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We landed in Sydney to an amazing whole new world:
- Every body looks like a westerner and it is hard to tell who's a tourist and who's a local
- We can understand the spoken language around (ignoring the Thai-Hebrew dialect we encountered before)
- The air is not polluted and the sky is a perfect blue (with little painted clouds just like in the Simpsons)
- Everything (well almost) cost at least twice as much as in south east Asia
- The Ozies are so nice and always trying to help you
- And.. they drive on the left side for some weird reason
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Well - we love it! Even though it is harder on our wallets, it is so nice to be in such a completely different environment. Our plan is to basically to rent a van and drive around Australia for about 75 days, on "The D" trail (a.k.a the Half Circle). This means more or less the following:
New South Wales - heading North
- Sydney
- Blue Mountains NP
- Newcastle, Port Macquarie and Taree
- Bayron Bay and Nimbin
- The Gold Coast: Tweedheads and Surfer Paradise
Queensland - still heading North
- Brisbane
- Noosa and Rainbow beach
- Fraiser Island
- Whitsundays Islands
- Magnetic Island
- Great Barrier Reef
- Cairns
- Head west to Darwin
The Northern Territory - heading South
- Darwin
- Kakadu NP
- Lychfield NP
- Alice Springs
- Ayres Rock
- Kings Canyon
Victoria - heading east and north
- Adelaide
- The Great Ocean Road
- Melbourne
- Canbera (maybe)
- Back to Sydney
OK. That's a big plan. We have a short time and a lot to see and do, so off I go now. Wish us luck and may the schwartz be with us.
