Perth
Anche se siamo rimasti in Perth solo per 4 giorni, ci e’ piaciuta tanto.
Ci sono un sacco di spazi verdi, parchi, il centro e’ stupendo e le costruzioni sono diverse rispetto alle altre citta’. Un giorno siamo stati in una via che sembrava uscita dal medioevo, molto stretta, con bancarelle molto vicine fra loro e palazzi che mi ricordavano l’europa.
Even if we stayed in Perth only for 4 days, we liked it a lot.
There are a lot of green areas, parks, the city center is amazing and the buildings are different from the other australian cities. One day we have been in a street that seemed to belong to middle age, a very narrow one, with shops really close to eachother and buildings that reminded me europe.
Un giorno, mentre stavamo camminando per la strada, abbiamo visto dei canguri in lontananza con un sacco di persone e bambini attorno a loro. Le statue sono fatto cosi bene che da lontano sembrano reali.
One day, while we were walking in the street, we saw some kangaroos far away with a lot of people and kids around them. The statues have been so well made that from a long distance they seem to be real.
I voli in australia sono abbastanza costosi, ma se prenotate mesi prima i prezzi possono essere davvero bassi. Il mio consiglio e’ di pianificare bene il viaggio, prenotare tutto prima senza lasciare nulla al caso, perche’ se vi sucedera’ come noi che abbiamo cercato un ostello a Perth solo il giorno prima di arrivare in citta’, probabilmente finirete in un ostello sporco, mal gestito, dove girano i topi durante la notte e dove i servizi sono scadenti, perche’ tutti gli altri saranno gia’ occupati.
The flights in australia are quite expensive, but if you book months earlier the prices might be really cheap. My advice is to plan in the best way you’re able to your travel, to book all before leaving nothing to the case, because otherwise something could happen to you, like it did to us, that we had looked for a hostel in Perth the day before we arrived, and we ended in a bad hostel, dirty, bad organised, where rats were crawling on the ground during the night and the service were the worst I ever met, because the good hostels were already taken.
Lasciato Perth, ci siamo spostati ad Albany e poi di nuovo ad Adelaide, dove siamo rimasti un giorno per poi prendere un pullman ( 50 $, circa tre ore ) per Kingston, diretti all’ostello “Kingston on Murray” .
Once we left Perth, we moved to Albany and then back to Adelaide, where we stayed for one day just to take the day after a pullman ( 50 $, about 3 hours ) headed to Kingston, to “Kingston on Murray” hostel .
Kangaroo Island Seal Bay
The second day we have spent in Kangaroo Island we have driven to Seal Bay starting from the hostel in Kingscote,40-50 min by car.The most interesting thing there is over there is a tour across the seaside(15 dollars to be allowed to walk till the point lookout without guide-30 dollars to be taken by the guide to the seaside among the sea lions,moreover you will have the possibility to go to the point lookout by yourself),the place is crowed by sea lions that rest there after have come across the sea towards the south pole,three days to go and three more to come back,all without any stop or any meal,then after a lump sum of food they come back where they left,and they lay down on the seaside,sleeping for days.
Il secondo giorno che abbiamo passato a Kangaroo Island siamo andati a Seal Bay partendo dall’ostello di Kingscote,40-50 min in macchina.La cosa più’ interessante da vedere che c’e’ laggiù’ e’ un tour attraverso la spiaggia,(15 dollari per poter accedere al punto di osservazione senza bisogno della guida-30 dollari per poter essere accompagnati dalla guida fino in spiaggia,e poter camminare fra i leoni marini,più’ la possibilità’ di andare al punto di osservazione )il posto e’ affollato da leoni marini che riposano qui dopo aver attraversato il mare in direzione del polo sud,tre giorni di viaggio per l’andata e tre per il ritorno,senza alcuna sosta per mangiare o riposarsi,poi,dopo aver fatto scorta di cibo tornano da dove sono partiti,e si accasciano sulla spiaggia,dormendo per giorni.
The female sing in order to call the males.
Le femmine cantano per fare in modo che i maschi vadano da loro.
We have been told to not get closer to female sea lions because if a male notice someone getting closer to them,he will chase the threat to defeat it:a grown male weighs about 400 kg,you wouldn’t like a beast like that jumping on you,that’s the reason because we had to visit the seaside as a group and not alone,the single one could be attacked anytime.
Ci e’ stato detto di non avvicinarci troppo alle femmine di leone marino perché’ se un maschio se ne accorgesse,correrebbe incontro alla minaccia per affrontarla:un maschio adulto pesa circa 400 kg,non vorresti che una bestia del genere ti saltasse addosso,questa e’ la ragione per la quale abbiamo dovuto visitare la spiaggia in gruppo e non da soli,il singolo può’ essere attaccato in qualsiasi momento.
