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Down in Down Under - Diary - 29/03/03
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good bye billabong, hello countryAs a long-term inhabitant at Billabong you can afford to check out a little bit later, and so I only got up at ten today. Then I put everything into the car, had a big breakfast and went on my way around one o'clock reluctantly, as I at least wanted to get out of Sydney today. I will miss Billabong quite a lot. In contrast to Innisfail, where I had a really good time as well, the time at Billabong just flew by a thousand times quicker - you just can call some places like this "home" after a certain time.Via motorway I drove out of Sydney - relieving. A big city is alright, but after some time it is really nice to get some distance from it. At some time I reached my first destination on my journey to Melbourne - Goulburn. There you can find a huge characteristic "thing", as in many other Australian towns. For Goulburn this "huge thing" is a merino sheep. So I had a little break there and took the possibility to see the world from a sheeps eye - spectacular (isn't it?). Afterwards I went back onto the road. Then, after tow more hours of driving I arrived in Gundagai, a small little town which was hit by a Australias biggest flood in 1852 - 78 death. I did not stop there for long, as my aim for the day was to reach Victoria - then the third Australian State on which I will set my feet. On the way there was rain and thunder over and over again. So somehow atmosphere of gloom and doom and best sunshine were alternating. Of course it was confirmed again as well that "... Mile Creek" is the most spread traffice sign outside the big cities in Australia. Although it is not really outback yet, the infinite scenery is just brilliant. When I arrived in Holbrook - halfway between Sydney and Melbourne - I was surprised by the subtitle "the submarine town" at the towns welcome sign. A few minutes later, when I arrived in the city centre, I understood why - there was a big submarine lowered into the ground in a park. Before World War I this town was named Germanton. It was renamed Holbrook, after a british war hero. He became hero on a british submarine, which replica was placed in this little town - strange Aussies. At nightfall I finally arrived at the Victorian border, Albury/Wodonga. These two towns, just seperated by the border are bigger than expected. Albury even has an own university. Over in Victoria I started to look for the next best rest area, to have a place for the night. Just before I had the possibility to do a self-advisory-speed-check. This looks like one of these traffic control systems and displays your speed - a good way to prevent speeding. Actually all this is quite friendly here. Fines are quite high, but you really have to be stupid to get one. Everywhere where there are speed checks or red light cameras there a big signs to inform you. |
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