Jervis Bay

Hat eltelt megint egy het. (meg lassan megegy) Munka lassan bemelegszik, bar finoman szolva sem szakadok meg...még (ez a het mar kemenyebb volt kicsivel). Csak, hogy a legfontosabb dolgokat emlitsem: ettem sushit (sushi vonatrol - megy korbe a sushi te meg azt szeded le, amelyik tetszik es folyamatosan toltik fel), japan sult rizst, fish&chipset (sult tengeri hal, krumplival - finom volt), foztem carbonara-t, indiai butter chicken-t (tokre kikapcsol melo utan :)) es lassan mar nem vasalok uj elt az ingeimbe :)

Emellett a mult hetvegen ismet utaztunk, most Jarvis Baybe. Ez egy obol, ahol - allitolag - a vilag legfeherebb homokja talalhato (sajna nincs meg eleg osszehasonlitasi alapom, h megerositsem, de majd dolgozom az ugyon :) es tobb nemzeti park veszi korul / nyulik bele. Szoval a kulonbozo szinu, fajtaju papagajok napi vendegek voltak az udvaron/utcan, ami nagyon jol hangzik, de amikor reggel 7-kor korusban elkezdenek `csipogni` az mar nem olyan jo buli. Mielott elindultunk volna, meg delelott lenyomtunk egy Review Boardot interjuztatokent (AIESEC-es cucc, ez a par ember donti el ki mehet a szakmai gyakorlatra es ki nem), tok jo emberek voltak, 5/3-at at is engedtunk :).

Aztan elindultunk 13-an 3 autoval es kozel 7 ora utazas utan oda is ertunk. Ezalatt megalltunk meg megnezni a hires `Blow hole`-t Kiama-ban (ami allitolag a vilag legnagyobbja), ami egy lyuk egy sziklaban, ami ala befolyik az ocean es ha eleg magas a vizszint, akkor mint egy gejzirbol, kicsap a viz. Koszonhetoen az apalynak es annak, hogy sotet volt mar mire odaertunk, ezt csak elmeletben tudom...

Jarvis Bayen egy hazat bereltunk vmi faluban. Mivel a srac, aki foglalta otthon hagyta a pontos cimet es a kontaktot, hogy kit is kell hivni, ha vmi gond van (peldaul nem talaljuk a kulcsot, ami valahol a haz korul volt leteve), igy az emlekek alapjan probaltunk tajekozodni. Elsore melle lottunk (kicsit vicces volt, amikor 6 ember rohangal este 10-kor egy haz korul egy kulcsot keresve, majd kiderul, hogy huupsz, rossz haz - masnap pedig egy idos bacsi nyirta ott a fuvet...), de masodikra meglett a mi hazunk - kulccsal egyutt (3 haloszoba, konyha, nappali, kert, fedett veranda :). Kis ivaszat (ivos jatekokkal fuszerezve, melyben a csapatommal abszolut bajnokok lettunk 5/5 meccset nyertunk :), gitarozas, enekeles, azt hajnal 3-4 fele mar el is mentunk aludni :)

Masnap egy korai 10-es keles utan lementunk a tengerpartra furdeni (jo szerencsenknek koszonhetoen esett - szombaton, vasarnap es hetfon is fel nap), a viz nem volt olyan veszes 20 fok koruli, szoval ha mozogtunk, annyira nem fagytunk meg. 3 ora utan miutan mindenki ehes volt, mint allat, gyorsan el is mentunk ebedelni (tenger gyumolcsei tal, krumplival - lassan kezdem megszeretni a tengeri kutyuket, nem mintha lenne mas valasztasom). Aztan, hogy lassunk is valamit, elmentunk az egyik kozeli nemzeti parkba (itt a kornyeken volt ugy 6). A nemzeti parkot ugy kell elkepzelni, hogy autoval kell korbevezetni, szepen ki van tablazva minden es kis erdei utakon jutsz le a tengerpartra (kepek fenn). Hat, abban maradtunk, hogy kibaszott nagy szemetseg ennyi termeszeti csodat ilyen kis helyre osszezsufolni, meg ennyi mindent egy orszagnak/kontinensnek adni. Szoval tatott szajjal meg nagy irigyseggel nezegettunk mindent, meg is beszeltuk paran, hogy visszamegyunk majd kempingezni oda vmikor.

A sok nezelodes utan este `barbie-ztunk` (barbecue=grillezes ausztral modra), sutottunk marha steaket, virslit, csirket stb, kis sali, kis bor/sor, szoval jol indult az este. Kesobb az egyik srac chilei ismerosei jovoltabol - akik szinten velunk voltak vegig- megismerkedtunk egy Tarita nevu ivos jatekkal (AIESEC-eseknek, hasonlit a Bitches, bitches-re), amivel hajnal haromra ismet mindenki kidolt, mindenesetre, ha hazamegyek meg kell mutatnom, roppant humoros egy jatek.

