Time to say goodbye to our German friends and Meter Maids

 

Another waterfall in the Springbrook Nationalpark 

 

And after a short week with a lot of travelling (from Sydney all the way up to Queensland) it was time to say goodbye again to Alex and Büchimüchi. They had to travel in not two weeks up to Cairns and we hat to search for a job. But... 

 

... before we had to visit a party place. 

 

The Gold coast reminded us a little bit to the Ballermann in Mallorca. But to be honest it´s a little bit nicer at the Gold Coast. But nicer means not beautiful! 

 

The beach of Surfers Paradies 

 

Not surfing surfer... 

 

Meter Maids in the 70th and... 

 

... nowadays!! Why don´t the meter maids in Germany look like that?!? 

Nimbin - must have been nice a couple of years ago

 

You feel a little bit like in Amsterdam. Everywhere weed, pipes and stoned people. But all in all it isn´t anymore this Hippy town. It´s a commercial tourists town. :-( 

 

But nevertheless it´s a welcome variation to all the standard towns of Australia! 

 

What is on the 14th of June 2012??? 

 

Also the dogs seems to be little bit stoned. This dog was chasing a leaf for half an hour. Then it disappeared and the dog was searching the leaf.

 

After Nimbin it was only a short drive to the border of Queensland - the sunshine state. Time for a border beer. 

Somewhere on our way to Queensland

 

The first subtropical birds... 

 

Our Lady found a new big friend! 

 

The first surf and turf on real coals!!!!!  

 

Also our "visitors" were excited.  

"Beoble, Birds and Bats"

 

At sugarloaf point... 

 

there were some German freaks...

 

...one of them had to do a hard job and said: "Dad duuud soooooo weh!"

 

The Peli didn´t mind and got down in the waves to eat a fish.

 

His friends were looking and saying: "uffdada!"

 

 After sunset we saw a fascinating wildlife spectacle in Port Macquarie: Ten thousands of bats were flying over the town. To see it properly you have to enlarge it! 

Games in the sandpit at Hawks Nest

 

On our way to Hawks Nest we found a special street! Just for Edith! 

 

In the "sandpit" of Hawks Nest Alex and Büchi started to design a nice wedding dress for Jo. 

It was not so easy for the bride:

 

 

Still not finished 

 

What a nice bride... 

 

There were some guys that had immediately to jump on the bride 

Blue Mountain Nationalpark

 

A view in the Blue Mountains National Park from Katoomba. It is a wonderful National Park but there is one small problem: As it is so near at Sydney it is the most visited National Park in Australia.  

 

The first Aboriginal paintings! ;-)  

 

The famous "three sistors" 

 

and the famous "three Frankonians".  

 

The gigantic Wentworth falls. The water falls down 187meters!  

 

On top of the falls. 

 

Eva liked this stone structure... 

 

The falls from another perspective. 

 

By the way: The Blue Mountains are another world heritage area of Australia. 

Expensive, loud, Sydney

We expected a lot from Sydney: Sights, beautiful places, beaches and a melting pot of many cultures. Yes it is a nice city with many cultures but it is also unbelievable expensive and very loud. There are just too many cars and too much traffic! All in all our favourite city in Australia is still Melbourne. 

 

The tiles of the Sydney Opera House built by the Danish architect Jorn Utzon in 1973. If you count the tiles you will end up with 1056006. By the way the tiles were made in Sweden. 

The opera house is also a world heritage site. 

 

A view from the Opera House to the Harbour Bridge. 

 

A good way to explore Sydney is the public ferry system. You can explore the whole Sydney harbour with the ferries. 

 

The central business district of Sydney.  

 

The famous Bondi beach. We really don´t know why it is so famous. It´s just a city beach with some surfers around. 

 

The sunset we saw at Watson Bay was gorgeous! 

 

Sydney Opera House at night. 

 

And not to forget our visitors from good old Germany: Alex and Büchimüchi. 

 

Especially for one of our followers! 

 

Cheers!  

Bendeela Campground - a cold night!

 

When we woke up after the first night at the Bendeela Campground, we couldn't believe what we saw in the morning: ice everywhere! brrr.... 

 

Also the spiders had to wait until their net was defrosted again. 

 Even our table, pan and "dish washer" were frozen...

 

After this frost in the morning, we had a beautiful day with sunshine and all sorts of Australian wildlife (kangaroos, wombats, ducks, birds...)