I had my final disagreement with the girls yesterday evening. Actually I had it mainly with Esther (as always) and felt a bit sorry about Sarah getting caught in the middle but that's just the way it went. It's a bit of a shame that the end was a bit nasty, but I'm still feeling better because of it. More »
I finally managed to upload the photos I took within the last two weeks. If you want to take a look at them >>>> click here <<<< More »
I'm certainly getting more than enough of my share of the local wildlife here. I mean, Emus, Roos, Ekidnas - but last night beat it all: A two meter long Black-Headed Python crawled into my room - and I slept right through it! More »
Arrived in Broome after almost eight hours of hard driving. Unfortunately though the windscreen got seriousy fucked on the way. Well, that's what happens if you pass one of those big road trains on a bad stretch of road.
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Having survived Karijini we travelled to Port Headland, about 400 km north of Tom Price. The trip was uneventful - i.e. we didn't kill or hit anything for a change - but we probably found what must be Australias most expensive internet place. More »
We heard from a lot of people that Karijini National Park is one of the best parks you'll find in all of Australia. And it's true - it's gorgeous. But it's also not without risks as we learned on our two-day tour when we had to abandon our four-wheel drive and lug all our baggage and all the water we could carry to the nearest road to find help. More »
The trip from Exmouth to Tom Price was another one of those "you have to have done it to be able to know what it's like"-trips. Six hours fo driving and we only met five other cars on the road - and a lizard. More »
The last three days have been pretty good: we spent almost all the time on Turquois Beach in the Cape Range National Park nearby Exmouth - a beautiful white beach with blue water and loads of colourful fish and generally had a good time with little or no arguments. More »
I went snorkeling today! Yes, Timo dared to jump into the middle of the Ocean - and I absolutely hated it. I think I'll stick to boats or land from now on. More »
Why is it that you always loose out on arguments with girls, even if you are right? I mean, how do they manage to put you in the wrong even though it is quite clearly them who are wrong? Alright - this is what happened: More »
I always found it hard to understand why some people say that the sheer boredom of driving through Australia can drive you insane. I mean, yes, I did find it boring as well, when I travelled from Albany to Esperance, but surely all this talk of "deadly boredom" was exaggerated. I don't think like this no more. More »
We slept through the first feeding of the dolphins but that's probably a good thing. From what I heard there really were 1.000 tourists to see them at 7.30 am, whereas we were only abou 100 at the second time they got fed around 11ish. And imho that's a way better time to get up! More »
We travelled from Kalbarri to Monkey Mia today where we - and 1.000 other tourists - will feed the dolphins tomorrow. The trip was rather unspectacular and though two kangarros crossed our path we thankfully didn't come close to hitting any today. My personal higlight was seeing the Stromatolites - 3.5 billion years old organisms that are "living rocks". More »
Just arrived in Kilbarri, a seaside ressort some 600 kilometers north of Perth. On the way we passed another country and hit a huuuuge kangaroo. But relax - nothing happened and we and the car are alright. The kangaroo, too, btw. More »
Been to the dentist yesterday and was quite positively surprised. He had been recommended to me by a guy from Kalgoorlie and that recommendation was spot on: He even treated me for free! There is also news regarding my car. More »
Even though I'm having a minor problem with my teeth and loads of problems with my car I'm still enjoying Perth more than the last time. And it's definitely not the weather that has improved since my last stay - it's even colder now then three weeks ago. I think the main difference is the hostel I'm staying in. More »
This whole car-thing is really getting on my nerves. Especially since I'm so bloody indecisive! But I think I have come to a decision now - at least temporarily. More »
Yesterday, when I was driving from Kalgoorlie to Perth, the car has been acting up a lot again. I gave some people from the hostel a lift into another part of the town and the car has been positively bucking. One of them apparently knows something about cars and he said he thinks, that she is not getting enough fuel. More »
I decided not to look for a job in Kalgoorlie for he time being. The decision was partly triggered by something that has nothing to do with the town or the work at all: part of one of my crowns fell off and I needed a dentist. But to visit one I had to drive 600 km back to Perth. More »
If you talk to anyone who's spent some time in Kalgoorlie then he or she is bound to nod wisely and say something like: "It's...special.". And hell - I certainly won't disagree. In a way, Kalgoorlie is everyting you'd expect from a miners town. It's a bit rough, a bit gruffy and in a way very much a "real mans" place. But there's also an amazing number of miners who aren't real men at all, who are in fact - girls! More »
I just did my finances. And just as I feared, I spent nearly 2.000 Euros since I came to OZ. And that does not include the car, but it includes the repairs. I crunched some more numbers and figured out that, yes, I can afford to spend money at this rate. So should I get ajob or should I not? More »
I just arrived in Kalgoorlie, Australias biggest mining town. I'm gonna look for a job here in the gold mines here, but that is not the main thing I want to write about today. My real gripe today is about Australias internet charges! More »
Today I drove through the "real" outback for the first time: 477 km from Albany to Esperance and hardly anything in between. I got started a bit late since I paid a brief visit to the garage and then made the mistake to thing that noone would mind me going a tiny bit faster then what the speedlimit says. Wrong - there are cops out there! More »
Driving from Margaret River to Albany, I passed through some of the most impressive forests I've ever seen, including the aptly named "Valley of the Giants". And I always thought that Eucalyptus was a bush! Standing on the top of a 64 meters high Eucalyptus tree and trying to fight the feeling of vertigo, I realized that I was obviously very wrong. More »
Safely arrived in Albany, a very, very sleepy (i.e. dead) town of 30.000 on Australias southcoast last night. The journey was fantastic, going through some stunning forrests. Unfortunately the computers at the otherwise lovely "London Backpackers" (20 dollars/dorm) are pretty rotten, so that I'm not gonna write much today - you know, it'd be really nice if the letters on the screen stayed in one place...
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Erm, I'm still in Margaret. I had meant to leave first thing in the morning but then I decided to go out drinking with three Irish girls and bloke from England. And of course you should never go on the piss with the Irish... More »