Welcome in Auckland

A sunny welcome in Auckland! Yeah! Chum acho, hemr wieder de Freiheitsdrang verspuert nach Eigestaendigkeit. Hend schlussendlich ufeme Carfair wieder es Auto kauft (dassmal groesser bezueglich Platz defuer nur dhelfti PS :-) Hend aber gmerkt, dass dae Occasions Automarkt es grosses Business isch, wo vielfach au chli zwiifelhafti Luet mitmisched! Starte tuemr euse Wilderness Trip miteme 3 taegige Music Openair in Gisborne uber Neujahr.

Sydney

Whiaenachte mal anderst: Party, Beach, China Town (Christmas Dinner, Pizza Hut (all u can eat), bloody Santa Hut everywhere! Chum acho, scho wieder weg. Bewunderig im Oste isch gross ueber West Australie, hemr bemerkt! At least a bit more laid-back :-)

Unsuccessful fishing trip

Instead of riding waves and indulging our second passion, golf sport, we joined our friends son-in-law for an early fishing trip. before the sunrise we set off in high expecations, catching some good snapper, tender sharks, lobster or at least another tasting fish. But we wanna-be-fisher had no luck at all. Our biggest 'fish" was a stingray, which we released... Finally we had a couple of small blue crabs! If you look more precise you can see that some bloody small fishs had eaten all our baits (see the remaining bones!).

Around Busselton

We visited with our friends from Busselton one of the several wine yards. In the recent years, the region around Margaret River has become one of the most famous place for wine in Western Australia. Some popular and mostly crowded surfspots can you find here as well.
At the other pic is our home and bed for the last few weeks pictured. Beside it was a kind of a dodgy car, we had been really pleased about the space we could waste (even with two surfboards, camping gear and backpacks in the car it was possible to lay more or less comfortable). Despite our duties we already sold our car the second day we had advertised!

Golf, Cave n' Car

1. Kei Welle aber a lot of unused energy ufem Zeltplatz (eusi Frauefelder Gang und Suedamerikaner) = Golfsession mit ueberdimensionalem Equipment
2. Car pimpe ufem Schrottplatz, mit dae dezuegheoerige Luet!
3. 'Wanna buy our car? cheap price for you. special sunset price.' (Bali Style)
4. Zwueschedure isch eus no sone riisigi Tropfsteinhoehli ueber dae Weg gloffe wo da une zimli oft vorchund.
5. Cheers!

Around Yallingup and Busselton

....mir underwegs....

Cape to cape walk

Das gahd kei surfbari Welle gha het, hemr eus entschlosse gaegend mal per fuess zerkunde. Sind vom Cape Gracetown ueber sandigi Weg nach Margaret River (Prevelly Park) gwanderet. Ab und zue isch au mal eine uberascht, vonere vermeintliche oder au wuerkliche Schlange, en Meter uf dSiite gsprunge... Trotz vorheriger Kartekund, simer waegem astrengende sandige Untergrund einiges laenger als plant underwegs gsi.

Down in Margs (Margaret River)

Actually we are staying in Gracetown at a Caravan Park, just next to a nice playground (see the nice waves). Unfortunatelly the water demons are not that friendly with us and so we had some nice wipe outs so far. (Gery has already damaged his board...)

Gloucester Treeeeeeeeeeee

Underwegs vo Walpole nach Margaret River hemer in Pemperton en 65m hoeche Baum bestiige. Komischerwiis, entgege eusem Vorurteil vode uebersichere Australier (bi jedem Cliff und Strand staht e Tafle wie gfaehrlich smeer etc. cha si), hetmer sich bi dem Baum noed choene sichere. Dae Ufstiig isch daen scho chli mulmig gsi, vorallem wilmer dank daene duenne Isestange immer meint, dassmer is leere grifft!