Monday 15th of August 2011
Bramston Beach | Ma:Mu Canopy Walkway | Paronella Park | Innisfail ...weiterlesen "Bramston Beach – Ma:Mu Canopy Walkway – Paronella Park – Innisfail"
Kategorie: on the road
Etty Bay to Bingil
Thursday 11th of August 2011
Driving from Etty Bay to Bingil | Coffee break | Shopping in Wongaling Beach | hiking up Bicton Hill. ...weiterlesen "Etty Bay to Bingil"
Cobar – Dubbo driving by car
Thursday 07th of July
Cobar - Dubbo
Slow start in Cobar, washing first, checking emails and the web, then on the road again, filling fuel, checking oil and water, tires pressure refilled. On the road lonely, tired, boring ... music playing loud.
I picked up Benjamin at a bus stop hitch hiking: nice chat, local guy, nice coffee break, told me al lot about farming, wild pigs, his journeys, we spend half a day: great; thank you.
Shopping in Dubbo and calling my host, she is home.
Very nice evening with some great fresh made food: I enjoyed it greatly.
Broken Hill – Menindee
Thursday 30th June 2011
Broken Hill - Menindee
This morning I was up early, because one other couch surfer was announced early 07:00 am., but the train was delayed, because of some broken rail. So when Laura eventually popped in it was quite late. We had a quick breakfast, did some emails and off we where on the road to Menindee, was some lakes on the Murray river 110 km south-west. Seen Emus on the way out besides the road. Some birds of pray and a lot of water in the lakes.
Ancient Sheep sheerer station and some food in the pup.
Evening I was out with the guys from Sydney I had meet yesterday in Silverton. Nice chat, seen some locations, Darlington Hotel, Mario's Palace with it's wall paintings.
GOW hiking from Apollo Bay to Bimbipark
Saturday 11th of June
Apollo Bay - Bimbipark - Cape Otway - hiking
After last evenings telephone call with Orb Shuttle Service, I left may backpack at the YHA early in the next morning, hoping they will pick it up and later in the evening me at Blanket Bay, as discussed on the phone. I headed out walking nervously only with my tiny day-pack and a litre of water, some biscuits and fruits.
I had to leave the village on the main road and hit the beach at Marengo. Cool weather, some wind, low tide, perfect hiking conditions, good, I liked it. The first 7 sandy beaches where really nice for walking. Heading inland at Elliot River, passing one night camp was fun. In the eucalyptus forest the ground was very muddy, hard to walk. Suddenly a slow motion on the track: a koala bear is slowly strolling along the path, I could take some nice portrait photos. Later I passed a bush wallaby and I could always hear a lot of birds, but I did not see any in the dense forest vegetation.
I passed the American couple, I had met at the hostel in Apollo Bay, they where heavily packed, she only with naked feet in leather sandals, sliding in the mud. Later I passed one other couple and we did help each other with chatting through the sludge.
Walking down to Blanket Beach was a little easier and I made it to the discussed pick-up point a little earlier. After a few minutes Peter arrived and picked me up. On the road to Bimbipark was a short way. I looked at the cabin offered to me, single for a good value, that was good. the public kitchen had no atmosphere, but I managed to cook something and did it with good appetite, I was hungry.
Apollo Bay – Bimbipark
Saturday 11th of June 2011
Hiking from Apollo Bay to Bimbipark
On Saturday, quite early I started walking the GOW from the YHA to Marengo beach. Its nice walking on the sandy beach, but quite strenuous as well.
Hitting the eucalyptus wood everything changed. Mud everywhere, really everything was moist or wet. The first camp I passed looked shaded, cold and damp: brr, glad I did not stayed there outdoors.
I overtook the American couple which stayed in the hostel last night and they really struggle with their heavy backpacks. the 8 km through woodland with no view and mud all the way: that's not the best of all experiences.
I crossed my first Koala bear. There are loads of them everywhere in the trees, you just have to spot these lazy bastards, almost still, moving so slow, it's kind of difficult to see them, same colour as the tree trunks.
