Hi everybody,
after a lot of driving we arrived in Alice Springs.
If you haven't experinced it yourself you probably don't really know how it feels driving hour after hour, day after day through landscape containing nothing but bushes, grasses and sand. The occasional occurence of a road house (every hm...ca. 200 km) is a real highlight.
And if a Kangaroo hoppels along the side of the road you feel like having got the jackpot of action.
We covered about 2000km in these days!
If you ask us what you do all the time, staring out of the car, having a cruise control don't even having to bother to keep your feet on the gas pedal..... don't ask...we have shut our brains to 'standby'.
But at least some of the ideas you have (during higher spiritual moments throughout the drive) I want to share with all of you:
1) The names of the characters "Kanga" and "Roo" in Winnie the Puh actually put together form the word "Kangaroo", which they are...but "Hey"...first time I have seen through this deeper meaning...WOW, isn't it ??
2) Kanagaroos look right and left, before they cross the 'Highway' but I haven't figured out why still there are so many dead kangaroos on the side of the road, especially as the traffic is reduced to approximately two cars an hour..... ???
3) Water can get very hot in closed cars exposed to sun. Next time I try making tea...will keep you informed about the thrilling results.
4) Mounts of termines around Alice Spring are more shaped like penises than those near Cairns. ??? Someone knowing if there is scientific research on that?
5) It is not possible to think 'NOTHING'...all my attempts have resulted in thinking nonsense..even worse than the points above... so beware!!
On our way we tried to stuff in as many sites as possible: Lava tubes in Undara National Park, canooeing in Lawn Hill National Park, Devils Marbles, Old Telegraph Stations, scurril Road Houses in the outback...hm.. that's it...probably ;-)
Click here for pictures.
On Saturday we will start off for another 7-10 days Outback driving... which means no telefone, no internet, no fridge, but instead flies, mosquitos, sun and dust. :-) But that's what we came for, isn't it :-)
We hope you are still with us and look forward to your comments! :-)
Hear you again after the outback. :-)
Kisses, Renate & Mirko
P.S.: see out new link for our picture gallery about 'signs' ;-)...will be updated throughout the whole journey!
3 comments:
Hallo .... SUN TEA .. ist lecker, aber der tee muss die ganze zeit in der sonne sein, nicht im schatten und schon einige stunden in der sonne ziehen. aber eine super alternative, schmeckt besser als brühwarmes wasser. soviel zum teerezept. die bilder sind wie immer super und ganz besonders weil das wetter hier immer schlechter wird, beneide ich euch umso mehr. schickt a bisserl von der sonne her. wollt ihr was von unserm regen? ich freu mich schon auf die nächsten bilder und reiseberichte.
bussi, Uli
Hallo ihr Beiden, auch ich lese mit Begeisterung eure Reisebericht und freue mich über die wunderschönen Fotos. 3 fand ich diesmal besonders gut: die Teritenhügel, das Roadhouse mit der offenen Tanke und das "vonoben"-Bild vom Nationalpark.
Ach ja, das IST ein Emu ;o)
Liebe Grüße aus dem Rheinland, Annette (aus Mirkos Schulzeiten)
hallo ihr zwei! jetzt gehts los mit der komischen tastatur, wo ma die zeichen nicht findet, d.h. wir sind auch auf reisen und sitzen grad in iguazu und kopieren fotos auf festplatte.. also wir reisen zwar komfortabelst, aber stellen doch fest: man freut sich am abend ueber eine dusche, ein klo (extrem wichtig fuer babsi) und ein angenehmes bett :-)
geniesst die zeit in der zivilisation mit drum und dran!! lg babsi + michi
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