Byron Bay is a really nice town but we arrived at a pretty bad time. They were holding the Blues Music Festival in town, which although it would be an excellent couple of days, as backpackers we couldn't afford that kind of thing. It also meant accommodation and other things we out of our price range so we stayed a few nights in Aquarius, went on a couple of cool night outs with some of the guys from our dorm and took a really nice walk to the lighthouse with some great views of the ocean life below but then decided to get out before the weekend festival started. We decided we'd head inland to spend a few nights in the little village of Nimbin, what a strange place! Nimbin is basically a large hippie commune, where lots of alterative kinds go to do alterative things. We stayed in a place called Rainbow Retreat, which as it turned out was brilliant and they had some top class, homemade, mixed berry and choc chip muffins. A very cute, relaxed place, with lots of long stay people, in fact some looked as though they could have been there since 1973 (and that could have been the last time they showered and shaved). And although some of the alterative goings on were not quite our cuppa tea, like hand painting boomerangs, juggling fire sticks and carving faces in palm tree bark (come on man, free your mind ...) it is a very beautiful place and Veronika and I spent a couple of timeless days walking the countryside and cooking delicious food. We really enjoyed our time in Nimbin a great place for us to go and chill out before we come face to face with city life in Sydney and Melbourne.
Byronuv Zaliv je moc pekne male mestecko, ale jak jsme zjistili prijeli jsme celkem v nevhodnou dobu, kdy se tam konal hudebni festival. Protoze ceny byli prilis vysoke, ne jen za listky,ktere jsme si jako batuzkari nemohli dovolit, ale take za ubytovani, zustali jsme tam jen nekolik noci, ubytovani v hostelu z nazvem Aquarius. Behem techto dnu jsme si udelali jeden den vylet a vyrazili jsme nejvychodnejsi bod Australie. Na kopci stal majak a vyhled na more z tama byl prekrasny. Vubec jsme necekali, ze uvidime tolik podmorskeho zivota z takove vysky. Videli jsme delfiny, zelvy, rejnoky a i zraloka. Jinak jsme behem techto dnu zavitali pakrat do klubu s lidma z naseho pokoje.A pak hlavne kvuli nedostatku a vysokym cenam za ubytovani jsme se rozhodli navstivit vesnici Nimbin. Nimbin je prakticky hippisacka komunita lidi. Jejich vizas a zvlaste u nekterych jedincu (dlouhe vousy a vlasy) vypada, ze se zastavila v 70satych letech. Priroda kolem je ale krasne zelena a misto samo o sobe ma velice poklidnou a relaxacni atmosferu. My se ubytovali v Rainbow Retreat, kde kazdy den pekly cerstve cokoladomalinove buchty, malovali bumerangy a vyrezavali tvare do palmoveho dreva. Stravili jsme tam nekolik dni, chodili na prochazky a varili si dobroty. Bylo to dobre misto na odpocinek pred tim nez se vydame do chaosu a plnych ulic lidi v Sydney.
Another night bus later and we were in central Sydney hunting for a place to stay. We ended up at Wood Duck Inn where we shared a dorm with some cool Dutch guys. We had a couple of nights out, but we were still worrying about our budgets so tried to keep things cheap. We explored a lot of the central city on foot and visited the opera house, walked across the harbour bridge and strolled peacefully through the Chinese gardens. One evening we decided to experience our first 3D film as we'd read all about the fuss it was causing back home, we watched Alice In Wonderland, and I can safely say its one of the greatest cinema experiences of our lives, definitely the future. On our last day we took a trip to the Manly Bay area and chilled out for the afternoon on the beach. On the way back to pick our rucksacks from the hostel we decided to take a walk through the botanical gardens but timed it a bit wrong and got locked in. We were stuck for nearly an hour as the darkness came in around us and when we finally got out again up by the opera house it was getting quite late and we needed to rush to get the bus. A exhausting 45min walk later and there was some more panic as we thought we saw the bus leaving but all was ok it was a different bus, 11 hours later we were in Melbourne.
