Thumb Sydney city skyline

Sunday, 17th of July 2011
Sydney City
I did not like the city of Sydney too much. The weather was mixed this day with clouds and rain and windy. It took me over an hour and a half to reach the city centre by train and car and I had to travel back the same way in the evening.
There is no point in trying to go there by car, parking is way too expensive up to 50 a day.
I used, as recommended by some people, the Sydney harbour ferry boat, only 5 $ to cross the whole harbour the Harbour Bridge and to reach the opera house. I walked through the Botanical Garden up to the old wharf area.
On my way back "home" to Cathai I had a burger at Hungry Jack.
I our shag we, Rowen and his father Manfred, had a nice fire in the chimney. Which meant a little warmth, like in a sauna, for the day which was cold an chilly all day.

Ich fand heute die City von Sydney nicht so aufregend. Das Wetter war durchwachsen, mit etwas Regen am Nachmittag. Ich brauche ungefähr 1.5 Std. in die Stadt mit Auto zur Bahn und mit der Bahn in die City und dann auch wieder den gleichen Weg zurück.
Mit dem Auto völlig sinnlos, Parken in der City: 50,- $ pro Tag.
Ich bin, wie empfohlen mit der Sydney Ferry, für 5,- $ (das ist günstig!) einmal durch den ganzen Hafen bis zur Oper und dann durch den Botanischen Garten mit einem Essenstop, bis zur Wharf und durch die City wieder zurück.
Auf dem Heimweg noch zu : "Hungry Jack" so heißt hier der Burger King. McDoof hat dafür gratis WiFi (Internet).
Heute gibt es Kaminfeuer in der Shag, der alten Holzhütte, in der ich kampiere, bei Rowan und seinem Vater Manfred, der 1960 von Köln emigriert ist. So ist es zur Abwechslung einmal nicht zu kalt und fröstelnd, sondern eher wie in der Sauna.

Saturday, 16th of July 2011
Sydney German Choir meeting
Concordia Choir and guest choirs singing together and every choir with a selected choice of German folk songs. I did the videos.
Rowan Classen was dancing and singing with the Concordia Choir:
German folk dance: German Bavarian Schuhplattler Knee dance,Slap Dance
The Austrian Landler

Barren dead trees in Lake 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.

Just out of Silverton rolling hills

Mittwoch 29. Juni 2011
Broken Hill - Silverton
Heute bin ich relativ früh los. Hier ist es schon ab 07:00 Uhr hell, da die Zeit eine halbe Stunde zurückgestellt ist, sie haben hier Adelaide Central time.
Mit dem Auto hinaus in die Weite, zum ersten Mal habe ich den Eindruck wirklich draußen zu sein und nicht permanent in Kulturland. Obwohl auch hier Zäune zu sehen sind und immer wieder Spuren menschlicher Aktivitäten, diese sind aber nicht mehr dominant.
Silverton eine verlassene und abgebaute Minenstadt, von der wirklich nur noch einzelne Häuser stehen. Das spannendste hier: Mad Max der Film wurde wohl hier draußen gedreht und es gibt ein Museum: Mad Max II
Zwei Typen aus Sydney getroffen, auch sie sagen Lake Eire ist zur Zeit wohl das Interessanteste, da zum ersten Mal seit 15 Jahren voll mit Wasser und ganz vielen Tieren.
Abends Superessen und Kaminfeuer dabei TV und Bildbearbeitung.

YHA Adelaide 4 bed room

Wednesday 22dn 06. 2011
Stuck in Adelaide trying to fly out to Melbourne.
bendigoadvertiser:
The ash cloud, from a volcano in Chile, has caused havoc with air travel from airports in Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Adelaide and Tasmania.
Air-services Australia warned the ash cloud would cause disruptions in Melbourne until Friday.
I am sitting in the airport since 06:00 am, flight delayed, which is good, boarding hopefully 09:30 am and out to Melbourne.
Would be great!
Well I finally made it, I am in the city of Melbourne in a nice café with free web-access, had a good burger with chips and a coke. Everything is fine, besides the laundry, no place there really.
I stay in the Elephant Backpacker because I had a recommendation, but it is no good. With some luck only for this night, tomorrow I will be gone ... picking up the car and off we go.
I probably need a map and maybe some sort of car-charger as well.
I will see tomorrow. I am tired, up since 05:00.

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Sydney ( /ˈsɪdni/) is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia’s south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people. Inhabitants of Sydney are called Sydneysiders, comprising a cosmopolitan and international population of people from numerous places around the world.
The site of the first British colony in Australia, Sydney was established in 1788 at Sydney Cove by Arthur Phillip, commodore of the First Fleet as a penal colony. The city is built on hills surrounding Port Jackson which is commonly known as Sydney Harbour, where the iconic Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge feature prominently. The hinterland of the metropolitan area is surrounded by national parks, and the coastal regions feature many bays, rivers, inlets and beaches including the famous Bondi Beach. Within the city are many notable parks, including Hyde Park and…