°New Zealand- The North Land 16.4.-18.4.12°

Noch 8 Stond am Floghafe omesetze (Cairns), 5 1/2 Stond flüüge ond ere Gepäckskontrolle semmer den hondsmüüed am Morge am halbi 6i in Auckland glandet. Mer hend eus den s'nöchste Hotel gsuecht ond hend den mol de ganz Tag dörepfuused. 
Am andere Morge hemer den euse neu super Fletzer abgholt. Send den sofort rechtig Norde gfahre ond onderwägs no gos Nötigste ichaufe. Am Obe hemmer eus den weder mol rechtig mösse irechte ond jedes Deng hed den sin Platz gfonde./ After 8 hours sitting around at the airport (Cairns), 5 1/2 hours flight and a luggage controll we finally arrived completely exhausted early in the morning at Auckland Airport. We looked for the closest hotel and slept threw the whole day.
The next morning we picked up our new "racing-machine". We immediately drove direction north and did some grocerie-shopping. In the evening we made ourself comfortable and anything found its place.

The Northland

Do mer leider ned eso vell Ziit hend, hemmer the nörlechi Teil vo de NordInsle sehr schnell gmacht.

Am Zieschtig semer a nördlechsti Ponkt vo Neuseeland gfahre. Det hed mer en wonderschöne Usbleck ufs Meer use. Das esch de Ponkt wo de Pazifik of s'Tasmanische Meer trefft. D'Natur em Norde esch sehr wächselhaft. Mer gseht vo Schwiizer-Chuewiise, ändloos lange Stränd, öber dechte Rägewald ond Sanddüüne Alles.

Because we have just limited time we had a little bit of a rush with the very north part of the north island.

On tuesday we drove to the northest point of New-Zealand. There we had a great view over the ocean. That's the point were the pacific meets the tasman sea. The landscape is very changeable. You can see meadows with cows, endless beaches, rainforest and sanddunes.

 Cape Reinga

Feels like Home :)

Bay of Islands

Dä Kauri Baum em Waipoua Forest esch met 51,51 meter de höchsti Kauri Baum en ganz Neuseeland. Vo de Maori werd är "Gott des Waldes" gnennt.

This Kauri-tree in the Waipoua forest is with 51,51 meters the highest Kauri-tree in whole New-Zealand. The Maoris named it "God of the Forest".

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S'Ändi vonere lange Reis..16'860km..bye bye Australie..haaallooo Neuseeland


The end of a long journey..16'860km..bye bye Australia..helloouu New-Zealand

°Atherton Tablelands 9.4.12°

Höt hemer en Tag i de Atherton Tablelands verbrocht. Die ziehnd sech vo Cairns bes Inisfail abe. D'Landschaft esch met Rägewald aber au met Landstrech wie i de Schwiiz öberzoge.


Today we spent the day in the Atherton Tablelands. Which are spread from Cairns till Inisfail. The landscpapes are rainforest but it also looks like in Switzerland.

45 meter höchi Bäum.


45 meter trees.

Bleck ufe Lake Barrine/ View to Lake Barrine

Riesige Fiege Baum


Giant Fig Tree

  

Milla Milla Falls

°Cape Tribulation + Daintree Rainforest 3.4.-5.4.12°

Bevor mer uf Cairns ine send, hemer no en Abstächer noch Port Douglas gmacht. Das esch es mega schöns Feriedörfli met vellne Shöps ond Restaurant. Hätted mer nochli länger Ziit gha wäredmer nochli länger blobe.


Before we went to Cairns we made our way up to Port Douglas. Which is a pretty little town with lots of shops and restaurants. If we would have had more time we had stayed longer.

Ussecht uf Port Douglas abe/ View to Port Douglas

Am zwöite Tag hemer en Tagestrip  bes uf Cape Tribulation gmacht. Mer hend do mösse metem Auto ufne chlini Fähri (retour $22) de Floss vom Daintree National Park öberquere.
Cape Tribulation esch bekannt do deför das de Rägewald ofs Reff trefft. Leider chamer do obe au ned go bade wells vell Qualle ond au Salzwasserkrokodil hed. Was sehr schad esch, do s'Meer wonderschön usgseht./ On the second day we did a daytrip to Cape Tribulation. To get there we had to cross the river in the Daintree National Park by a tiny little ferry ($22). Cape Tribulation is famous for the meeting of rainforest and reef. Unfortunately you can't swim up here because the ocean is full with stingers and saltwater-crocs. Which is such a shame cause the water looks just beautiful.

