Visiting the antipodes
Hobart is a mix of some nordic city mixed with Australian landscape. Starting point of many expeditions to the South Pole and largest city in Tasmania, it is organized around the harbour. It is a lively city with markets, music festivals in the summer and diverse architectural styles.
Sydney is busy, loud and chaotic (what the hell where the urban planners thinking when they planned it?!?). The tour guide said that the motto of Sydney could be: « we don’t know what we are doing, but we are doing it anyway ». However, the city has much too offer and not just pretty…
West of Sydney, the Blue Mountains got their name from the blue mist due to the oil evaporating from the trees and how it plays with the sunlight, giving the mountains a blue color. They say the area is half th size of Switzerland and some regions are only accessible on foot after several daysof…
Manly Beach Beautiful beach bordered by trees and cute little town. I went surfing and saw no sharks (yeah!). From there you can also go to North Head (entrance to Sydney Harbour), from where you have an amaizing view of the city and surroundings. Watson Bay Quiet place away from the city with a couple…
A nice little walk along the coastline with dramatic cliffs and beautiful coves where you can swim.
A few impressions of Brisbane.
Noosa is a little touristic village with a fancy line up of shops on the main street (think Gstaad but for surfing), except you will find quite some hostels and campervans spots for the surfers and backpackers with their surfboards (or without). I took the oppportunity to go surfing in the gentle waves on that…
On this island (biggest sand island in the world), there is no road so you take the ferry with the 4×4 and then drive on the beaches and sand trails inland. It can be a lot of fun, except when the beach disappear because of the high tide. We visited Lake Wabby, which is sided…
Apparently the village of Kuranda is worth a visit… well the trip to go there with the train and then back with the gondolas definitively is. The village itself is a tourist trap and the Koala Gardens could not remedy this. So back to the train that goes up into the mountains that are covered…
Palm Cove est une crique avec des palmiers tout le long de la plage (surprenant!). Only pictures necessary here.