In one day and a half we have been able to see all the interesting things there were in the island,there is a lot of advertising about Kangaroo Island and for that reason I expected much more,is a beautiful place,but all the costs like plane or pullman and boat,hire a car,hostel and organised tours,comes really high for some days,but at the end it has been a wonderful experience.
In un giorno e mezzo siamo stati capaci di vedere tutte le cose interessanti che c’erano nell’isola,c’e un sacco di pubblicità’ su Kangaroo Island e mi aspettavo molto di più’,e’ un posto meraviglioso,ma tutti i costi come l’aereo o il pullman e il traghetto,affittare una macchina,l’ostello e i tour organizzati,arrivano a essere una spesa abbastanza elevata per solo qualche giorno,ma tutto sommato e’ stata un’esperienza meravigliosa.
Adelaide
Yesterday we left Melbourne for Adelaide,a cheap flight with Jetstar,1 hour and 10 minutes and here we are.We actually are at Backpack Oz hostel,27 dollars by night and the wireless,breakfast and bicycles free all the days.Today thanks to all this kindness we have gone from Adelaide city to the seaside with two bikes,something like 30-35 km.
Ieri abbiamo lasciato Melbourne per Adelaide,un volo economico con Jetstar,1 ora e 10 minuti e eccoci qui.Per ora siamo all’ostello Backpack Oz,27 dollari a notte con internet wireless,colazione e biciclette gratis tutti i giorni.Oggi grazie a tutta questa gentilezza siamo andati da Adelaide centro fino alla spiaggia con due biciclette,qualcosa come 30-35 km.
Even if neither Lonely Planet seems to know what there is to have fun in Adelaide,is a beautiful city,really relaxing,nothing compared to the rush there is in Melbourne or Sydney.
Anche se nemmeno il Lonely Planet sembra sapere cosa ci sia per divertirsi ad Adelaide,e’ una città’ stupenda,veramente rilassante,niente a confronto con la fretta che hanno a Melbourne o a Sydney.
Funny game indeed,it worthed one photo!
Un gioco davvero divertente,valeva una foto!
This is still the inner city,the path towards the beach was much more far.
Questo e’ ancora il centro città’,la strada verso la spiaggia era molto più’ lontana.
Today was sunny,and this huge park along the river was amazing.
Oggi c’era il sole,e questo enorme parco accanto al fiume era stupendo.
The river was crowed of animals,birds and most of all black swans,they are really everywhere here.
Il fiume era affollato di animali,uccelli e soprattutto cigni neri,sono davvero dappertutto qui.
Too little,but fast and smooth,useful to backstab a black swan.It’s not racism,the white ones were missing.
Troppo piccolo,ma veloce e silenzioso,utile per attaccare alle spalle un cigno nero.Non e’ razzismo,i cigni bianchi non c’erano.
At the end of the park there was a dam with a little bridge,but given that we had been told to follow the river to get to the seaside (…)
we went on on the path.
Alla fine del parco c’era una diga con un piccolo ponte,ma dato che ci era stato detto di seguire il fiume per arrivare alla spiaggia,
abbiamo proseguito per il pensiero.
If you veto too close,he gets really cranky,but it worthed the shots.
Se ti avvicini troppo si arrabbia davvero,ma gli scatti ne valevano la pena.
During the ride,we started to hear a really annoying noise.The more we got closer,the more we started to figure out what was that,
the most annoying bird in Oz.Cockatoo.Full trees.
Durante la strada,abbiamo iniziato a sentire un rumore davvero fastidioso.Piu’ ci avvicinavamo,
più’ ci rendevamo conto di cosa fosse,l’uccello più’ fastidioso d’Australia.Cacatua.Alberi pieni.
After one hour on the bike at last we got to the seaside!
Given that we were starving,we stopped in the first place there was to eat something.
We both ordered coconut prawns,16 dollars of pleasure,but I have tasted no coconut…
Dato che stavamo morendo di fame,ci siamo fermati nel primo posto che abbiamo trovato.
Abbiamo ordinato entrambi gamberi al cocco,16 dollari di piacere,ma non ho sentito il sapore di nessun cocco.
That was the view from the balcony.
Questa era la vista dal balcone.
Adelaide is a really good city,really relaxing,but there’s not much to see,even Lonely Planet doesn’t know what to suggest.
If you like night life,parties,surf and big festival all over the city,don’t come here.
It’s more relaxing,there’s inner peace here,nothing like Melbourne or Sydney,here something that we liked in the city centre.
Adelaide e’ una bella città’,veramente rilassante,ma non c’e’ molto da vedere,anche il Lonely Planet non sa cosa dire.
Se vi piace la vita notturna,grandi feste,surf e grandi festival per tutta la città’,non venite qui.
E’ molto più’ rilassante,e’ la pace interiore,nulla a che vedere con Melbourne o Sydney,ecco alcune cose che ci hanno colpito nel centro città’.
