The Indian Pacific

Restaurang/restaurant

Sang/Bed
Sitta upp... ingen hit! Sitting up... No thanks!

Cook

Hjalp! Taget kommer!/Help! The train is coming!

Min australienhatt/My aussie hat

Jag fick denna "ett maste ha hatt" i julklapp av Ash, (som jobbar pa The Globe backpackers dar jag bott i tva manader)!!!! Ash ar bast! En pinn med Perth satt pa, sa nu ska hatten fyllas med pins fran alla stallen jag besoker runt om i Australien! Som ni ser var hatten med pa The Indian Pacific! Har ar vi i Cook, en by med 4 invanare!! Har kopte jag min andra pin!

I got this super hat as a christmas gift from Ash (works @ Globe)!! You are the best Ash, thank you so much! The hat had a pin with Perth on it, and I will now keep filling my hat with pins from all over Australia! The hat was with me on the Indian Pacific, of course! Here we are in Cook, a "town" with 4 people! I bought my second pin here!

Red Kangaroo Cabin

Hej da Perth/Leaving Perth

Nu har jag akt ifran Perth! Det gjorde lite ont i hjarteroten att lamna de underbara manniskorna jag lart kanna, men man maste ju fortsatta sin resa... Jag sitter just nu i Sydney! Jajamansan, da var man har! "Normala" manniskor kanske flyger, men Rochelle och jag gjorde istallet den klassiska tagresan, The Indian Pacific!!

De forsta tva dagarna hade vi en egen liten kabin (Red Kangaroo Spleeper), mycket bra maste jag saga! Tiden flog ivag (hade 2 liter vin med oss, det hjalpte ocksa..haha). Vi sov sa gott i de utfallbara sangarna, det hade allt lite Ikeakansla over det hela med tanke pa hur mycket som fick plats pa denna lilla yta! Vi lag och tittade ut genom fonstret, landskapet forandrades standigt!

Vara sista 24 timmar ombord spenderade vi i varsitt sate, kabinerna var fullbokade. Det blev jobbigt! Fick inte en blund den natten. Ska man gora denna resa ska man helt klart ha en kabin, da kan man njuta av att korsa en hel kontinent!

I have now left Perth! Had to say goodbye to many wonderful people, and that always hurts, but the travelling must go on.... I'm in Sydney right now! "Normal" people would have taken the plane, but Rochelle and I desided to do the "ones in a lifetime journey" - The Indian Pacific! The first two days went so fast, (we had 2 litres of wine with us, that might have helped... haha) we had our own cabin (Red Kangaroo Sleeper) and we slept so good in the foldable beds! It was like a mini home made by Ikea, so much stuff fit in to such a little space! We layed in bed and watched the landscape change constantly!

The last 24 hours we spent in a seat, the cabins were fully booked. That was looooong!!!! I didn't get one minute of sleep that night, it was so uncomfortable! We both agreed it would have been a very hard trip if we would have had only seats all the way. So to the people that want to do this trip, take a cabin!

25/12

Sa har firar man julafton har! En dag "for sent" och med grillad korv och alkoholhaltiga drycker klockan 10.30!! Julafton pagar for fullt just nu har pa The Globe vandrarhem. Stamningen ar pa topp, och jag vill naturligtvis passa pa att onska alla dar hemma en riktigt God Jul (lite sent kanske...)!!! Jag hoppas ni alla kanner er traffade av min storsta julkram nagonsin harifran Perth!!! Stor puss och kram!!! SMACK!

This is how you celebrate Christmas here! (one day to late for a swedish person...) We're having BBQ and alcoholic drinks at 10.30!! The celebration is going on right now here at The Globe backpackers. It's a great crowd, and of course I would like to take the opportunity to wish everybody, wherever you are in the world, a very Merry Christmas!!! I'm sending to you all, my biggest hug here from Perth!!! Kisses and hugs!!!

Como es Navidad, tambien escribire en espanol!!!
Estamos celebrando aqui en el hostal, bebiendo y haciendo una barbacoa y son las once de la manana. Esta de puta madre, os lo digo! Tomo la oportunidad de desearos unas Felices Fiestas!!!! Os mando a todos, esteis donde esteis, el abrazo mas grande del mundo!!!!!! Muac muac!!!!!!

24/12

Igar firade vi jul pa The Oyster Bar som ligger i sodra Perth. Underbart gott! Ni ser Rochelle, Celine och Sebastian (Frankrike)
Had a wonderful christmas dinner at The Oyster Bar in south Perth. In the photo; Rochelle, Celine and Sebastian (France)

Solnedgang/Sunset

The jetty in Busselton

Snalla sol, kom fram! O vips.............

Dear sun, please shine on us! And then..........

Medan nagra passade pa att fixa sina hem nar solen tittade fram, sa akte Rochelle och jag till chokladfabriken!
Some fixed up their homes..., Rochelle and I went to the chocolate factory!

Direkt fran havet/Straight from the ocean

I krokarna kring Margaret River stannade vi ett tag och vi larde kanna alla surfare som stod parkerade och bara vantade pa de perfekta vagorna... Eftersom vadret var daligt den mesta av tiden, sa begav sig en del av och fiskade. En kvall at vi hummer, en annan kvall blackfisk!
Pa fotot ser ni Valentina fran Italien som nyss borjat surfa och som bor i sin skapbil, och sa har vi Roger, en 55-arig surfare som lever livet i sin husbil, tjanar pengar genom borsen och bara surfar, de' ni!
Around Margaret River we got to know a few surfers. They just hanged around waiting for the perfect waves.... Since the weather was bad most of the time, some of the guys went out fishing. So one night we all had lobster, and another night squid!
In the photo you se Valentina from Italy, a beginner surfer that lives in her van, and Roger, a 55 year old australian that lives in his motorhome, making money of the stock market and just surfs every day, that's life!

