We arrived in Perth and caught a shuttle from the airport where we checked into a place without any mixed dorms. Straight away we were uncomfortable and checked out and into another place called Old Swan Barracks first thing in the morning. It was better there, we met a couple of cool people from our dorms, but we were getting the overpowerng feeling that everything was majorly expensive. Over the next few days this feeling got worse and worse, it became quite depressing, we couldn't afford to do anything we wanted, coming from south east asia this made it even more difficult. We spent our time in Perth playing pool, eating bolognaise and watching the winter Olympics, finally we decided we had to do something so we booked a 3 day tour of the south west.
Jak jsme prileteli do Perth nechali jsme se zavest do hostelu, ktery nemel "smisene" dorms, coz znamena, ze na pokojich jsou bud jenom kluci nebo holky. To se nam vubec nelibilo, takze jsme si hned rano sbalili pet svestek a ubytovali se jinde. Jmenovalo se to Old Swan Barracks. Bylo to mnohem lepsi, seznamili jsme se s par super lidma z naseho pokoje. Co nas ale znepokojovalo nejvice, byli vysoke ceny vsude kolem. Hlavne, kdyz jsme zrovna dorazili z Asie, kde jsme si zili jako prasatka v zite. Par dni jsme se nedokazali rozhoupat a trosku jsme zacali propadat panice a depresi, jak se s tim vyporadat. Takze tech par dnu jsme stravili hranim kulecniku, sledovanim zimnich Olympijskych her a jezenim mnoha porci bolonskych spaget. Po techto dnech jsme se rozhodli, ze se musime hnout z mista a tak jsme se zapsali na tri denni vylet do jihozapadni casti Australie.
This was good fun, ten times the price and half the worth of the equivilant trips in asia but fun non-the-less. We had a really good group, but most memorable would be the lovely Natalie. We thought she was part of the guide company as she was the only other aussie, but once she started buying rounds at the brewery we soon realsed she wasn't. The three days took us to some beautiful seaside spots, a chocolate factory and a vinyard for wine tasting but perhaps our most memorable events were climbing the giant tree, the canopy walkway, some good drinking games and excellent bbqs!
Vylet byl super, sice byl asi desetkrat drazsi a tak mozna z poloviny by se vyrovnal tem v Asii, ale i tak to byl zazitek. Meli jsme super skupinu asi dvaceti lidi, kde byla i Natalie, holka se kterou jsme se oba dost sblizili. Byla to jedina Australanka v autobuse a tak jsme si mysleli, ze je soucasti agentury, co tyto vylety organizuje. Jak nam ale v pivovaru zacala kupovat vzorky piva, uvedomili jsme si, ze to je jen dalsi z cestujicich. Po tyto tri dny jsme videli spoustu krasne prirody, navstivili jsme tovarnu na cokoladu, vinici, kde jsme mohli ochutnat vzorky, ale asi nejvice se nam do pameti zarylo lezeni na giganticky strom na pribytych skobach, dalsi prochazka mezi korunamy vysokych stromu na zebricich, pici hry po vecerech a vynikajici opekacky!
After the tour we were feeling a little more enthusiastic about our travels again, so we put caution to the wind and decided to hire a camper van to travel our journey up the west coast. The company we used were called wicked campers, they have a very backpacker friendly attitude to the whole process of hiring and most of their campers are painted pretty a pretty artistic and funky way . . . ours however looked like it'd be painted by a 5yr old! Still, we came to love it for what it was.
Po tomto vylete jsme byli zase nadseni pro dalsi dobrodruzstvi a taky bylo na case, rozhoudnout se, jaky zpusob dopravy zvolime, aby jsme se v cas dostali do severozapadniho mesta Broome. Pronajali jsme si neco mezi karavanem a dodavkou od spolecnosti s nazvem Wicked CamperVan. Pronajimaji dodavky, ktere jsou rucne malovane a kazda ma jiny motiv a jsou relativne levne pro batuzkare. Nase vypadala jako malovana petiletych ditetem, ale i tak jsme byli cely nedockavy a vzruseni jake to bude cestovat ve Wicked.
