12.02. - 13.03.2015
Sydney - Ferry Manly - Ferry Palm Beach to Ettalong Beach - Wamberal - New Castle - Nelson Bay - Ferry to Tea Garden - Buladhelah - Taree - Port Maquarie - Kempsey - Barranganyatti - Coffs Harbour - Grafton - Maclean - Ballina - Byron Bay - Coolangatta - Bilambil Heights - Southport - Brisbane
km:1.111
days on bike: 17
achieved: 20.000km only by pushbike. over 7000km in Australia
highlights: again so many friendly people and terrific hosts, freediving course
not so nice: weird car-drivers, yelling and swearing and giving you no space.....
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| bye bye Sydney and I am sure I will come back. |
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| Manly |
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| ferry to Ettalong Beach |
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| awesome view from my room in Wamberal |
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| Rob and Deb with their fluffy friends. had a great time at their home :-) |
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| Big Pete: more weight in total than me ? yes, possible. especially with two hugh solarpanels on the front and the rear and a body weight of 114kg :-) funny meeting. have a safe trip, mate ! |
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| Fernleigh Trail on the way to Newcastle |
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| smooth pavement, very very good ! |
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| Paul and his wife Ash hosted me in Newcastle, we had a great evening with his parents :-) |
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| this tower looks like a .... ? ask the people in Newcastle ;-) |
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| Nelson Bay |
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| Captain Bruce on the ferry to Tee Garden |
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| what a beautiful ferry and I was the only passenger |
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| Tee Garden |
in a cafe in Tee Garden, a couple recognized me from my interview on ABC News. after a short conversation the man gave me a 10-Dollar note. well, I wanted to refuse it instantly, but he told me , that I should take it as a souvenir and explained me all the persons on this note. there are so many friendly people on this world :-)
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| Taree, Railway Motel. very cosy and a heritage sight. |
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| if you want to have a dental treatment, feel free to use it ;-) |
if you want to know more about her, click here:
Nancy_Bird_Walton
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| coffee and tasty sandwich at Stephens cafe . |
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| Port Maquarie |
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| awesome meeting with Sibylle from Germany. she is a friend of a very good friend of mine and travelling in Australia :-) |
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| coloured rocks in Port Maquarie |
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| Stephen and Jacky, my WS-hosts in Barranganyatti :-) |
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| Stephen and Jacky with their friends Peter and Sally. Peter brews his own beer ! so tasty :-) |
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| the "croqs-tree", which only grows in Australia ;-) |
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| my room mates in Coffs Harbour. a boxer (I grew up with one) and a Great Dane. so cute ! |
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| banana plantation |
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| highway with no broken glass bottels on the shoulder and good asphalt. what a luxury ! |
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| sugar cane, and the climates changes... more humid . |
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| old ferry at the visitor center in Maclean |
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| sunrise after Maclean |
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| old railway track for transporting sugar cane. |
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| very friendly captain, did not charge me anything :-) |
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| bike friendly ferry , amazing :-) |
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| the largest prawn ever caught. thanks to gene technology :-) |
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| lighthouse in Byron Bay |
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| Hele and her daughter. |
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Hele is a friend of a friend in Germany and we only know each other from FB. She is German, but now resident and a painter. great meeting :-) if you want to know more about her:
http://heleellis.com/paintings/
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| tunnels in the countryside of Australia.... very rare ! |
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| Linda and Arie , my WS-hosts in Coolangatta ! big pleasure to know them ! |
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| Sally, Marcus and their three nice children Nick, Milla and Ember. my friend "Animal" found a new home :-) |
one of my best homestays at all: Sally is a friend of a friend in
Germany, and she invited me to stay some days to their home close to
Coolangatta. I planned to stay two nights, and there were five ! what a
great family and nice children. all very relaxed :-) hope to see them again !
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| good job, well done Marcus ! |
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| dangerous rabbit protecting my room :-) |
Well, 2013 I joined a course in freediving on Phuket/Thailand. Richard Wonka from http://www.wefreedive.org/ did a great job and I can recommend "we freedive" very
much. for myself this experience was a mental desaster . as a child I
had so many surgeries and during some
off-shore lessons I got some insane recalls from all this stuff.not funny ! but I will never give up and will try it again and again...
not for becoming a good freediver or competition or breaking a new
record.... only for myself :-)
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| relaxing moment under water.... |
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| Paul, the importer for Rohloff in Australia, made a short service for my gear system. many thanks !! |
