Sunday, April 8, 2007

AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA, WE LOVE YA !


Apres 24h de voyage extenuant, nous voici enfin en Australie.
Bye bye l'Asie, on est pret pour de nouvelles aventures, dans un pays immense (comme l'Europe ?)...Ca, on le savait mais c'est rien tant qu'on ne l'a pas concretement experimente.
C'est parti pour 21 jours en camping car, pour exactement 5550kms !
Depart de Sydney jusque Adelaide en suivant la cote, puis remontee directe a Alice Springs par le desert pour voir Uluru et le centre rouge du pays. Ensuite, vol d'Uluru a Cairns ou nous rejoignons Rob, Jane et les filles (frere de Simon) pour une semaine.
Enfin, vol jusque Brisbane pour retrouver un vieux copain d'ecole de Simon : Bert et sa (tres) joyeuse famille ! Tout un programme ...


SYDNEY

Sydney est tout simplement magique. Apres quasiment 4 mois d'Asie, c'est un choc de voir tous ces blancs le premier soir... en costume cravate , boire un verre autour de l'Opera House. Bon, on se sent un peu decale avec nos shorts et pantalons thai...





Visite de la ville... Superbe jogging autour de l'Opera House, dans le Botanical Garden... L'Australie, meme en pleine ville, c'est un peu Jurassik Park : des chauves souris enormes qu'on a jamais vues et qui n'ont l'air de deranger personne a part nous..., des oiseaux de toutes les couleurs, avec des longs becs, des perruches blanches, meme les pigeons ici sont tous mignons avec leur petit panache sur la tete...ce qui nous change de leurs horribles cousins parisiens !!




Sydney, c'est SURTOUT la plage et ses SURFEURS... Comme dans les films, c'est un peu le cliche "Barbie et Ken" sont a la plage a BONDI... Tant qu'on n'est pas alle a Bondi, on n'a pas eu de VRAIE experience de la plage, St Trop a cote, c'est de la gnognote... Vous voyez ce que je veux dire ?



MALLACUTA


On a tant a decouvrir qu'on doit deja (snif snif) quitte Sydney...
A Mallacuta, on decouvre la vraie Australie, celle de la nature, des paysages magnifiques et des animaux sauvages (mais pas trop ...)
Il est pas mignon le pelican ?



Tous les soirs, c'est camping. Les campings peuvent etre impressionants comme celui-ci. On reste au bord de l'eau, avec vue sur la mer.
En photo, notre super van.

Le soir, on se laisse enveloppe par l'ambiance magique d'un coucher de soleil. Pas un bruit, on est tranquille.
Le lendemain matin : encore un footing hallucinant sur la cote ... au detour d'un chemin, on se retrouve sur le golf ...des dizaines de tetes se tournent vers nous : on est entoure de kangourous !





MELBOURNE



Arrivee a Melbourne sans avoir anticipe le Grand Prix et les Championnats du Monde de natation... La ville est archi-comble. L'ambiance relax a fait place, pour quelques jours, a une excitation partagee. On decouvre Melbourne et en particulier le quartier, St Fitzroy sous les broums broums fracassants des voitures de course.
Melbourne est definitivement une ville qui bouge.
Plus europenne que sa voisine Sydney, elle est plus trendy, plus hype, plus "Le Marais" ?! Restos branches (le Ladro), bars a vin, pubs a tous les coins de rue... et BOUTIQUES de MODE ...
Le marche de Victoria n'a pas echappe a notre visite (2 jours de suite quand meme ...).
Comme toutes les villes d'Australie (meme la plus petite avec 2 rues qui se croisent), il y a des parcs partout. Pas des pauvres petits parcs comme en France... Des vrais grands parcs, avec de la vraie belle herbe verte, des fleurs, des oiseaux, des gens qui pique niquent. Le mode de vie est tres OUTDOOR, tourne vers l'exterieur. On a trouve les Australiens tres sportifs (et pas qu'en face de leur tele), pratiquant a haute dose la marche intensive, le jogging, le surf, l'aviron, la peche etc, etc.

Vue sur la ville du jardin botanique



YARRA VALLEY



Une des motivations pour venir en Australie est, vous le remarquerez, la decouverte des vins australiens. Yarra est notre premier stop. A seulement 45mns de Melbourne, c'est une vallee tranquille. Les vins sont bons mais quand meme assez chers. Il faudra attendre Barossa et Mac Laren, les joyaux de la couronne...











LA COTE SUD : de Melbourne a Adelaide

Nous sommes tres surpris (agreablement) par cette cote. Le Great Ocean road, un peu plus loin, vole la vedette a cette cote tres belle, sauvage. Et un Fish et Chips delicieux !


PLAGE DE SURF : BELLS BEACH

Plage mythique ou le surf est religion.











GREAT OCEAN ROAD



les 12 apotres



90 miles beach : 144 kms de plage...


Arret au camping BIMPI sur la route : des colonies de Koalas habitent les arbres au dessus de nos tetes.



