His and Hers travel log

Agneaux!

2010-10-02T02:58:00.000-07:00

Les prédictions disent qu’environ 1000000 agneaux naîtront cette semaine dans la région du Sud de la Nouvelle-Zélande et de l’Otago. Il s’agit d’environ 14,000 par jour.

See HIS View
See HER View
See His and Hers Pictures

StinkHorns

2010-08-12T19:30:00.001-07:00

Ileodictyon cibarium is a fungus more commonly known as a Stinkhorn. When it gets wet enough, a huge slimy wiremesh polygonal form emerges from the confines of the small mushroom in a display that seems anything but natural. Maori of old thought that they were actually the dropping of ghosts.

See HIS View
See HER View
See His and Hers Pictures

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu

2010-07-10T17:48:00.000-07:00

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu est le nom Maori pour une colline, pres de Porangahau au sud de Waipokirau en Nouvelle-Zelande. Le nom est souvent raccourci par Taumata par les locaux pour faciliter la conversation

See HIS View

See HER View

Wobbegong Sharks

2010-06-23T04:44:00.000-07:00

It took us about 8 months but we finally saw our first Australian shark this week! It was a 1.5 meter spotted Wobbegong Shark, sleeping under a rock. This particular specie is quite flexible and can bite the hand of divers who are harassing them by pulling their tail, which my buddy was doing at the time. Luckily for us, no bloodbath ensued and we got to see it swim away gracefully for a little while until it found another rock under which to go back to sleep.

See HIS View
See HER View
See His and Hers Pictures
See His and Hers Videos

Superficie

2010-06-20T01:10:00.001-07:00

Si on tient compte qu’à tout moment, on peut voir en moyenne 11km autour de nous (distance mesurée moins que scientifiquement sur la grande route) et que nous avons parcouru 19 500km dans notre périple en Australie, il est une grande déception pour nous d’apprendre que nous n’avons couvert qu’à peine 2.8% du territoire australien.

See HIS View

See HER View

See His and Hers Pictures

See His and Hers Videos

The story of The Kelly Gang

2010-06-09T17:17:00.000-07:00

In 1906, Australian filmmakers decided to tell the story of Ned Kelly, famous outlaw who defied colonial authorities in the late 1800. What makes Ned Kelly stand out from the rest of the local ruffians is the metallic armor that he built for him and his crew to deflect bullets from police officer. In the 1906 movie adaptation, one of the actors wore the actual suit of armor used by the Kelly Gang, something that historians would never permit nowadays.

See HIS View

See HER View

See His and Hers Pictures

See His and Hers Videos

Carburant à Opal

2010-06-03T01:04:00.000-07:00

Dans le fin fond de l’Outback, comme dans toutes les régions où les premières nations sont présentes en grand nombre, le problème d’inhalation de pétrole en est un de taille. Pour contrevenir à la situation, le gouvernement oblige les stations d’essence à ne fournir que du carburant à base d’Opal, une alternative au sans plomb qui ne procure aucun effet narcotique.

See HIS View

See HER View

See His and Hers Pictures

Fun Facts about Melbourne:

2010-05-23T23:05:00.000-07:00

About 90 tons of dog poo is left on the streets of Melbourne every day.

Before Melbourne came to be known as the ‘City of Melbourn’e, it was called Batmania, Bearbrass, Bearport, Bareheap and Bearbury.

Melbourne's first census, conducted in 1836, showed a population of just 145 men and 35 women.

The tramway system of Melbourne is the largest outside the European continent.

See HIS View
See HER View
See His and Hers Pictures

En Irlande....

2010-05-10T01:35:00.000-07:00

Leçon apprise dans une vieille caravane stationnaire, pendant une nuit de grand orage, écoutant Bear Grills faire son frais a la TV : Si vous êtes pris dans les marais froids et humides de l’Irlande du Nord, cherchez une carcasse de mouton assez fraiche. Retirez lui la peau à l’aide de vos mains, virez la sur elle-même et vous vous retrouverez avec un sac de couchage qui vous tiendra au chaud! A SHEEPing bag!

See HIS view

See HER view

See His and Hers Videos

See His and Hers Pictures

Melbourne, now with correct placement on the map!

2010-04-26T19:11:00.001-07:00

Three important dates are upon us! Here they are, in progressing order of awesomeness:

1- Today is our 20th blog entry! Huzzah!

