TP's adventures in Australia 2011

11 juillet 2011

Day 26 : Bird watching

Townsville is an awesome place for bird watching. There are plenty everywhere. And all kinds of birds you could probably never see anywhere else, the black cockatoo for instance is hard to spot in the wild but not in Townsville. Here are a few pictures....

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11 juillet 2011

Day 23 : I am a pedicab driver - Jour 23 : conducteur de velo-taxi

This will join the already long list of crap job I had in my life. I drove a pedicab in the streets of Townsville. And honestly i do not regret it since it was a lot of fun and pretty good money. It is also an awesome cardio training as you ride for many...

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11 juillet 2011

Day 21 : Visiting the Reef HQ Aquarium

The Reef HQ Aquarium is the main tourist attraction in Townsville. It recreated a full Barrier Reef ecosystem in a gigantic basin. corals, fishes, reef sharks, and so on, live happily following the rhythm of imitated tides. The Reef HQ Aquarium also shelter...

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11 juillet 2011

Day 20 : Walking the Strand - Jour 20 : le Strand

The Strand is the name given to the 2.2km long beach front of Townsville. Voted best Australian beach in 2004 and 2008 (though it is hard to understand why) the strand goes from the marina in the south to the Rock pool in the North. All along the way,...

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11 juillet 2011

Day 18 : Climbing on Castle Hill - Jour 18 Castle Hill

Castle Hill is the red rock monolith constantly overlooking and protecting Townsville. You may see the rock from pretty much anywhere in the city. Only meters short from being classified as a mountain, Castle hill offers many walking tracks to get to...

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4 juillet 2011

away for a while

Hello readers, I know I have not updated the blog for quite a while and it is not going to get better. I will very poor internet acces over the next 2 weeks. I am preparing a few posts on Townsville and try to upload them later this week. chers lecteurs,...

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28 juin 2011

Day 15 : Meet Bobbie the possum / Jour 15 : Bobbie l'opossum

Met a new friend today, she's called Bobbie and is a very friendly possum. She comes every night at the hostel, mostly expecting us to give a food. She is really cute and so unscared of people she would eat from your hand. The possum could nearly be considered...

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26 juin 2011

Day 7 : Welcome to Townsville / Jour 7: Bienvenue à Townsville

Time has come to talk about Townsville : my second destination in Australia, and still in north Queensland. Townsville is an average sized city of about 130 000 inhabitants located on the north eastern coast about 6 hours south of Cairns. Located at the...

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21 juin 2011

Day 5 : By the lagoon

Day 5 , also my last day in Cairns was dedicated to resting. You cannot always wake up at 6 in the morning to go hiking of diving for a full day. Eventually you need to step back, take it easy and relax, enjoy to good life in the tropics. So on Day 5...

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21 juin 2011

Day 4 : Diving on the Great Barrier Reef – Jour 4 : plongée sur la Grande Barrière de Corail

The most awesome experience of my Australian Days so far. I have never been diving. Never before had I even thought about going diving. Iam not even so good with water. But still, I was in Cairns : couple hours away for the most renowed Reef in the worls...

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