Efter maten blev det musik, ar det dideridoo det heter...?

After dinner we had some music, Joy played the dideridoo, how do you spell that???

Det blev nog sammanlagt 30 minuter pa stranden....
In total, I think we spent about 30 minutes on the beach.....

Margaret River

Sa kom Rochelle inflygandes fran sin Asienresa! Vi bestamde oss for att hyra bil och aka ner till det omtalade Margaret River! Sagt och gjort! Tyvarr hade vi ganska daligt vader.... Det regnade och var kallt som tusan ibland. Solen tittade fram da och da, det var ju himla tur det!

Rochelle came to Perth after her super trip in Asia! We hired a car and went south, to the famous Margaret River! Unfortunately we had pretty bad weather.... rain and cold wind. But the sun found it's way through the clouds a couple of times, thank you for that!

Vi sov i bilen. Burr,... kallt blev det pa morgonkvisten, men vikingar som vi ar! Har ser ni att regnet vraker ner utanfor fonstret, sa har satt vi och vantade pa uppehall..... hahahaha!

We slept in the car.... coooold!!!! But we are vikings of course!. Here you can se us waiting for the rain to stop pooring down.....

Da somnade Rochelle!!! Then Rochelle fell asleep!!!

BBQ

BBQ i Kings Park

BBQ hemma hos nagon... /at somebodys house...

Olagligt arbete..../Illegal work....

Sa jag behovde lite pengar i fickan.... Inga problem. Stalla upp bord och packa upp kartonger, o vips.....
I needed some money on the spot.... not a problem. I put up some tables and unpacked boxes, and just like that.....

...... sa gick jag hem med en san har i handen :)
.... I walked away with one of these in my hand :)

PS. Jag jobbar fortfarande pa Java Joe, men bara nar jag kanner for det, nice nice!

I still work some at Java Joe, but only when I feel like it..., nice nice!!

Sheilas and blokes

Jag lar mig nya australienska ord....

I'm learning new australian words....

Nu forstod inte jag Laians kommentar...

Stefans glomda fodelsedag

Har kommer en officiell ursakt till Stefan!!! Jag glomde din fodelsedag!! Jag ber tusen ganger om ursakt! Hoppas att du hade en kanondag!!! Manga presenter, myket tarta och att alla vanner och familj sjong 'ja ma han leva' for full hals!!
Stor fodelsedagskram i efterskott fran Perth!

Monkey Mia

Kan det bli sotare?! Vilka fantastiskt fina djur de ar!
Detta ar ett stalle som heter Monkey Mia. Hit har fria delfiner kommit sedan 70-talet for att bli matade! Allt startade tydligen med en fiskare som borjade mata en delfin som kom mot stranden da och da. Delfinen skvallrade antagligen till sina polare... och vips sa var han inte ensam langre.... Sjalv tyckte jag att det var ganska turistigt. De matas 4 ggr/dag under vissa tider. Visserligen ar de fria, men anda. Under de senaste 10 aren har det bara varit 4 dagar da delfinerna inte kommit. Alltsa kan inget garanteras, men det kanns anda lite som en djurpark. Lite langre bort fran matningsplatsen far man ga i havet och bada, men delfinerna haller sig anda kring matomradet eller langre ute till havs.... inget gosande med delfiner har inte...... :)

Aren't they cute?? These photos are taken at Monkey Mia. Wild dolphins has been coming here since the 1970. It all started with one dolphin that got fed by a fisher man. Then he probably told his dolphin friends....
I thought it was pretty touristic. Sure, they are wild and can come and go as they wish, but it still felt like a zoo..... They get fed 4 times/day and they know exactly when to come in to shore. A bit further away from the feeding place you are allowed to get into the water, but the dolphins stay around the feeding area or further out, so the chance of swimming with them is very slim....

Syre/Oxygen

Har ser ni det som avger 63% av allt syre vi andas! Snalla, do inte ut....!!!
This gives us 63% of the oxygen we breathe! Please, don't die!

Abseil

Jo, detta var roligt ma ni tro! Lite skrajsen i borjan.... men sen verkade inte 25 meter sa hogt!
Abseil was a lot of fun! A bit frightening in the begining, but then 25 meters didn't seem so high!

Relax

Sen var det skont med ett dopp i havet!

After that, we took a nice swim in the ocean!

Kul,kul!/Fun,fun!

En annan dag korde (de som ville) fyrhjuling upp och ner for sanddynor! Det var hur kul som helst! Jag var sist i ledet, vilket gjorde att jag kunde stanna och ta lite foton och sedan susa ikapp de andra med gasen i botten! Tummen upp!

The next day we took these four weeled bikes on a long tour along the beach! It was awesome! So much fun! I was last in line, wchich mean I could stop for some photos, and then floor the gas and catch up the others! Thumbs up!

Boologooroo farm

En natt sov vi under bar himmel! Vi drog ut sangarna ur ladan dar vi skulle sova for natten, och stallde de vid elden istallet. Det var underbart vackert! Skorna hangde upp och ner pa sangkanten, vi ville inte ha pahalsning av varken ormar eller spindlar....
One night we slept with the stars as our cover! It was great! We took out our beds and put them near the fire place. It was absolutely beautiful! Our shoes hanged upside down along the beds.... no spiders or snakes here please....!