Le 15/04/12, 10:26
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Everything comes to an end, and here I am in my last step in Australia, Darwin and the far north.
It is quite an ininteresting town and I came here only to visit the biggest national park in the country, Kakadu. It’s the land a the famous Crocodile Dundee, a tropical, hot and wet bush with swamps, a lot of Aborigene culture and of course the big saltwater crocodiles (up to 6m). So very different from the rest of Australia and supposed to be at is best at the end of the wet season, full of water.
I finally booked a 3 days tour to visit the area and frankly it was a little bit disapointing. First because it was really expensive (500$), and we haven’t seen that much (the paradox is it’s the time of the year when the park is more beautiful but most of the sites are inaccesible, even in 4WD...). Lot of waterfalls, a nice cruise on a billabong, some short walks, and nothing more...and by now I’ve started to see so many impressive places that this one in particular didn’t really amazed me.
At this stage I have to say that I was also starting to getting tired of Australia, and its aseptised anglosaxon society.
So happy to leave and really excited to take another plane to my first Asian destination, Bali.
Time as well for a short sum up of my two months down under...
I really enjoyed here
. The amazing and so different wildlife, especially kangaroos (and their meat!)
. The coral reef, absolutely unbelievable
. Melbourne relaxed and unstressed lifestyle
. The Opera House and Sydney harbour beaches
. Kangaroo Island, for a real bush experience
I didn’t like that much:
. Very unformal way of speaking...eveybody is a “mate” a buddy, “no worries”, and it seems quite fake
. Especially the “no worries” which works as soon as you walk “the line” , I’ve never seen a country with so many “laws” and forbidden things before.
. Although it is quite a multicultural society and much more informal than their Brits “ancestors” they often look like them...especially in their way of drinking.
. Skyhigh prices...sometimes so ridiculous that you have to laugh (15€ a cigarette packet for instance)
It is quite an ininteresting town and I came here only to visit the biggest national park in the country, Kakadu. It’s the land a the famous Crocodile Dundee, a tropical, hot and wet bush with swamps, a lot of Aborigene culture and of course the big saltwater crocodiles (up to 6m). So very different from the rest of Australia and supposed to be at is best at the end of the wet season, full of water.
I finally booked a 3 days tour to visit the area and frankly it was a little bit disapointing. First because it was really expensive (500$), and we haven’t seen that much (the paradox is it’s the time of the year when the park is more beautiful but most of the sites are inaccesible, even in 4WD...). Lot of waterfalls, a nice cruise on a billabong, some short walks, and nothing more...and by now I’ve started to see so many impressive places that this one in particular didn’t really amazed me.
At this stage I have to say that I was also starting to getting tired of Australia, and its aseptised anglosaxon society.
So happy to leave and really excited to take another plane to my first Asian destination, Bali.
Time as well for a short sum up of my two months down under...
I really enjoyed here
. The amazing and so different wildlife, especially kangaroos (and their meat!)
. The coral reef, absolutely unbelievable
. Melbourne relaxed and unstressed lifestyle
. The Opera House and Sydney harbour beaches
. Kangaroo Island, for a real bush experience
I didn’t like that much:
. Very unformal way of speaking...eveybody is a “mate” a buddy, “no worries”, and it seems quite fake
. Especially the “no worries” which works as soon as you walk “the line” , I’ve never seen a country with so many “laws” and forbidden things before.
. Although it is quite a multicultural society and much more informal than their Brits “ancestors” they often look like them...especially in their way of drinking.
. Skyhigh prices...sometimes so ridiculous that you have to laugh (15€ a cigarette packet for instance)
