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15 juin 2011

Introduction

Hi everyone and welcome to My Australian adventures blog. I will try to keep you informed of all my doings without spending to much time on a computer instead of enjoying the big country. Please read, comment, share... Help me feel away from home but...

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4 septembre 2011

Day 33 to 81 : Litchfield National Park – Snake Handling

Snakes are part of the life in Australia. They are everywhere and Australia accommodates 18 of the 20 most dangerous snakes in the world. In the top Northern Territory the most dangerous snake you can find are the western brown and eastern brown. Very...

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17 juin 2011

Day 0 : a 30 hour flight / Jour 0 : un voyage de 30 heures

Tout voyage commence par un trajet. Le mien m'a conduit de Paris à Cairns en passant par Abu Dhabi et Sydney. Dans un souci d'efficacité je passerai les détails sur l'alerte à la bombe à CDG qui m'a fait perdre pas mal de temps, mais qui ne m'a pas empêché...

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17 juin 2011

Day 1: Discovering Cairns - Jour 1 Découvrir Cairns

Like you know I decided to strat my Australian tour in Cairns. It is a medium sized city in the Northe Queenslqnd (North eastern Australia). About 125000 inhabitants and a LOT of tourists. Cairns really is a tourist city and you see mostly hotels and...

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17 juin 2011

Day 2 : the battree - jour 2 l'arbre à chauve-souris

Awesome thing that the Battree. I found it while walking through the city. I passed under a very noisy tree, looked up and saw some bats hanging from it. By looking a bit more carefully, I realized there actually was hundreds of them maybe a thousand...

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19 juin 2011

Day 3 : The Barefoot Tour

On Day 3 I took a guided tour of the Tablelands, a serie of small rainforests around Cairns. From 7.30 am to about 7 pm, Captain Matty took us on the road to see nice landscapes and waterfalls learning a lot about butterflies, Kangaroos, Cassowary and...

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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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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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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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4 septembre 2011

Day 33 to 81 : Litchfield National Park - Bushfire fighting

During my stay in Litchfield National Park, the humidity dropped drastically to a pretty unusual 5%, the temperature was high and the wind strong, which made the Northern Territory fire commissioner to raise the fire alert to catastrophic (the highest...

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4 septembre 2011

Day 33 to 81 : Litchfield National Park – Croc Hunting

There is no need to hide the truth : there are crocodiles in the Litchfield National Park and all around Darwin. Freshwater crocodiles are not too big : they grow to 3 metres long and feed on fishes mostly, they are pretty harmless to human. But there...

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4 septembre 2011

Day 33 to 81 : Litchfield National Park – Litchfield Café

I spent 7 weeks in the middle of nowhere : Litchfield National Park in the northern Territory, south of Darwin. There I was welcomed by the team of the Litchfield Café and worked against food and accommodation. I shredded carrots, peeled potatoes, prepared...

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4 septembre 2011

Day 33 to 81 : Litchfield National Park – Waterfall swimming

What do you do when you are not working in Litchfield National Park? Best thing is to grab a bike; cycle a 4 to 10 km; and enjoy the swimming in natural pools or waterfalls. Whether it is Wangi falls, Cascades or Walker creek, the swim is enjoyable and...

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15 juillet 2011

Day 32 : Many changes - Jour 32 : que de changements !

While I was convinced that my plane to Darwin was on Saturday, I realized that I actually booked it for Friday and I had to rush away from Magnetic Island to catch it : loosing one night booked at the hostel and a bus transfer from Townsville to Cairns....

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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 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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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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17 septembre 2011

Day 87 to 92 : The Red Center

Still making my way south, I arrived in Alice Springs to discover the Red Center. Alice Springs is a true oasis in the middle of the desert. It is surprinsingly green, very far from the idea I had of the place before coming. There are lots of vegetation...

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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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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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15 juillet 2011

Days 29 to 31 : Magnetic Island

Magnetic Island est une île situé à tout juste 8 kilomètres de Townsville et surnommée la capitale australienne du Koala. Malgré son nom, cette île n'est en rien magnétique. L4histoire raconte que lors de ses expéditions australiennes, le capitaine James...

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11 septembre 2011

Day 83 : The Wilderness Farm

Finishing at Litchfield Café, I started my way south toward Sydney, via the Ghan and Adelaide. I decided to stop on the way at Katherine and found a wwoofing job at the Wilderness farm: picking and packing vegetables : pumpkin, watermelon, zuchini and...

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23 septembre 2011

Day 93 - Voyage on the Ghan and Stunning sunset !!

Travelling on the Ghan - the the famous australian train riding between Adelaide and Darwin - I got the chance to witness the most sensational sunset. Australia is a country with generally awesome sunsets, and this one was particularly impressive. Imagine...

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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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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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