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Mountain Festival! Five months Down Under - A New Hope for balance

Today is the 21st January, we are exactly five months ago, it set out from the late-summer Germany, to remote Australia. This report is therefore a good stage to draw a conclusion and a few little anecdotes from everyday life Down Under tell. It is also suitable for this fantastic, because the last week went without any highlights on the stage. A week at a caravan park just outside of Perth. A week of waiting.
Do you remember my broken MP3 player? The Fip had indeed for us to exchange a second time, he also did quickly. Since we always had to wait for our car, he should send the player to Perth so we could hear music again without limit. Anyway, he is still not arrived, which has robbed us of yet another week of precious time. Let's hope that tomorrow morning he finally eintrudelt and we can continue our journey. This, of course, we have
no telling the value experienced is for sleep, but the free (* grin *) and our neighbors greet us already.
This is not all of these lines follow, now in alphabetical order, our impression of the following categories:

Beer:
Since our tastes even encountered already in Germany with severe criticism (! Millions Sternburg disciples can not be wrong), should next lines are only a rough guideline. Australian beer is drinkable, as long as it is cold and still. No, that does so not quite. While there are still abuses taste misdirection, but they have become rare. Victoria Bitter, VB abbreviation (For "very bad", is a comprehensive review of the Aussies themselves) is one anyhow. Should there be an Australian Holsten, then there is this as we are in the beer, move as elsewhere, the low price level, our favorites at any rate the delicious mhh ... ... Carlton and the cost Emu Draft. Since it is already with luck, at 27 dollars for 30 doses. Yes, there are still boxes, because there is no deposit on cans, there is absolutely no deposit, but probably no recycling, but that's what's not straight. Australian beer is available in three variants, light - midstrenght - bitter and moved here from 2.3 to 5% alcohol, usually but always at 3.5%. In comparison, it naturally has no chance against the German beer culture, but it's not as bad as its reputation, Cheers!

Food:
Australia counts as an industrial country, is so polluted by industry, with tons of fast food. The selection clearly outperforms the German border and at American levels. Whether you choose at McDonalds, Hungry Jacks (Burger King), Wendy's or Red Rooster destroyed his character, is left at the end of each myself. But there are also happen to be the great Erdfindungen the Englishman here who likes his food so immersed in hot fat, probably the most numerous fish and chips will love shacks down here. The
Gourmet area is prohibited for reasons of cost us, unfortunately, but the supermarket olive taste great class! Seriously, the restaurant market is booming and is completely in the hands of Asians ... Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, is mongolitisch for every taste and never forget, it could also be your dog.

landscape
Australia is huge, it spans multiple time and climate zones. The vegetation and landscape are so different and breathtaking. Whether one goes snorkeling in the largest coral reef in the world, whether four-wheel jeeps on sand dunes in the outback bangs if you go hiking in Tasmania's forests, whether in the Snowboarded mountains around Sydney, or whether one is bitten in the rain forests of the north of crocodiles, it is possible and everything is something for everyone. Those who have followed our reports will certainly have impressions of the fantastic nature of Australia have got, apart from simple photo opportunities such as the Ayer's Rock. Caves, rock formations, rivers, deserts, beaches, forests ... everything for the ultimate outdoor vacation. There is simply nothing to complain about what is missing the cities, nature does at least three betting again.

people:
The company is completely multicultural, what you can find here on other nations and cultures, it is madness. However, as the Aussies are? They are absolutely friendly, helpful and do you normally always good. Whether we had a car accident, or the food we had gone out, there was always someone who helped us out already from his mentality. It almost seems as if terms such as crime, dishonesty or ignorance of our vocabulary. The people are warm, relaxed and above all not so egocentric as in Germany, where it addresses many of something when someone else has problems. Furthermore, one feels at times as a guest before actually funny when the big-spending of the locals out of hand, or you will be invited for the tenth time somewhere. This makes life problems such as Bürokratie viel einfacher. Da wir bisher noch keinen großen Kontakt zu Aboriginies hatten, lassen wir dieses komplexe Thema erst einmal außen vor.

Tiere:
Jeder kennt sie, die Wappentiere Australiens. Kängurus und Koalas, aber was ist mit den anderen, Emus, Wombats, Spinnen, Schlangen, Haien, Fröschen, Quallen, Krokodilen?
Langsam, also Kängurus sieht man überall, ob tot am Straßenrand oder quicklebendig auf den ewig weiten Ebenen. Wer in seinem Australienaufenthalt kein Känguru zu Gesicht bekommt, hat definitiv etwas verkehrt gemacht. Koalas dagegen sind seltener, aber mit etwas Glück kann man die putzigen Matschbirnen ebenfalls in freier Natur erblicken. Emus sind Straußen-ähnliche Critters, which are available in the rural area to face. Spiders and snakes, so one should never meet, according to travel guides, which is definitely wrong. Whether it is or totgifte Redbackspinnen Brown Snakes now, or meter-long pythons ... with some luck the whole range of toxic organisms is covered in an Australia vacation. Sharks and crocodiles, we have not seen yet, but are supposed to drive in the north to mischief, I bet we will also make their acquaintance. Otherwise, there are still the countless other unique species of Australia, such as the Wombat (cross between a beaver and hamsters) or the Eastern Quoll (so we have a run over). If all this is too much, certainly can also be dragged European pests discover below, bunnies and foxes!

traffic:
the left, remnants of ancient times and not so heavy as expected. However, combined with the right-before-left and already (just starting) is a really queasy in the stomach when it comes to the slopes. Since the distances here are usually more than long-Germany, all cars also packed with several hundred thousand kilometers. As we meet our more mobile as patches, however, one sees primarily Alllradfahrzeuge and vans.
The dreaded road trains are actually dangerous, for speed limits which are unheard of. These are at most 110 on highways So a snail's pace in the German comparison. The road conditions out of the outback are also usually acceptable, even if it may well come to one or other gravel road. danger here is
Tojota and Holden (Australian Opel), German cars are rare, but where should we also attach the Porsche two spare tires?

Weather:
hot.

cigarettes:
The tilt here are huge, so not get me wrong, it's not more of it than tobacco in the home, but the boxes are absolutely monstrous! We also monstrous their prices, fifty fags cost of the cheapest variety battered $ 17. The price level that is comparable with the Germans. For Poland, however, the edge definitely too high.
The selection is also comparable, but must be separated from the horrible taste of German brands such as harvest 23 or Caro better or worse ... the only known logo will be that of Marlboro, instead, can one's life expectancy but also shorten with Holiday, Horizon and Winfield probably get!

Oh, and this time no photos gibs * crying *