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Ausztral kalandunk a vege fele kozeledik (legalabbis, ami a blog idovonalat illeti). Mar csak ket
nagyobb varos van, amit etlapunkra bevalogattunk. A fovaros, Canberra es a
meglehetosen europai vermersekletu Melbourne.
Az ut Canberraig meglehetosen hosszu volt. Par helyen
megalltunk kis latvanyfotozasra, illetve a kocsikazas vegefele egy kis
pancsolas is becsuszott egy ilyen oceanparti elkeritett mermaid pool
szerusegben.
Igazabol egy celunk volt. Lejutni pebbly beachig, ahol a
parton csillezo kenguruk a fo latvanyossagok. Pont sotetedes elott ertunk oda,
es a latvany nem is maradt el.
Ekkora mar jo par kilometert elfogyasztottunk, igy egy
kozeli erdeszeti uton tertunk alomra. Meglepo modon nem volt meleg ejszaka,
olyannyira, hogy Ati hajnalban fel is adta es bekoltozott a satrabol a kocsiba.
Ez eleg sokat elmond a korulmenyekrol, hisz tudni kell rola, nem egy fazos arc.
A kenyszer korai kelest meg kb tovabbi 150 km vezetes
kovetett, mire beertunk Canberraba. Sokat nem lehet elmondani a
helyrol, bar tagas, es szamomra valamiert egy kellemes kisugarzasu varos, nem
igazan erdekes. Egy mestersegesen megtervezett es felepitett varosrol van
szo, ahol a politikai es orszagvezetesi szervek kerultek elhelyezesre.
Az idojaras viszont eleg jo lett a nap vegere. Sikerult
megtapasztalni a parasabb tikkasztobb viszonyokat, de tuleltuk. Ami kevesbe
volt kellemes,az a buszozas Melbournig. Szallast probalvan sporolni, ejszakai
buszozasra adtuk fejunket. Ez meg onmagaban nem is olyan rossz, de a megtomott
es kis ulesekkel ellatott jarmu, es a neha picit orulten vezeto (ertsd sokszor
lementunk az utszelet jelzo savra, amire persze gyakran riadtan ebredtunk, azt
gondolvan, hogy a sofor alszik) soforrrel megspekelve az utazas eleg
alommentesre sikeredett.
Ennek eredmenye az lett, hogy reggel elso dolgunk az volt,
hogy elkutyagoltunk a varosi botanikus kertbe
(ha mar a tobbi varosban is ez volt a fo attrakcio), majd par orara
leheveredtunk alukalni.
Estefele mar picit jozanabbul osszefutottunk Ati egy kedves
ismerosevel, Klarival, aki epp testveret jott
meglatogatni. Egyutt tettunk egy varosi setat, majd a backpackerben vegre
sikerult egy jot aludni.
Valahogy ezen a ponton dontottunk ugy, hogy masnap nem
csinalunk semmit, es ez igy is lett. Kis setalgatas es muveszetei muzeumozas
volt a program. Fuuu, igen azert ez a kortars muveszeti galleria eleg jo volt, meg ha picit
lassan is fogadtuk be az informaciot. Estere, meg egy varosi seta becsuszott,
meghallgattuk a rendkivul tehetseges utcazeneszeket, beneztunk a kinai negyedbe,
es meg valami gorog utcai fesztivalra is sikerult elkeveredni.
Masnap, mas dolgunk nem volt, mint gepre ulni es nekivagni
USA-nak.
Petty
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Storywise, our adventures in Australia are closing to the end. There are only two bigger cities left on our menu. Canberra, the capital city and the more and the more European (at least regarding the vibe) Melbourne.
Our trip to the capital was quite a distance. We stopped at a few sight seeings, also we've found an artifical mermaid pool along the way, where we could wash down the happenings of the day.
Basically, we had only one goal for this day. To reach Pebbly Beach, where the main attractions are the kangoroos chilling on the beach. We have arrived just before dusk and we have to the reward for our efforts. :)
By this time we already consumed quite a few kilometers, so we search for our overnight stop besides a nearby forestry path. For our greatest surprise it was not warm during the night, so cold, that in actual fact, Ati gave up at dawn and had to move from the tent in the car. This tells a lot since he is not the cold feet princess type.
The forced early wakeup was followed by an approx. 150 km drive, before we arrived in Canberra. Can't tell much about it. Although it is very spacious and from some very weird reason it has a nice positive energy for me, there is not much interesting there. It is an artificially designed city for all political, governmental institutions.
The weather turned out to be great at the end of the day. Finally, we had the chance to experience the real hot, humid Australian wonder weather. :) What was less comfortable was the bus drive to Melbourne. In order to improve our low budget performance and save the price of an accommodation we decided to take the bus. This is not to bad in itself but the tiny seats, snoring crowd and the slightly crazy driver provided a relatively sleepless night.
As the result of this our first thing was to march to the botanic garden (since that was always the main attraction for us anyway) and took a looong long nap. In the evening we restored some of our energy and were able to catch up with a nice friend of Ati. Klari was in Melbourne for a visit of her sister. We did a short walk in the city and had a nice chat and finally managed to get some proper sleep in the backpacker. At this point we decided to take a full day off and do nothing and so it was the next day. Some city walk and museum visit was our program. Gosh, that contemporary art gallery was pretty cool, even though we were a bit slow on processing all the info.
We filled up the evening with some walk and listened to the talented street musicians, we checked out the china town and also had the luck to explore the local Greek festival.
The next day, we did not have anything else to do, but to get on the plane and fly in the US.
Peter, Hot Balls, Pumpkin
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