The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, and the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae. The koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula. Populations also extend for considerable distances inland in regions with enough moisture to support suitable woodlands. The koalas of South Australia were largely exterminated during the early part of the 20th century, but the state has since been repopulated with Victorian stock.
I made it to Blanket Bay and phoned Abbi. 15 minutes later Peter was there and picked me up with all my luggage. And off we went to Bimbipark. I got a cabin there for two days, washed, cleaned everything: getting rid of the mud was some sort of a fight.
Samstag, 11.06.2011
Apollo Bay Bimbipark bei Cape Otway
Heute bin ich die ersten beiden Teilstücke das "Great Ocean Walks" gelaufen.
Der Weg gestern war von der Szenerie her fast schöner gewesen als der Ocean Walk von Eliot Ridge Camp bis zur Blanket Bay. Die Strecke durch den Wald ist nur auf den ersten Kilometern interessant gewesen, dann ähnelt sich der Wald doch immer wieder sehr.
Mit den Beiden aus Melbourne, die ich auf dem Weg getroffen habe, konnte ich mich ein Weile ganz gut unterhalten. Das hat gut getan, sonst war es stellenweise einsam. Das amerikanische Pärchen, die im Backpacker am Vortag getroffen hatte, habe ich überholt. Er mit seinen Maori-Tatoos im Gesicht sah schon cool aus. Sie waren mit schwerem Gepäck unterwegs und das mit Sandalen.
Der Weg war an vielen Stellen wirklich sehr schlammig und ich hatte mir die Schuhe und Socken völlig versaut.
Ich habe wie ein Besessener versucht hier im Bimbipark alles wieder auszuwaschen, mal sehen, die Schuhe stehen jetzt auf dem Elektrogrill, vielleicht trocknet ja doch etwas bis morgen.
Die ich doch jemanden, Abbi, gefunden habe, der zu halbwegs brauchbaren Preisen (heute Gepäck und dann mich abholen und in Bimbipark absetzen 30,- $ verlangt), was für hier wirklich ok ist.
So sitze ich jetzt im Warmen in einer Cabin (eigentlich für 4-5 Personen) alleine. Nur ein wenig alleine bin ich ...
Heute war es trocken (von oben) das war gut. Sonne hatte ich keine. Da ich morgens Richtung Westen bei starker Bewölkung los gelaufen bin.
Der Weg über die Steinplatten an der Küste entlang war schon beeindruckend und ganz gut begehbar, wenn stellenweise auch rutschig und nass.
Ich musste doch sehr aufpassen mit den Joggingschuhen, nicht zwischen Felsbrocken auszurutschen. Das ist mir gut gelungen. An zwei Stellen war es auch richtig aufregend, mit 2 - 3 Meter hohen Wellen zur Linken, dies sich schäumend an den Felsen brachen und teilweise auch Gicht hochschießen ließen sowie Steilküsten zur Rechten und Steinplatten unter den Füßen.
Heute schreibe ich wieder Textprosa zum in das Blog kopieren, weil ich zur Strom und Licht habe, aber kein Telefon und kein Web.
Für die Australier ist dies ein langes Wochenende, da am Montag "Queen Mams birthday" ist. Deshalb ist draußen auch einiges an Betrieb, was sonst nicht der Fall wäre.
Bei uns ist Pfingsten und Pfingstmontag. Das wirkt ganz schön weit weg im Moment.
Gerade habe ich mit 2 Kids hier auf der Campsite in der "Lounge" direkt neben der Küche, wo ich mir schlicht Nudeln gekochte hatte und eine grüne Gurke mit etwas Olivenöl klein geschnitten, gekickert. Die haben ganz schön dumm aus der Wäsche geguckt, wie ich ihnen ein Tor nach den anderen reingesemmelt habe.
Dann habe ich mir noch ein Magnum geleistet und jetzt gerade ein Snickers: verbrauchte Energie zuführen.