On The Road To Kangourou Island













KANGOUROU ISLAND


FLINDERS CHASE NATIONAL PARK
THE REMARKABLE ROCKS









LE PLATYPUS : un mammifere endemique a l`Australie.




Cape Barren Geese

Vivianne Bay
Phare COUEDIC





Pour plus d`ínformations sur kangaroo island : www.tourkangarooisland.com.au





Little Sahara

Sur Kangourou Island, une surprise de la nature : des dunes de sable ont créé un petit sahara au detour dún chemin. On s´y croirait presque ...










ADELAIDE: la porte des vignobles

Un coup de coeur pour cette ville provinciale tres tranquille, derniere etape avant la traversee du desert. Coupee en deux par un parc gigantesque, l´ambiance sportive des alentours de la fac dynamise un centre ville calme, tres australien.





Le centre national du vin donne un avant gout des vallees alentours : Barossa, Coonwarra, Mac Laren et Clare.




MC LAREN VALLEY


On a A-DO-RE cet endroit. Tres cool, avec des gens hyper sympas, on a decouvert le concept du " drink and bike". Nous avons loue un velo et le petit cafe-resto-fromagerie du coin nous a prepare un panier pique nique. L´idee est de deguster un fromage avec un vin en faisant le tour des vignobles du coin. Bon. plus on deguste, moins on est motive pour remonter sur le velo ...mais il fallait bien rentrer !!
Un des tops de notre voyage ...
le concept du Biking Wine Tour


BAROSSA VALLEY

















DRIVE AU MILIEU DU DESERT
1600 kms de route toute droite : toute l'immensite d'un pays continent. C'est le OUTBACK australien, peuple principalement par les mouches ...



COOPER PEDDY : une ville sortie tout droit d´un film de cinema, Mad Max. Ambiance fin du monde : la VILLE SOUTERRAINE.
Ville miniere pour l´Opal, en plein milieu du desert, les gens se sont refugies sous terre pour lutter contre le froid de l´hiver et la chaleur de l´été.

l'arbre

panorama cobber pedy
mad max leti
eglise souterraine


Les Road trains









LE CENTRE ROUGE DE L´AUSTRALIE

ULURU
Au centre de l´Australie, au pays des Aborigenes Anangu, se trouve Uluru (ex-Ayers Rock)dans le Kata Tjuta National Park. Centre culturel, spirituel et naturel, nous avons ete fascinés par cet endroit.

Pour plus d´info : www.environment.gov.au/parks/uluru/history.html












LES OLGAS





Poue decouvrir le parc, nous avons pris un tour organise au depart d´Alice Springs (The Rocks). Nous avons partage 3 jours et 2 nuits avec des gens super sympas, nuit sous les etoiles et camping au menu. Les hotels sont tres tres chers a Uluru. Donc ambiance Backpackers obligee !!

KINGS CANYON













CAIRNS
Une semaine avec Rob, Jane et les filles qui sont venus en Australie pour les vacances de Paques. Un super moment en famille...de l'autre cote de la planete.
Et en plus on avait un vrai lit super confortable !!
les filles : Maddy (7 ans), Alice (5 ans) et Suzie (3 ans mais elle croit qu´elle en a 7).

the red Forster team
Au programme : decouverte de la Grande Barriere de corail en masque et tubas. Malgre une traversee tres remuante, on s´est eclate.
si et alice
Susie snorkeling








BRISBANE : Very Gold Coast

Un weekend avec la famille d'un ancien copain d'ecole de Simon : La Famille Weeden (et sa petite menagerie) nous a accueillit tres chaleureusement dans sa super nouvelle maison.
Les enfants, marrants comme tout, etaient ravis d´avoir une "Madame" francaise chez eux...









La joyeuse famille Weeden

Voila pour l´Australie... Un seul regret : c´est beaucoup trop loin ! Un super endroit a decouvrir.
Comme qui dirait : NO WARRIES MATE !

15 comments:

Virginie said...

Enfin, des photos de l'Australie ! Ca change effectivement de l'Asie. Magnifiques paysages, ça ressemble plus à des vacances, vous avez l'air plus détendus, non ? Gros bisous les globe-trotters.

Claire said...

Salut les petits,
J'ai enfin un compte google qui me permet de laisser un commentaire...ouf!
Ben voilà, juste un petit coucou de chez moi pour vous dire que je me connecte tous les jours ou presque depuis quelques temps et me régale à chaque fois(vu que j'ai du retard, y'a toujours un truc nouveau à lire). Bonne continuation.
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Nath LU said...

ah ...des belles photos et un décor complètement différent...y a pas à dire avec ce blog on voyage en même temps que vous ....sans le bronzage !!!!! les 12 apotres çà a l'air extraordinaire
on n'a pas eu les résultats de l'etape vinicole : combien de caisses envoyées en France Simon ???????
bises

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un voyage que l'on découvre,
actuellement nous préparons le notre pour mars 2010, et sommes à la recherches de doc et autres témoignages, merci de vos photos
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