Dienstag, 17. November 2009

Vacations end

Before I will never finish my report of our trip in Queensland I will make it quick and finish it now. Because meanwhile happened a lot things more which also should be told.

My time was coming with hiring a car and I had to take this big challenge I was waiting for the whole time. I took the control of a car with the steering wheel on the wrong side and had to get used to drive it also on the wrong side. So it was not surprisingly that I every time activated the wiper instead of the turn signal. After 2 days it wasn't anymore a problem and it was awesome to discover Australia by car.

We explored National Parks with Waterfalls, the table lands, a really tiny version of the alps, long lonely beaches and slept almost every day in the wild in our tent. And that was definitly the biggest challenge because it was freezing cold and we only had one terrible sleeping bag.

After watching Platypus in Yungaburra we drove to Cape Tribulation the end of the driveable road at the coast where the rainforest reaches the sea. You can see this only at a few places in the world. It is unbelievable to drive the roads surrounded only from jungle. It was like in paradise. But even this magical place had some dangerous attractions. So we went to daintree river to see the famous saltwater crocodiles.

After returning from Cape Tribulation we finished our trip in Cairns. We spent almost a week in Cairns and did our last trips from there to Kuranda one of the biggest sky rails in the world and to the Great Barrier Reef. Sorry again but it is indescribable and it is unique. Everybody who is going to Australia should see the Great Barrier Reef. Our ship stopped somewhere we had to jump into the water and dived into another world. If you have ever seen a documentary of reefs and thought it will be amazing if you could see that than the Reef is your place. It is like your swimming in a big seawater aquarium with million of fishes and all kind of colors. It seems to be so surreal but your really swimming in the wild sea.

I will finish my writing now with these memories. We saw a lot more but there is no time to report everything in detail. As result we can say that we really loved to travel in Australia and that it is not without reason one of the best backpacker countries in the world where you have such a good infrastructure and so many beautiful spots packed very close to each other.

Cheers

Spitzl

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