The pigeons is watching,Hitchcock docet.
I piccioni stanno guardando,Hitchcock insegna.
Goodbye Sydney
I haven’t had much time to care about the blog in the last few weeks,I’m working in an apple factory from one month,if you are backpackers and you are in Victoria,close to melbourne,be aware that from monday Battunga Apples in Hoddles Creek is looking for 30 backpackers for fruit picking. After three month working in Mullumbimby in New South Wales I just would like to travel all around Australia,a backpack on my back and nothing more then that,by the way if you are looking for a good backpack Blackwolf is amazing,I bought one two weeks ago and it as everything I need,if you want to check it out here’s the site: http://bagworld.com.au If you are planning to leave your country for an experience in Oz working and studying I’ll give you some tips,I didn’t know how to do to organize,my first month here has been really a mess,but when you figure it out and you get used to overhere’s life,all become simplier. If you want to work 3 months in a farm to get a second year working holiday student visa (be aware that you won’t be paied,but you’ll have meals and a bad for free,BUT you also have to be lucky as I haven’t been,because a lot of people you’ll work for will try to take advantage of you,and they could give you cheap or expired food,but the family I’m living now with is amazing,really gentle and pleasant,as I said,you have to be lucky)just type on facebook or google “wwoofer australia”,and you’ll find their site,in which you will be able to purchase a book with all the names of the farmers in Australia and Tasmania,all divided by region (victoria,new south wales,queensland ecc)with details of the job they need,the amount of workers they need and for how log,their address,emails and telephone numbers.The farms that allow you to get a second visa will have PP written on right down corner,at the end of the description,easy. From now on I’ll start to write both in english and italian,for my parents and my lazy friends. Da ora in poi iniziero’ a scrivere sia in inglese che in italiano,sia per i miei genitori che per i miei amici che non hanno il tempo per tradurre due righe in inglese. 
Here some photos the day before we left Sydney,we had some amazing pieces of cake and fish and chips bought in bondi beach,close to where I used to live,then we went sitting in bondi beach park,in front of the seaside and sufers,and we started throwing food to seagulls.What a cranky bastard animal it is,it would do everithing for a little piece of food. Ecco qualche foto del giorno prima che lasciassimo Sydney,abbiamo comprato del fish & chips buonissimo a bondi beach,vicino all’appartamento dove vivevo,poi siamo andati a sederci nel parco a bondi beach,di fronte alla spiaggia e ai surfisti,e abbiamo iniziato a tirare cibo ai gabbiani.Che animale incazzato e bastardo che e’,per un pezzo di cibo farebbe di tutto. 
Darling Harbour
Yesterday I have been in darling harbour,I wanted also to reach the luna park but at the end was too far walking,and the sun too hot!I have reached darling harbour by bondi beach where I’m actually living first by bus till bondi junction and then from there I took the metro till central station,and step by step (took a long long time,mostly with the sun striking in my hairless head) I got there,but if you don’t want to walk too much from central you can walk till george street and from there you can take the bus 555,it won’t go straight to darling harbour,but it will get really close.And it’s free.Easy 🙂
Once in darling harbour I have been in the hard rock cafe shopping centre,but the shirt costed too much for me (I have been in miami,new york,niagara falls,washington and los angeles in august and al the hard rock t-shirts costed 25 $,against the 44 of sydney)
I took something to eat for lunch and I went sitting right in front to the hard rock,close to the water and ships,where were a lot of angry,hungry seagulls.I drop 2 pieces of honey chicken (oriental recipe I guess,delicious,but too sweet after some bites)and a white shiver suddently moved around me,screaming and fighting like they were starving from months.Ten seconds and all the food disappeared.
Bondi beach
After three months of junkie posts Im back with something nicer to say,and better photos,also thanks to my new purchase,a canon eos 5D mark II with a 24-105 L lens,I hope you will enjoy photos as much as Im doing,here some shots:
My flat is in 86 blair street,5 minutes walk by bondi beach.With sunny days like that would be a shame not go to the beach!
The camera and the lens together are amazing,with the right timing you can take wonderful picture
This is a swimming pool really close to bondi beach,the safest way to be in water avoiding sharks and jellyfishes,when the ocean is really upset waves are so high that come straight to the pool!
Hyde Park Sydney
Today I turned into a kid
Today we have been in Hyde Park,
a quite big park really close to our hostel.
I have got so close to a kind of animal never seen before,
here it is
once they smell something to eat the all come in a rush
All the Ibis came close to me
seeing that I had a lot of bread!
The temptation was too much,
so I grabbed his beak for some seconds!
but then he stopped trusting me…
smaller birds are always hungry,
cause ibis and bigger animals do bullies
and always steal them food!
never seen that bird before.
Australia is a world apart!
The Ambler Journal 