Happy New Year 2012 from Adelaide

Uluru + Kata Tjuta 27.12.11-29.12.11

 Leider hemmer usgrächnet a dere Tankstell (die letscht forem Uluru) mösse ganz uftanke..:(/ Unfortunately this was the last petrol station before Uluru, so we had to fill the tank up :(

Sonneontergang/ Sunset

Gmüetleche Apero met herrlechem Bleck uf de Uluru be Sonneontergang / Nice  "Apero" with a great view to Uluru at sunset time 

Startklar zom de Uluru deruf zseckle, aber do er för d'Aborigines es Heiligtom esch hemer das ned gmacht/  Ready to run up Uluru, but because it is a very important and sacred place for the Aborigines so we didn't.

 Rondgang om de Uluru/ Walk around Uluru

  Kata Tjuta




En weniger bekannteri, aber ned weniger idrocksvolli  Groppe vo 36 "Bärge", 30 Km entfärnt  vom Uluru/ A less known, but neverthless very impressiv group of 36 mountains, 30km away from Uluru

 Die Uussecht hemmer eus hert mösse erarbeite. En 2-stonde Marsch i de pralle Sonne öber Stock ond Stei/
It was hard work but definatelly worth not only for the view

Alice Springs 21.12.11-27.12.11

Schöne Sonneontergang währedem fahre/ Beautiful sunset on the road

Hend probiert s'beschte drus zmache../ We tried to do the best in our situation..

Nochem 1. Wäschgang hed euses Zemmer den so usgseh../ After the first laundry our room looked like this..

Ellery Creek Waterhole

Devils Marbels 20.12.11

En witere schöne Ort in Australie, zmetzt ide Wüesti heds die onmängene vo Abgrondete Stei. Leider hemmers ned ganz gaschafft be Sonneontergang aber es esch au so idröcklech gse

Another beautiful place in Australia, in the middle of the desert. Unfortunateli we didnt made it at sun set.

Merry Christmas

Mer wönsched euch allne ganz ganz schöni Wiehnachte usem 40C° warme Alice Springs / We wish you all a merry Christmas from the 40d hot Alice Springs

Cutta Cutta Caves 19.12.11

De Iigang/ The Entrance

 Cutta Cutta Caves, esch en Tropfsteii.-Höhli vo ca. 500 Meter Längi. Cutta bedütet i de aborgini Sproch "Stärne", Cutta Cutta= "sehr vell Stärne", das chond dohär das dor Chalchsteii-Ablagerige gwössi Teil vo dene Formatione gletzered wiene Stärnehemmel




Cutta Cutta Caves, is a limestone cave which is about 500 meters long.Cutta means "star" in aboriginal language, Cutta Cutta= lots of stars, this comes from the limestone sediments which makes some parts of the formations shining like a star sky.

 Mer send a dem Tag die einzige Touriste gseh ond hend drom en Privatfüehrig vomene Aborigini becho. Noch dere Füehrig ben ech (Isa) den schweiss gebadet gseh, aber ned wells töbig det enne gseh esch, sondern well är üs den afe i de Höhli enne öber die velle Tier wo mer det enne atraffe cha, onter anderem es paar vode geftigste Schlangene ond Spenne wos ged.

On this day we were the only tourists and so we got a privat tour from an aborigini. After the tour I (Isa) was totally sweat, but not because of the high humidity, but for the wide range of the animals that live there, also included some of the most poisonous snakes and spiders on earth.

En Drache ufem Chopf/ A dragon upside down

Chönder do en Hond metere grosse Schnauze erkenne?/ Can you see a dog with a big  snout?

Elvis Presley
För die wos gseh chönd, de Leo hed zerscht au chli müesse sueche. / For those who are able to see it, it took Leo a couple of minutes to figure it out

Do  gseht mer es bezeli wieso si uf Cutta Cutta cho send  / Here you come across why it's called Cutta Cutta

Yellow Water Cruise 17.12.11

 Dos im Kakadu Nationalpark Rägeziit esch, esch relativ vell onter Wasser. Mer hend den en Bootstour gmacht. Dör das hemmer en grosse ibleck id Tier- ond Pflanzewält öbercho. Do zerst es paar belder vom schöne usbleck womer nor scho am Afang gha hend.

 Because  it is rainy-season in the Kakadu Nationalpark, much of the land is under water. Due to that we made a boattrip and we got a big view into the local flora and fauna. First some pictures from the great view at the beginning

 Do en lostige Vogel wo "ofem Wasser chan laufe". Notürli nor dank em Gwächs wo grad onderhalb vode Wasseroberflächi wachst.


Here a funny bird which can actually walk on the water, certanly just because of the weeds which grow just below the surface.

 Do s erste Salzwasserkrokodile womer gse hend. E riise Aperat. Sehr warsch. gäge die 4.5m lang. S hed ned sölle s letzte gse si womer gse hend...


Here the first Saltie that we saw. Big fellow, aprox 13 feet long. but it was not the last one we saw...

Done es paar wonderschöni Föteli vom Weissbauchseeadler.


Some beautiful pictures of the white-bellied Sea-eagle

 Ond es paar meh Fötelis vo welde Salzwasserkrokodil...

And some more pictures of the wild Salties...