Our first day we got some supplies and then a big drive from Perth upto Cervantes. It was really nice to be behind the wheel again and have the freedom that your own transport brings. We arrived pretty tired just before sunset and found a place just off the road to sleep for the night . . . or so we thought! What was to come next was one of the most scary experiences on our travels, its a long story so when we're back ask us about it, but in a nutshell a drunk, agressive, ugly brute called Mad Frank pulled up behind us threatening all kinds of things, but after all calmed, he suggested we move the van to his driveway and as soon as the sun rose we hit the road!
Nas prvni den, uz s pronajatym CamperVanem jsme si zajeli nakoupit nejake potraviny na cestu. Bylo super mit auto a svobodu zastavit si kde se nam zachce. Takze jsme zacali ridit z Perth do mesta s nazvem Cervantes. Prijizdeli jsme jiz za tmy a presne nevideli kde jsme a tak jsme se zaparkovali za kopec kameni, aby nas nebylo videt a nedostali tak pokutu. Unaveni jsme ulehali nasi prvni noc v CamperVanu a tesili se z naseho dobrodruzstvi az do te doby nez se nam prihodila jedna z nejvice strasidelnych prihod na teto dobrodruzne ceste kolem sveta. Za nas CamperVan zaparkoval dzip z nehoz vystoupil opili, agresivni a potetovany chlap jmenem Sileny Frank, jak jsme pozdeji zjistili. Rval po nas a jedno z druhym az se ukazalo, ze nas chtel jen postrasit, coz se mu podarilo. Nakonec se z neho vyklubal pratelsky chlapik. Trval na tom at prespime na jeho vjezdu do domu. Prespali jsme teda tam a rozklepani jeste rano jsme za usvitu odjizdeli a neminili se nikdy vracet.
Tired, in need of a shower and still totally shaken up by the experience we try to enjoy the impressive pinacles, sandstone pillars sticking out of the desert. Very errie at that time of day, hardly anyone around except you and the pinicles. The next couple of days there was alot of driving through red sand and scorching heat, one night we drove through a wind farm to a camping area by a creek. We made some great little camping dinners including spanish potato & sausage and a couple of beautiful burgers. We also cracked open a bottle of muscat that our good friend Natalie had so kindly bought for us on the South West tour and enjoyed some evening drinks sat at the back of the van. Good times!
Unaveni, touzice po sprse a stale vystrasen jsme se jeli podivat na pisecne pilire couhajici z pouste s nazvem Pinacles. Protoze bylo brzo rano byli jsme tam prakticky sami, coz pridalo na podivane. Dalsich par dni jsme ridili pres cerveno-pisecne plane za nesnesitelneho vedra. Jednou jsme take spali na miste, ktery vypadal jako stary lom. Na teto ceste v CamparVanu jsme si dokonce uvarili i nejake dobroty jako opekane brambory s parkem na spanesky zpusob a par moc dobrych burgeru. Jeden vecer jsme si otevreli i velice chutnou lahev muskatoveho vina, ktere nam koupila Natalie na nasem tri dennim jihozapadnim vylete. Mnam!
We then made it to pretty Kalbarri passing the pink lake where we got up close with Pelicans, and planned to take a look around the national park. Unfortunately the vans lack of four wheel drive prevented us from getting to a couple of the main spots but as it turned out, we'd now started to reach the real hot part of the west, neither of us had felt heat like this and on the day in the national park, rangers told us that parts of it had hit 50oc! There were also loads of thirsty fly's out there and when they saw us sweaty humans must have thought they'd hit the jackpot. It was a mixed experience of beautiful gorges and australian landscape with the exhusting heat and irritation of the fly's.
Po dalsich par dnech jsme dorazili do narodniho parku Kalbari. Po ceste jsme narazili na ruzove jezero a meli sanci zblizka pozorovat pelikany. Protoze CamperVan nebyl zadny dzip nemohli jsme se dostat vsude kde jsme chteli, ale i tak jsme se dostali na velice zajimave mista jako byli hluboke kanony. V den kdy jsme si vybrali shlednout tyto krasy bylo venku asi 50 stupnu. Mysleli jsme, ze asi umreme. Takove horko a tech much vsude kolem. Film Tri veterani a scena s Edou Flyboyem bylo proti tomu nic.