2- Today is the start of our 7th month in Australia!

3- Tomorow is Stephanie's birthday! Wish her a Happy one!

See HER view

See HIS view

See His ans Hers Pictures

Le prix de Melbourne

2010-04-19T17:11:00.001-07:00

En 1835, Melbourne à été acheté aux mains des aborigènes pour le prix de 40 couvertes, 30 haches, 100 couteaux, 50 ciseaux, 30 miroirs, 200 mouchoirs, 100 livres de farine et 6 chandails.

See HER View
See HIS View
See His and Hers Pictures
See His and Hers Videos

Notes of Wisdom from Cecilia

2010-04-05T21:45:00.000-07:00

When creating a balcony garden, it is always a good idea to incorporate a small fish pond. It can be something as simple as a dark bottomed bucked with aquatic plants in it. The fish will fertilize the water that you can then use to feed your plants. And as a plus side, people never forget to feed a fish. And once you’re there, you’ll never forget to water the plants!

See HIS View
See HER View
See His ans Hers Pictures

Vers Melbourne

2010-03-30T02:54:00.000-07:00

Comme nous cherchions un calendrier pour nous aider à planifier toutes les activités possibles à faire à Melbourne pendant notre séjours, nous sommes arrivés à une vente de garage. En fouillant dans une boite de livres, nous avons trouvé un vieil agenda de 1999. À notre grande surprise, les dates correspondent exactement à celles de 2010! Reduce, Reuse Recycle!

See HIS view
See HER view
See His and Hers Photos
See His and Hers Videos

Road Trains

2010-03-23T19:03:00.000-07:00

In Canada, it's always impressive to see a truck pulling two trailers on the highways. Here, in the australian Bush, we often get to see these trucks pulling three and even four of these long trailers. These true road trains zoom at high speeds on small, one lane dirt roads, raising huge clouds of dust that remain in the air, obscuring visibility for kilometers on end. Hello safety...

See HIS view

See HER view

See His and Hers Pictures

Dans le Bush Profond

2010-03-15T20:38:00.001-07:00

Dans le fin fond du Bush, les gens, même si ils ne recyclent pratiquement jamais, ils ont au moins entendu parlé du deuxième "R" de la chanson: Reuse. Il est donc très commun de voir un vieux micro-ondes non fonctionnel transformé en boite aux lettres sur les longues routes étroites du Bush australien.

See HIS view

See HER view

See His and Hers Pictures

Wombats!

2010-03-08T13:46:00.001-08:00

Wombats are really weird creatures. These large marsupials have a one inch thick bone plate on their bum. They burrow their homes in the ground so that the entrance is exactly the size of their butt. When chased by dingoes, they race back home and stop right at the entrance. The bony plate acts as a door, and try as they might, the dingoes can't scratch past the bony armor, and it doesn't hurt the wombat at all.

See HIS view
See HER view
See His and Hers Pictures

Chasse moustique maison

2010-03-02T16:31:00.000-08:00

Après avoir utilisé du chasse moustique à force tropicale (qui déteint tous les tissus avec lequel il entre en contact), nous avons décidé d'essayer une recette maison. À notre grande surprise, elle marche à merveille! Elle est toute naturelle et non toxique. Essayez ça chez vous (quand les moustiques vont décongeler)

-30ml d'huile d'olive
-28 goutes d'huile essentielle de citronelle
-23 goutes d'huile de Tea Tree (Mélaleuca)

See HIS View
See HER View
See His and Hers Pictures

Ants! Ants everywhere!

2010-02-23T01:46:00.000-08:00

In the rainforest, there are these little ants with a green back that make their nests by sticking leaves into a ball shape directly in the trees. If you lick those ants, they taste exactly like lime. They don’t like to be licked though. They’ll try to bite you.

See HIS View

See HER View

See His and Hers Pictures

Whitehaven Beach

2010-02-16T17:03:00.000-08:00

Le sable de Whitehaven Beach, dans les Whitsundays consiste à 98 % de pure silice. Il fut utilisé dans la fabrication de la lentille du télescope Hubble (deux fois, ils ont brisé le premier). Durant une tempête il y a quelques années, un éclair à frappé directement la plage, laissant au lieu d'impact, un parfait disque de verre.