Am gliche Tag semer no i Daintree National Park. Meh seit das segi de ältischti Rägewald uf Ärde. Mer send det ines Centrum ine, wo mer per audioguide dör de Rägewald gfüehrt worde send ond hend ganz vell öber Flora ond Fauna erfahre.


On the same day we went to the Daintree National Park. It is said to be the oldest rainforest on earth. We spent some time in the centrum where we were guidedwith an audioguide threw the forest and learnt a lot about flora and fauna.

°Scenic-Flight over the Whitsundays and the Great Barrier Reef°

Ned nor hemmer s'Great Barrier Reef vom Boot us welle gseh, sondern au us de Loft. Met dem chliine Flügerli wo met Pilot för 5 Persone Platz hed semer den 1 Stond omegfloge. Es eimaligs Erläbnis!


Because we've already seen the Great Barrier Reef from the boat we also wanted to see it from the air. With this little airplane which has space for 5 persons including the pilot we flew for one hour out to the reef. An unforgettable experience!

Airlie Beach

Whitehaven Beach 

Heart-Reef:Wältwiit bekanntesti Reffformation/ World's most famous reefformation

De Leandro hed es wonderschöns Video us alle beste Belder ond Videos vo dem Tag erstellt. Leider esch d'Datei zgross zom ufelade..mer wärdets euch den aber söscht emole zeige. Zom i die rechtig Stemmig cho..losed das Lied onde dezue:


ES ESCH WERKLECH ES PARADIIS!


Leandro has made a beautiful clip with pictures and videos from this day. Unfortunately the file is too big to upload..To get into the right mood..listen to this song:


CAUSE IT'S TRULY PARADISE!

°Whitsundays Segeltrip/ Sailingtrip 29.3.12°

Gester hemmer en Bootstour zo de berüehmte Whitsundays gmacht. Ufem Programm send gstande: Bushwalk zom Hill Inlet, Whitehaven Beach, BBQ a de Beach ond es wiitersmol Schnorchle em wonderschööne Great Barrier Reef./ Yesterday we went on a boattrip to the famous Whitsundays. The trip included a bushwalk to Hill Inlet, Whitehaven beach, a BBQ on the beach and snorkeling in the beautiful Great Barrier Reef.




Am Morge früeh esches los gange em Hafe vo Airlie Beach. Mer hend de perfekti Tag dezue verwötscht. Mer send guet en Stond ufs Meer usegfahre bes mer zo de gröschte vo dene Isnle cho send, nämlech de Whitsunday Island. Meteme chliine Gommiboot hend eus den uf d'Insle öbere gfhare ond mer send euse Wäg dor Rägewald zom Lookout agange./ Early in the morning we left the harbour of Airlie beach. It was the perfect day! After an hour on the sea we arrived on the biggest of the Whitsundays island. We started our way up to the lookout trough the rainforest.






En "chliine" Bewohner vo de Insle


A "small" inhabitant from the island.

Bem Lookout acho, hemmer dä spektakuläri Usbleck gha:/ At the lookout we had this spectacular view:

Es wahrlechs Paradis!!! 

Truly a paradise!!!

 Zrogg ufem Boot semer zom 7,4 Kilometer entfärnte südleche Ändi vom Strand gfahre. Do hemer Ziit zom Entspanne ond Plantsche em kristallklare Wasser gha.


Back on the boat we drove to the far end of the beach. 7.4 kilometers away from the lookout. We had plenty of time to relax and have a dip into the cristallclear water.

 Wells em Norde vo Queensland velli gföhrlechi Qualle hed, hemmer mösse sone voll heisse "Stinger-Suit" a legge. Mer hend euse Fun debii gha, do jede gliich behendert usgseh hed.
Nocheme gmüetleche BBQ am Strand semer zom nöchste ond letschte Stop vo eusem Trip gfahre: Manta Bay.


Because there are a lot of dangerous stingers up here we had to wear a sexy "stinger-suit". Of course we had fun because everybody looked stupid.
After a delicous BBQ at the beach we went to the last stop of the day: Manta Bay.


A dere Bay semmer den es witersmol go schnorchle. Dasmol send d'Konditionde besser gseh ond meh hend d'farbevellfallt vom Riff sehr guet gseh./ A the bay we went snorkeling. This time the conditions were much better and we saw the whole colour spectrum of the Great Barrier Reef.