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Von den Blauen Bergen kommen wir.....
Published: September 26th 2011Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Blue Mountains
September 21st 2011
Obwohl gerade erst gefrühstückt, haben wir ein frühes Mittagessen am Mt. Victoria im Hotel Imperial, ein nettes viktorianisches Gebäude mit dem ältesten funktionierendem Wasserklo der Welt (errichten zwischen 1901 und 1902). Weiter geht’s über einen Bergrücken zum Mount Tomah Botanical Garden. Sehenswert, mit toller Aussicht! Dann fahren wir zurück nach Sydney und machen noch einen kurzen Bushwalk ums Haus, dann müssen wir eh schon packen. ... read more
September 20th 2011
Nach dem Frühstück geht’s los. Mit Janet und Frank fahren wir zum Echo Point mit toller Aussicht auf eine Felsformation, die „Three Sisters“ (Drei Schwestern) genannt wird. Die Blue Mountains sind atemraubend (nicht nur wegen der ca. 40 Buschfeuer, die in der Nähe zu sehen und zu riechen war). Irgendwie eine Hochebene mit tiefen Tälern und Schluchten, die in unglaubliche Farben leuchten. In der Nähe gibt es eine Touristenattraktion „Scenic World“ genannt. Ehrlich, wir hätten das nicht besucht. Die steilste Schienenbahn der Welt hinunter ins Tal, eine kurze Wanderung zur Seilbahn und wieder hinauf. Klingt sehr touristisch, oder? Mit dieser Meinung steigen wir ein. Es geht nach unten, nicht aber ohne vor dem die Titelmelodie von „Indiana Jones“ zu spielen. Mein lieber Spitz aber, die Bahn ist wirklich steil! Sie geht durch Felstunnels nach unten; es ... read more
Von Sydney in die Blue Mountains
Published: September 20th 2011Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Blue Mountains
September 19th 2011
Frank fährt mit uns zur Uni von Sydney um uns seinen Kollegen vorzustellen. Wir verbringen dort den halben Tag und kommen kaum vom Staunen, welche Möglichkeiten dort geboten werden. Wir halten uns vorwiegend bei den Mikroskopen auf: Mehrere Elektronmikroskope mit allem drum und dran, Wahnsinn!! Am meisten fasziniert sind wir aber von den Mikro-CTs. Mit diesen Computertomographen können Mikroorganismen in ihrem natürlichen Umfeld in 3D dargestellt werden. Falls das jemand von der Uni Innsbruck lesen sollte: Wir brauchen so was!! Dann geht’s zurück, packen und ab in die Blue Mountains nach Katoomba. Janet hat ein wunderschönes Häuschen mit toller Aussicht für uns gebucht. Nach einem fantastischen Sonnenuntergang fallen wir recht Müde ins Bett. Nachdem wir heute den großteil des Tages an der Uni vebracht haben und anschließend die Fahrt in die Blue Mountains angetreten ha... read more
July 11th 2011
This is a story about my trip to the Blue Mountains. I did this as a day trip from Sydney. I had a great time although hiking all over the mountains was exhausting. The train ride to Katoomba, the closest train station, took 2 hours and 10 minutes. The train ticket cast 10 dollars round trip and then I bought a hop-on-hop off bus pass. Normally I disdain those kind of tourist things, but I only had a day to see as much as I could, so I think it was worth it. The Blue Mountains National Park reminded me of Starved Rock Park a little bit. If Starved Rock was an entire mountain range. There was gorgeous scenery and difficult muddy trails. One trail had been closed because a tree fell over it. There is ... read more
June 29th 2011
Firstly, welcome to all our new subscribers. I hope you enjoy the tales and pictures of our New Zealand adventure. And, maybe, get a teeeeny bit jealous! This time next week we will be in Queenstown and have already hit the slopes. In fact, by now, Alex will have learnt to ski!!! Hope there aren't too many bumps and bruises when we get home. However, there has been a severe lack of snow in New Zealand, with all ski resorts in QT currently on hold. In fact, this has been the latest start to the ski season in fifty years! While here, in NSW, the ski fields have enjoyed vast amounts of snow over the last few weeks, the last snow fall in QT was 1cm last Saturday. Just our luck!!! While the weather in QT ... read more
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June 28th 2011
This is my first blog. There are six more sleeps before my first trip overseas and I am super excited!!! I will be leaving on Monday 4th July with Alex , a school friend, imported from the UK in 2006. We will return on July 21st. We are flying to Christchurch (CC) and heading down to Queenstown (QT) to ski for a week. There has been limited snow in QT. Resorts are not even open yet and it has been the latest start to the ski season in over 50 years for our friends over the ditch. After skiing, we will head across to Dunedin (DD), mainly to visit the Cadbury chocolate factory. Since Alex is a massive Chocoholic. We will end up back in CC before heading off on a 7 day Contiki tour. This ... read more
Australia.... the East Coast!
Published: June 22nd 2011Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Blue Mountains
June 22nd 2011
Where do I start?! We landed in Oz sometime in May! (getting really bad with dates, days and times!) We were met by Adam's cousin Mike which was a lovely surprise! We stayed with Mike and Amanda in West Pymble for a long weekend and they treated us to lots of fab food made with love in Mike's hosting pinny! Also a hot shower and cotton towels which we have missed! Thanks guys!! We visited Bondi and the suburbs of Sydney with Mike and Amanda and a Huntsman spider for company! Not that we realised but once we did, sometime later, Adam screamed like a 5 year old girl (Adam hates spiders!!) to Mike who came to the rescue! Mike did the honourable thing of hitting it away from the car with a newspaper and then ... read more
It's not a Katoomba!
Published: September 20th 2011Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Blue Mountains
May 16th 2011
This title should of course be read in the style of everybody's favorite former bodybuilder/actor/politician/future cartoon robot in the classic Kindergarten Cop (it's the Dr. Zhivago of my generation, which is why my generation is a train wreck). When I started writing this entry, it was meant to be the penultimate entry in our Sydney blog. Things got hectic, however, and time disappeared faster than jobs in Detroit. As a result, this will now be the neutron star of blog entries (it’s dense, for the astro-illiterate.) When last I spun the online yarn fer ye, I foreshadowed high-quality times a-brewin. We had rid ourselves of the shackles of pauperdom and were ready to live like princes for once. Gone was our roach-riddled studio. We had swanky new digs right in the heart of the city. Jenny ... read more
2011 Harvest Complete
Published: April 22nd 2011Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Blue Mountains
April 22nd 2011
(See below for an update - Pressing Complete) Our day started at 6.30am for the 2011 wine grape harvest in our micro mini vineyard. After a really promising start to the season and then so many hiccups (too much rain, an attack of powdery mildew, honey eating birds breaking into the netting, fruit fly, and lots and lots more rain) our harvest turned out reasonably ok. The process for the day ... pick ... destem ... crush ... put the grapes and must (juice) into the primary fermentation tank ... add some colour extracting (organic) enzymes ... plus a specific strain of yeast for the initial fermentation on the skins ... this will continue for about 4 to 5 days and then the grapes will be pressed and the skins discarded. Also, as we progress, we ... read more
Canyoning/climbing in the Blue Mountains
Published: April 12th 2011Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Blue Mountains
April 12th 2011
Denne weekend var jeg så i Blue Mountains, dette er en nationalpark der ligger nordvest for Sydney. Her var vi på en guidet tur i grotter delvist under jorden om lørdagen. Søndag gik med at klatre på Mt. Victoria. Mere følger.... (Har lidt travlt i skolen)... read more
