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on the occasion of the dust storm I owe you some pictures of sydney in the dust. I also want to mention that it was not like the most of the people imagine. There was a huge polution in the air but you didn't feel the storm in the city. That means it was not comparable with a storm in the desert. Only at the Sydney habour were stormy winds and you still could open your eyes. And that maybe was the onliest dangerous thing that all people inhaled a lot of the poluted air while they underestimated the asthmatical threats.

Cheers Spitzl

PS: http://blog.flickr.net/de/2009/09/23/roter-staub-uber-sydney/ (while I still was sleeping)

Rockhampton/Great Keppel Island

After a couple of days at WoyWoy and a visit at the relatives of Diana we decided to change our holiday route. Originally we wanted to buy or hire a car in Sydney and drive it up to north to Cape Tribulation (in the north of Cairns). But they told us that our time is not enough to go the whole way.
Plan changed and 2 tickets were bought to fly to Rockhampton. Unfortunately we couldn’t see Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast. But it was better to save it for summer times when it is warmer there and we can go for swimming.

So we arrived at Rockhampton and had to take notice that there was no public transportation to town available. But a very nice woman offered us a free ride in her car to the city centre. ;-)
Ok honestly it is too much to call it city centre. Rockhampton is not so small like it seemed to us but as the cattle capital of Australia it was more a little city which could be a setting of an italo western movie.

We slept one night in a Saloon looking Pub and booked our Trip to Great Keppel Island, where the crystal clear water and the long and lonely beaches were waiting for us. And surprisingly it was the truth which was caused by several factors. On one hand it wasn´t the already high season and the really big boom of Keppel Island happened some years ago. Therefore we only were 25 people on the whole island.

It was awesome and we booked it unfortunately only for three days. It was our first camping in Australia and it was the most comfortable, because they offered us for our tent mattresses, top sheets, blankets and pillows and it didn’t matter anything that we had neither a sleeping bag nor a camping mat.

The weather was not extreme hot but it was really nice we had all the time sunshine and during midday it was really hot to go swimming. We spent the following days relaxing mostly at the beaches where sometimes passed some daily tourists and we watched every sunset at the sea.

After three days we had to leave and went back to Rockhampton to leave from there with the bus to Townsville...

Post under Construction

Agenda of the Queensland Journey

1. Rockhampton
2. Kepple Island
3. Townsville
4. Magnetic Island
5. Paluma Range National Park
6. Big Crystal Creek
7. Waterfalls
8. Mission Beach
9. Yungaburra & Tablelands
10. Cape Tribulation
11. Mossman
12. Port Douglas
13. Wonga Beach
14. Cairns

tbc

Por Fin

Hola Chicos

por fin puedo presentar unas photos de México.

VIVA MEXICO

Finally some pics

watch out below for pictures
Cheers

http://picasaweb.google.com/El.Spitzl/AUstraliaElComienzo02#

Island Fever

Well, only a few words about the last days. We decided to go first by bus and then hire instead of buying a car to drive to the north.
First we went to such a small island to chill out of all the stressful times. After that we continued our trip to north and left kepple island to look for some koalas on magnetic island. So I will keep the details and send you only a few pictures. the limited internet access and the intention to make some holidays will delay my updates to the beginning of September.
No worries we both are fine and happily enjoying our holidays

Hugz to all

Cheers

sorry time out keine bilder

Spitzl

Down Under

Well guys it`s me again after such a long time. I still owe you some more information about Mexico especially in pictures. It is coming soon as i put some pics on the stick and will be able to upload them.

I want to use my limited time today to thank everybody again for this very awesome times in Zurich and all these friendships and unforgetable moments and memories.

Furthermore I would like to say you I arrived the 5th continent very well and after 3 days time out in the north of Sydney at Diana`s friends place we arrived yesterday in Sydney.

Now we have to plan our holidays in the northeast of Australia to be revitalised and ready for our big challenge to find job and settle down in Australia...

keep in mind pictures will be published in the following days.

Cheers

El Spitzl