...but Anne drove very good!!!

What happen in the van? is it a kitchen class? or a good meal for tonight? You will see after...

Cooper Pedy, the village of Opal!!!

Finally we arrived in the village after running out of petrol, for the first time after 25'ooo km's, only 20 km's before Cooper pedy...

...it's like a desert and mine landscape...

...mines, shops, hotels and...nothing more...
...but here it's so hot that poeple live undergroud!

Heeeehheee!!! Welcome to bush-kitchen!!! The most tasty bread and pizza in the world!!!
Yeah it's not a dream we did pizza in the middle of nowhere!!! Mmmm, I want more!!!

Now we are in South Australia for the second time! And we did all trip around Australia (we are very happy) and we are going to Melbourne for staying until the 4th of April... see you there!!!