Asia has such a unique atmosphere that best way to adapt is to embrace the crowd, the smell and dive into the chaos without looking back.
We landed in Singapore under pouring rain, after a whole day of traveling and two crazy last days in Sydney.
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10 Stuff We Learned in Australia
We bused about 3,000 kilometers along the East Coast, from tropical Queensland to New South Wales. We drove another 1,000 kilometers South of Sydney and out of the beaten tracks. We walked on dozens of beaches, escaped the floods by a couple of days, spent New Year Eve in Sydney and Christmas at the beach.
And of course, we learned a few things along the way.
Australian Capital Territory – Exploring Canberra
Australians are quick to dismiss their capital and I don’t think I have ever heard anybody bragging about being from Canberra. Indeed, the state of ATC (Australia Capital Territory) is tiny and Canberra is usually not on the backpacker trail—we didn’t go last time we were in Oz in 2003.
But this week, we had a car and time in our hands, so we took the mountain road to the capital to see what it looked like.
New South Wales – The Grand Pacific Drive (III)
We finally found a little paradise, 500 kilometers from Sydney and 700 kilometers from Melbourne: the little town of Narooma, on the Eurobodalla Coast. Conveniently located far enough from the two big cities, Narooma manages to retain some of its local charm and it’s not too swamped by Australian holidaymakers.
New South Wales – The Grand Pacific Drive (II)
To get there, we had to take a steep climb up a mountain road. During the first half of the climb, the narrow strip of asphalt crossed the Kangaroo Valley, where there seems to be more wombats than kangaroos, according to the numerous yellow diamond-shaped warning signs for wildlife crossing.
New South Wales – The Grand Pacific Drive (I)
After New Year, we decided to rent a car to get off the beaten track and go where Greyhound doesn’t, South of Sydney, following the Grand Pacific Drive.