Pictures from our trip to Sydney in the Australian winter… This picture was taken by Andrew on Bondi Beach in Sydney-click on it to enlarge. From left to right: Lucia (Italy), Miloud (France), Elena (Italy), Francois? (France), Ben (Australia/Tonga, kneeling), Mari (Japan), David, Margarita, Christian (Austria), Sebastien (France), Tina (Denmark), Lee (UK), Sophie (Denmark), April (USA), George (UK). Yes, George is bathing.
down under
Posts from my Australia blog
book review: down under
Bill Bryson’s book „Down under“ is probably one of the best-selling Australian travel diaries of the last years. Bryson writes about his travels in a very entertaining and easy-to-read style. Down under is quite entertaining and full of supposedly well researched peeks into Australian history, geography, foreign relations and politics. However, while „Down under“ might be an entertaining read, Bryson hasn’t done a great job in portraying the places he visited. Even though Bryson seems to have done a lot of research, he hasn’t done a great job in planning his itineraries and researching the destinations.
Darwin
Am 21. November geht’s ab nach Darwin-ich hab heute den Flug gebucht und freu mich schon sehr drauf!
The Parliamentary Triangle
I went to the Parliamentary Triangle today–a part of Canberra mostly occupied by Parliament House (=Parliament Hill), government offices, embassies and very expensive residential properties. Now that most of the trees have leaves and some are still in bloom, Canberra is getting nicer than it was in those cold rainy november (…umm…July) days. I felt as if I was cycling on a highway that had been built right through a park. Of course, highways wouldn’t have bike lanes.
Heizung
Ich weiss, dass manche von euch denken, ich bin jetzt im warmen Australien, waehrend es in Oesterreich schon recht kalt ist. Dem ist nicht so. Es ist zwar untertags recht warm, aber in der Nacht bin ich froh, dass die Heizung funktioniert. Ausserdem regnet es hier auch haeufig. Einige der Baeume haben auch noch gar keine Blaetter. Ich hoffe, das wird bald anders.