DOZING IN DARWIN
In total stayed 3 nights in Darwin. It is a rather small town with little to see. Most tourists drive out of town to one of the national parks. I had enough of outback experience for a while, so I spend my time strolling around, going to parties and enjoying the 30°C heat on my skin. I also met some pretty cool aboriginal people that defied their negative stereotypes. Finally, thanks Antyalkpirri :D
MELBOURNE MATES
On Sunday I got a flight from Darwin back to Melbourne. My friend Jeremy (Road trip along the east cost) just moved here last week. So I stayed for a couple of days with him, his father and his grandma their big house in Melbourne. Grandma Helder also helped to fix some of my broken travel trousers and generally made sure that I was well re-fed after my outback trip :D
The second half of the week I staid with Lliam again. I discovered some more of the amazing local food and coffee (Melbourne is a huge Hipster place). People got frequently mislead by my statement that I used to live in Heidelberg, since that is also a well known suburb of Melbourne just next to Lliams place :D.
One day we drove up the Yarra river to the mountains. Here I did my first snow hiking this year (for Lliam it was actually first in his life). So there is snow in Australia. I am sure not many tourist have ever seen it :D
Thanks again for your great hospitality.
Really hope to see you guys again!
AUCKLAND AGAIN
Quite some flights this week. I left Melbourne on Friday. Since I have to follow the destinations of my Around-The-World ticket, I had to get back to Auckland a forth time. Quite impressive for a city that I don’t even like that much. However, even this place feels now very familiar. I wasted my final days in Oceania, strolling through local bars, public libraries (internet) and spending my last NZ Dollars on vegan delicacies.
Just 2 more days, then its no more “Hi mate” but “Hola, como va”
24th of June – 3rd of July
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