Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Australia Quick Hits

You hear more German in hostels in Australia than you do in Germany or basically anywhere else we've been.  Germans apparently love Australia.

The clouds here are the coolest looking clouds I've ever seen.  They keep layering themselves over one another.  It's crazy.

Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday Island is an awesome place with 98% silica sand that is so white it doesn't hold heat and is so fine and soft it will polish jewelry but really mess up your camera so we have no pictures of it (it was also raining a bit).  You could hang out there for a long time if it wasn't so hard to get to without a tour. 

The same goes for the perched lakes on Fraser Island.  I love lakes and these were amazing.  We'll eventually put up a full Fraser Island post.  Lake MacKenzie is one of the nicest lakes I've ever seen.

Kangaroo is delicious. It's a lean red meat with a distinct flavor different from beef. Really good.  Crocodile and emu were less exciting.

The main long distance bus service here is Greyhound Australia.  It has nothing to do with Greyhound in the US and is way nicer.  The wifi usually works on it which is surprising for bus travel especially since wifi in Australia is crappy.

The big Australian cities (Sydney and Melbourne) are next, but we'll try to update on some of our other Australian adventures soon.

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