Monkey Mia and Coral Bay came next, both really beautiful, some great snorkling and the dolphins at Monkey Mia were cool. But by now, our budget was really begining to take a beating in what must be the worlds most expensive and commercial country. This meant some of the great boat trips around here were out of our reach, but soon it was back on the road and a big push to Broome to meet Natalie. We drove 500km to Port headland and eventully found nice cheap caravan park by a truck stop to stay overnight and then 700km the following day to the edge of broome where we stayed in perhaps the nicest caravan park yet, well it definely had the best swimming pool.
Monkey Mia a Koralova zatoka byli dalsi dve destinace. Obe mista byli moc pekne. V Koralove zatoce jsme si zasnorchlovali a v Monkey Mia jsme meli sanci porozovat delfiny pri krmeni v mori jen asi 1.5 metru vzdalenych od nas. V tuto chvili uz se nas rozpocet snizuje a snizuje. Hlavni duvod bude to, ze Australie je asi jedna z nejvice nejdrazsich a komercnich zemi na svete, coz znamena, ze vylety musi jit na chvili stranou. Po techto dnech uz jsme byli casove potlaceni a tak skoro dva dny jenom ridili. Prvni den 500Km do Port Headland and druhy den 700Km do mesta Broome, kde se potkame s nasi kamaradkou Natalii. Nasi posledni noc v CamperVanu jsme stravili v kemp parku, ktery mel nejvetsi a nejlepsi bazen, ktery nam zapadni pobrezi zatim poskytlo.
The following morning it was off to Broome to clean and return the van and find natalie. She had invited us to stay with her and her partner Byron at their house for a few nights which after being on the road for a fortnight was unbelievably wonderful. We cooked dinner in a proper kitchen, showered in a real bathroom and slept in a lovely double bed, all the things we'd normally take for granted we were so grateful for. Added to that there was also a swimming pool in the garden which we spent time in making up a new game called Noodle ball and throwing ball for Nozzie the dog. Natalie also booked us on a trip to see Broome's most famous industry up close, the Willie Creek Pearl Farm. It was a really interesting day where Veronika almost got away whilst wearing a necklace worth $56,000. We spent another evening watching amazing sunset at cable beach, a bbq which included some crocodile keebabs and a night in really cool open air cinema. We loved our time in Broome, but i dont think we could have had half the experience without Natalie, THANK YOU AGAIN NATS!
Dalsi rano uz jsme byli na ceste do centra, abychom vratili nas CamperVan a nasli Natalii. Nabidla nam zustat u ni a jejiho pritele Byrona v jejich krasnem dome, coz bylo super. Takze po ctrnacti dnech jsme si varili jidlo v opravdove kuchyni, sprchovali se v opravdove koupelne a spali na opravdovem dvouluzku. Vsechno, coz se zda normalni, ale za co my byli moc vdecni. K tomu vsemu meli na zahrade bazen a velkeho psa jmenem Nozzie. Natalie pro nas take zoorganizovala jednodenni vylet na Perli farmu, coz bylo hodne zajimave. Ke konci vyletu jsme meli moznost obdivovat perly v obchode, kde mi byl na krk pripnut nahrdelnik v hodnote 56 000 dolaru. (Ze jsem nevzala do zajecich.) Za techto par dni jsme stihli navstivit venkovni kino, sledovat zapad slunce a prochazejici se velbloudy na zname Cable plazi a mit opecku, kde jsme okusila sve prvni krokodyli raznici. Moc se nam v Broome libilo a myslime, ze bez Natalie by jsme nemeli ani z poloviny tolik super zazitku, takze jeste jednou Moc dekujeme Natalie!
We said some sad goodbyes for the second time and it was on the plane to Perth and then over to Cairns. We never really thought about it, but storm season might not be the greatest time to hit the north east??
Takze jsme se podruhe rozloucili se slzami v ocich a nastoupili na palubu letadla, ktere nas vzalo nejdrive zpet do Perth a po par hodinach cekani, dalsi letadlo smer Cairns. Nejak jsme tomu nevenovali pozornost, ale cyklonova predpoved pocasi asi nebyla ta spravna doba, kterou jsme zvolili pro navstevu vychodni pobrezi.
To be continued . . .
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