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Po dalsi noci stravene v autobuse jsme rano dorazili do centra Sydney. Po nejake dobe stravene hledanim ubytovani jsme se rozhodli pro Wood Duck Inn. Spolecne jsme sdileli pokoj se super klukama z Holandska, se kteryma jsme parkrat vyrazili vecer do klubu. Behem dnu stravenych v Sydney jsme navstivili znamou Operu, prosli se po Harbour moste a zavitali do krasne a poklidne cisnke zahrady. Jeden vecer jsme se rozhodli zajit shlednout nas prvni 3D film. Slyseli jsme dost o 3D filmech a chteli se ujistit, zda to stoji za to, kdyz tak o tom lidi mluvi. Zrovna promitali Alenku v risi divu a musim rict a oba jsme se shodli, ze je to 100% filmova budoucnost. Posledni den jsme se svezli na trajektu do jine casti Sydney s nazvem Manly Zaliv. Byl to pekny slunecny den. Vraceli jsme se se zapadem slunce a uz byli na ceste zpet vyzvednout naseho batohy z hostelu, kdyz jsme zjistili, ze jsme uzamceni v botanicke zahrade. Trvalo nam dobrych 45 minut rychle chuze se od tama dostat. Nakonec jsme s jazykem na veste dorazili na autobusove nadrazi s batohama na zadech a byli pripraveni na dalsi a posledni nocni autobus v Australii, ktery nas odveze do Melbourne.
Straight away we could feel the drop in temperature, I was still in my shorts and it really hit home that next week we'd be in New Zealand and my hoodie was about the only suitable piece of clothing. We decided we'd head to St Kilda and find some accommodation around there, and on our way to the tram station a lovely lady at the end of her Melbourne trip gave us her 2 weekly tram passes, still with 3 days left on both, must have saved us $30 each over the next couple of days. We took the tram into the city and spent an afternoon at the Museum for the Moving Image, a really interesting place with loads of interactive displays and then spent a few days shopping for warmer clothes bargains. Another day we went to a wonderfully respectful war memorial/museum and then onto the gorgeous Melbourne botanical gardens. We also did a day trip on the great ocean road which was really fun, 6:30am start and 10pm finish so it was a long day, we got to see a cool old rainforest, the twelve apostles, feed some parrots, another wild lazy koala and lots of other landmarks along the coast, and on the long journey home we stopped for massive KFC. A good trip to finish our time in Australia, its been a mixed journey, but I don’t think we have ever been so excited with our next destination as we feel now for New Zealand . . .
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Hned jak jsme dorazili do Melbourne pocitili jsme teplotni rozdil, stale v zabkach, jsme vytahli nase mikyny (a v mem pripade i tenisky) z ruksaku a stale se klepali zimou. Ubytovali jsme se na ulici Sv. Kilda a jelikoz jsme meli velke stesti pri prechazeni jednoho z prechodu pro chodce, kdy do nas narazila mlada divcina, zda nechceme jeji tramvajovy listek, ktery ma jeste 3 dny platnost, neodmitly jsme a usetrili tak asi $30. Jelikoz jsme pocitovali zimu ve velkem a nase ruksaky postradali teply odev, stravili jsme par dnu nakupovanim levneho, tepleho obleceni. Taky jsme stihli navstivit botanickou zahradu, pamatnik z 1. Svetove valky a navstivili Muzeum animovaneho filmu - velice zajimave misto. Nas posledni australsky vylet nas zaval na Great Ocean Road - "Velkou oceanskou cestu". Byl to dlouhy super straveny den. Vylet zacinal v 6:30 rano a koncil v 10 vecer. Behem vyletu jsme zastavili na mistech s prekrasnymi vyhledy na krajinu, prosli se po destnem pralese, navstivili tzv. Dvanact apostolu ( je to 12 obrich piliru couhajicich z more), krmili papousky, videli dalsi neochocenou koalu velice zblizka a na ceste zpet byli velice neposlusni, zasli si do KFC a nakoupili kurete asi na mesic. Tak takhle konci nase Australske dobrodruzstvi. A ted prichazi ta cast, kdy nemam slov, jak vyjadrit moje vzruseni a nadsenost z nasi dalsi destinace Noveho Zelandu . . .
. . . To be continued!
. . . Pokracovani priste!
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