After our last trip we woke up so early that our tent was still a little bit wet from the fog. To dry it, we put it in the sun at our last housesit. It’s not only wildlife that likes our tent. Kai, our housesitting buddy, absolutely loved it!
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At first sight you think somebody lost his eighties wig or that there is a walking piece of grass next to the road, but when you turn back, stop the car, and take a closer look, you learn that it’s an echidna! You don’t see them very often. Sadly the first one got so scared of…
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Surfing is a real big thing in Australia and it’s something you should do when you are visiting Down Under. Since we don’t have the set of skills to ride the waves yet (although Tom often surfs on the internet, real waves are not his specialty…), we had to look for alternatives. Luckily Wave Rock…
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Getting up early in the morning is not one of our favorite things, but it can be very rewarding. Albany (not Albania!) is a beautiful coastal city in the South of Western Australia. At first we thought we were still dreaming, but when we blinked our eyes, we realized this wasn’t a scene from Lord…
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We love huge trees! Especially the ones in the Valley of the Giants near Denmark (the town, not the country). The treetop walk is one of the highlights of the beautiful South-West Western Australia. You almost feel like a tree yourself when you wiggle along with them 40 meters above the solid ground. Even back…
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Dé toeristische attractie van Hamelin Bay zijn de stingrays. Deze rogachtigen hebben soms een doorsnede van meer dan één meter en vinden het fantastisch om in deze baai te glijden in de golfslag. Gewoon met je enkels in het water staan, is al voldoende om ze over je voeten te laten zwemmen! Deze vissen zijn…
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First of all: I really like my job! There is only one thing that doesn’t feel right. Sadly it’s something that I have to do every time I work. I tried to leave this particular part of my job to my colleagues, but there is no escaping. Every time I do this thing, a little…
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Craft brewing is really picking up strong in Australia. For example, in what used to be the old Swan Brewery, nowadays you can find the Riverside Brewhouse. This beautiful building is the home of one of the best breweries we visited up till now! It seems they really know what they are doing. After a…
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Na onze klacht over het prachtige weer, volgt hier een nieuwe klacht over verveling! In tegenstelling tot Tom zijn job, is het in mijn job in de paasperiode erg rustig. Hierdoor ben ik jammer genoeg tijdelijk werkloos. Ik hoor jullie al zeggen: “Claudia, het is al erg genoeg dat je 25 graden koud vindt, maar…
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Om jullie een idee te geven van de normale temperaturen: herfst in Perth = heerlijke zomer in België ( lees: 25-27°C overdag). Toen we de eerste keer door Australië reisden, waren we verbaasd dat het plaatselijke zwembad gesloten was “wegens te koud weer”. Het was buiten 28 graden… Na drie maanden in prachtig weer te…
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