9 February 2010

After Tasmania, we rested up for a few days in Melbourne, before pushing on to Sydney. Everyone from Melbourne is convinced of its superiority to its bigger rival, but we’d have to see for ourselves! Opting for the inland route, rather than the longer coastal one, we made it up to Sydney in just a day and a half, with a few little stops to look at big things along the way.
Apres la Tasmanie et quelques jours de repos a Melbourne, on a pris la route de Sydney. Tous les habitants de Melbourne sont convaincus de la superiorite de leur ville sur Sydney, mais il fallait qu’on juge par nous meme ! On a choisi la route interieure, plutot que la route cotiere, et on a parcouru la distance en un jour et demi avec quelques arrets le long du chemin.
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6 February 2010

After 4 days in nature, we immersed ourselves in Tasmanian culture along the East coast of the island
Apres 4 jours dans la nature, on s’est immerges dans la culture Tasmanienne, le long de la cote Est de l’ile
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4 February 2010

That’s it! We sold Denny Crane, our van for the last 5 months, to a nice German-Tasmanian couple.
It was a bit of a heart breaker, but we had to let him go.
As you can see, we’re a bit late on the blog: currently, we are posting articles about Tasmania, but really we’re already in Brisbane!
We’ve got 12 days to spare before flying out to Buenos Aires via Auckland, and we haven’t decided yet what to do in the meantime (beside catching up with the stories on the blog!)
Anyway, we have plenty of time now!
Ca y est ! On a vendu Denny Crane, notre van pour les 5 derniers mois.
C’etait difficile, mais il a fallu le laisser partir.
Comme vous pouvez le constater, on est un peu en retard sur le blog : on parle de la Tasmanie, mais en fait on est deja a Brisbane !
On a 12 jours avant de s’envoler pour Buenos Aires via Auckland, et on a pas encore decide ce qu’on va faire d’ci la (a part rattraper notre retard sur le blog !)
Mais bon, on a plein de temps libre maintenant !
2 February 2010

Apres Melbourne, on a opte pour la couteuse traversee en ferry pour visiter la Tasmanie - On avait un peu peur pour Denny, compte tenu que c’est tres montagneux, mais ca s’est tres bien passe et on a passe 8 jours magnifiques dans cette ile situee sous la pointe sud de l’Australie
After Melbourne, we decided to take the rather pricey ferry over to Tasmania. We were a little worried for Denny, as Tassie is quite mountainous, but no worries, as they say, and we had a great, if rather rushed, 8 days on this very diverse island below Australia’s southern coast
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28 January 2010

Heading ever further east towards Melbourne, we took the scenic route along the Great Ocean Road for a couple of days filled with spectacular scenery and cuddly koalas.
En route pour Melbourne, on a pris la route touristique le long de la cote: “The Great Ocean Road” pour deux jours remplus de vues spectaculaires et de koalas
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22 January 2010

Apres les longues plaines du Nullarbor, on avait besoin de voir un peu de relief, et on a donc mis le cap vers le parc national des Flinders Ranges, avant de continuer vers le Sud et Adelaide
After the never ending Nullarbor plains, we needed to see some peaks, so we set the compass for Flinders Ranges National Park, before continuing south towards Adelaide
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