See HIS view
See HER view
See His and Hers Pictures

Van-Terrible

2010-02-08T20:07:00.000-08:00

To answer the question that EVERYONE has been asking us for the past week, NO, we did not win the VanTastic contest for the Northern Territory. I know... I'm sorry. BUT, Western Australia is still up for grabs! We'll know early March! Keep your fingers crossed for the next 4 weeks! CONSTANTLY.

See HIS view
See HER View
See His and Hers Pictures
See His and Hers Video

Almost Van-Tastic

2010-01-21T02:07:00.001-08:00

Nous venons tous juste d'apprendre que le Capitaine James Cook, mon héro de haute mer préféré, aurait été l'auteur des premières cartes maritimes du St-Laurent. Ces cartes, d'une telle exactitude qu'elles auraient été utilisées plus de cent ans après sa mort, auraient contribué à la victoire Britannique sur les plaines d'Abraham. Boooooouuuu!

See HIS view
See HER View
See His and Hers Pictures
See His and Hers Video

Happy 2010 !

2010-01-06T19:13:00.001-08:00

Since we've arrived in Australia, many people have asked us: "Which direction do the toilets flush over there?". The funny answer is, we don't know. Since this is the dryest continent in the world (after Antarctica), they all have these water friendly toilets everywhere. And the way they operate, they just flush DOWN. No circular motion. Sorry.

See HIS view
See HER view
See HIS an HERS pictures
See HIS an HERS videos

Joyeux Noël!

2009-12-28T16:17:00.001-08:00

Joyeux Noël du Tropique du Capricorne! (ou tout presque). On vous envoie du soleil, de l'amour et plein de kangourous! On va garder toute la pluie par contre, on ne veut pas vous ensevelir... Saison humide qu'ils disent?? Plus comme saison de déluge.

See HIS view

See HER view

See His and Hers Pictures

He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich

2009-12-20T20:17:00.000-08:00

For those of you still wondering if 80’s band Men at Work’s hit single “Land down under” actually played on the radio waves in Australia, the answer is yes, ALL THE TIME.

See HIS view

See HER view

The Captain has landed!

2009-12-08T21:13:00.000-08:00

Selon les récits aborigènes, lorsque le Capitaine Cook arriva au Queensland en 1770, il guida avec adresse son navire dans la baie et remarqua les arbres fruitiers. Son botaniste, pour sa part, s'est fait piquer par des fourmis et des mille-pattes et est revenu à bord avec des plantes inutiles et sans propriétés médicinales. Bravo.

-------------

Vous pouvez FINALEMENT commenter! Ouf! Pour ne pas vous casser la tête, choisissez l'option "Anonymous" et signez votre message pour qu'on sache qui nous parle!

See HIS view

See HER view

One Month!

2009-11-28T21:31:00.000-08:00

We've just come into our second month in the Southern Hemisphere. We've headed into Queensland and lost one hour on our watches in the process. Getting closer to the equator means shorter days, more heat and as we've just recently learned, deadly jellyfishes. Great... ANOTHER thing that can potentially kill us around here. Just perfect.

See HIS view
See HER view

La côte

2009-11-21T01:37:00.000-08:00

Sur notre route vers le Nord, le paysage change. Ça commence à drôlement ressembler à l’Australie telle qu’on l’imagine. Il fait sec, tout commence à être teinté de rouges, les maisons se font plus petites, plates et de plus en plus espacées. Les haltes routières ne sont plus que de simples stationnements de terre ne pouvant fournir en eau que ce que la citerne a pu ramasser durant la dernière pluie.

See HIS view
See HER view

The Blue Mountains

2009-11-11T01:58:00.000-08:00

After attending a show called “Australian’s most dangerous”, we are quite surprised to inform you that even though there are more species of venomous snakes and spiders than non-venomous, the most common animal related deaths down under are caused by horses and honey bees… And we have all of those back home. So no worries mate!

See HIS view

See HER view

Sydney

2009-11-03T23:57:00.000-08:00

Sydney (pronounced /ˈsɪdni/) is the largest city in Australia, and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney has a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million and an area of approximately 12,000 square kilometres. Its inhabitants are called Sydneysiders, and Sydney is often called "the Harbour City". It is one of the most multicultural cities in the world, reflecting its role as a major destination for immigrants to Australia.

See HIS view

See HER view