Jetzt sehe ich mir einmal die Bilder an.
Die Bilder sind ganz gut geworden, vor allem die Wasser, Wellen und Brandungsfotos. Der Koala ist auch ok. Sogar das Känguru ist diesmal nicht gleich wieder davon gehüpft. So habe ich ein Foto ...
So ist das schon ganz gut, das ich jetzt tippen und schreibend denken kann, sonst wäre es völlig öde.
Jetzt bin ich schön ganz schön müde.
Meine Wäscheleine habe ich verbummelt, keine Ahnung, wo ich die gelassen habe. Ich könnte schwören, das ich die eingepackt hatte...
Das "Alter" würde ich sagen.
Geld ist noch ok, auch wenn jeder Scheiß kostet und es nur so weggeht.
Mal sehen, was meine Füße zu dem Weg morgen sagen?
Version 2:
Saturday 11th of June
Apollo Bay - Bimbipark - Cape Otway - hiking
After last evenings telephone call with Orb Shuttle Service, I left may backpack at the YHA early in the next morning, hoping they will pick it up and later in the evening me at Blanket Bay, as discussed on the phone. I headed out walking nervously only with my tiny day-pack and a litre of water, some biscuits and fruits.
I had to leave the village on the main road and hit the beach at Marengo. Cool weather, some wind, low tide, perfect hiking conditions, good, I liked it. The first 7 sandy beaches where really nice for walking. Heading inland at Elliot River, passing one night camp was fun. In the eucalyptus forest the ground was very muddy, hard to walk. Suddenly a slow motion on the track: a koala bear is slowly strolling along the path, I could take some nice portrait photos. Later I passed a bush wallaby and I could always hear a lot of birds, but I did not see any in the dense forest vegetation.
I passed the American couple, I had met at the hostel in Apollo Bay, they where heavily packed, she only with naked feet in leather sandals, sliding in the mud. Later I passed one other couple and we did help each other with chatting through the sludge.
Walking down to Blanket Beach was a little easier and I made it to the discussed pick-up point a little earlier. After a few minutes Peter arrived and picked me up. On the road to Bimbipark was a short way. I looked at the cabin offered to me, single for a good value, that was good. the public kitchen had no atmosphere, but I managed to cook something and did it with good appetite, I was hungry.
Dromana – Queenscliff – Apollo Bay
Thursday 09th of June 2011
Dromana - Queenscliff - Apollo Bay
I am on the road again ...
Hitting the bus early in Dromana heading to Sorrento where I picked up the ferry to Queenscliff.
In Queenscliff I had made my first stop in a beautiful restaurant in an old church called the "Apostles".
Then I got the bus 76 to Geelong, where I am right now.
Sitting in the university cafeteria, which is a nice huge and very quiet place.
At 15:15 I head off to Apollo Bay staying in Otway Lodge at least for one night.
Just checking out supported walks in all the brochures I got at the tourist information.
May be there is one I can afford and which makes sense to me.
Maybe there are even some more other people. Would be nice walking in a small group as well.
If I had a wish: let it be! Thank you so much!
Tonight I hopefully got some internet access again, so I can check out more.
And look for other couch possibilities.
The weather is dry, that's the best I can say, which is something, better than two days ago with hail and rain showers.
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On the Road is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, written in April 1951, and published by Viking Press in 1957. It is a largely autobiographical work that was based on the spontaneous road trips of Kerouac and his friends across mid-century America. It is often considered a defining work of the postwar Beat Generation that was inspired by jazz, poetry, and drug experiences. While many of the names and details of Kerouac’s experiences are changed for the novel, hundreds of references in On the Road have real-world counterparts.
When the book was originally released, The New York Times hailed it as „the most beautifully executed, the clearest and the most important utterance yet made by the generation Kerouac himself named years ago as „beat,“ and whose principal avatar he is.“ In 1998, the Modern Library ranked On the Road 55th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. The novel was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language…