Hetfon sajna indulni kellett haza, de ugy dontottunk elotte meg megnezzuk a `Hetmerfoldes tengerpartot` (ahogy azt mar irtam, az ausztralok nagyon kreativak am a nevekben). Termeszetesen azon a reszen pont esett, ugyhogy valoban csak megneztuk. Mit is csinaljunk, hires helyek vannak a kornyeken dogivel, nezzuk meg a Kenguru-volgyet! (Kinek van otlete ez mirol lehet hires??? haha, melle, a wombatokrol! :) Szoval a nevevel ellentetben a Kenguru-volgyben alig vannak kenguruk (csak kettot lattunk), viszont wombatok vannak dogivel, aranyos allatok, bar a kempingezok mondtak, h neha eleg pofatlanok, bemasznak satrakba stb.

Hat ennyi lett a tura vegul, indulni kellett haza. Azert, h az se legyen olyan monoton, az autopalyan a dugoban vettuk eszre, h fogy a benzin kemenyen es eg a kis lampa (szoval legkondi ki, kocsi uresbe lejton lefele) es imadkoztunk, h legyen vmi varos/benzinkut emberi tavolsagon belul. (itt ez nem evidencia) Szerencsenkre talaltunk egyet ugy 10 km-re, szoval nem kellett hazaig setalni.

Ezen a hetvegen asszem itthon maradok, mert ma eros fejfajassal es kis kohogessel ebredtem, szoval lehet megfaztam. Legalabb lesz idom elmenni az allatkertbe vagy az akvariumba :)

Well, another week has passed. (and another one J). Job started to warm up a bit, but I am not overwhelmed, not even abit J (although this week was a bit tougher). Just to mention the most important things: I ate sushi (from a sushi train – the sushi is going around and you pick that you like and it is constantly refilled), japanese fried rice, fish&chips (fried, sea fish with french fries – it was tasty), I cooked spaghetti carbonara and indian butter chicken (No Karuna, not by myself, but a tinned one J) it is very relaxing after work and slowly I am not ironing a new edge into my shirts J

Nevertheless, we travelled last weekend as well, now to Jervis Bay. This a bay (surprisingly), where – we were told – the sand is the whitest int he world. (Unfortunately I haven’t seen enough beaches to compare, but I am working on it J) and it is surrounded by several national parks. So the different types and colored parrots were everyday guests there, which sounds fun, but when they wake you up at 7AM with their sound, it is not that funny. Before we left Sydney, we interviewed some people at the Review Board, there were really good people, 3/5 passed as well. J

So we left Sydney, 13 of us with 3 cars and after almost 7 hours of travelling we arrived. Meanwhile we stopped to see the world-famous „Blow Hole” in Kiama (which supposedly the biggest in the world), which is a hole in the rocks, beneath there is a cave and water flows under it. So when it is high enough, water is blowing out like from a geysir. Thanks to the ebb and darkness, I know it from theory only. (check stolen pic above)

We rented a house in Jervis Bay, in some random village. The guy, who booked it forgot to bring the exact address and the details of the contact person (whom he supposed to call in case we do not find the keys or so), we tried to find our way based on memories. We missed for the first time (it was quite funny when 6 people were running around in the garden, searching for a key, then it turns out that, ooops, it is the wrong house…and next day an old guy was moing the lawn there J), but for the second we found it! (3 bedrooms, kitchen, living room, garden, sun room). Some drinking, (spiced with drinking games, and my team ended up as ultimate winners, winning 5/5 rounds J), playing on the guitar, singing and then we went to bed around 3-4AM.

Next day after an early wake up at 10, we went to the beach for some swimming (thanks to out luck it was raining on Saturday, Sunday and half Monday as well), but the water was not that cold, around 20 degrees, so when we moved we were not freezing that much. After 3 hours everybody became desperately hungry, so we went to eat (mixed seafood with fries – slowly I get used to seastuff, not only I don’t have another choice). Then, to see some stuff as well, we drove to the neighbouring national park (we had approx. 6 around). You should imagine the park that you have to drive around, everything is nicely signed and you have to take narrow forest paths to get to the beach (pics uploaded). Well, we decided that it is a big fuckup to put so many natural wonders into such a small place and giving so many things to only one country/continent. So we saw everything with an opened mouth and with big jealousy, thus decided to go back sometimes for a cool camping.

After all the sights, we had a „barbie” during the evening, be did steak, sausages, chicken etc. with some salad, wine/beer, so the evening started well. Later, thanks to one of the chilien friend of a friend (with whom we stayed), we were introduced a drinking game named „Tarita” (similar to Bitches, bitches), which made us die by 3AM, however when I will go home, I will have to show it, it is very funny J

Unfortunately on Monday we had to come back home, but we decided to check the „7-mile Beach” first (I already wrote about the creative aussie names). Surely it was raining at that place, so we really just checked it. What to do when we are around so many famous places? Well, let’s check the Kangaroo valley? (Do you know of what it is famous? haha, you missed, of wombats J) So, against its name suggests, there aren’t many kangaroos in the valley, but there is a huge wombat population, they are cute, however people who were camping said, they are quite rude, they go into tents etc.

Well, that was the end of the tour, we had to go home. But to make it a bit more interesting, we realized only in the traffic jam on the highway, that our gas is running out (thx small red lamp!) (so A/C off, car to neutral down) and preying for a town with a gas station nearby (which is not that evident here). Luckily we found ina pp. 10 kms, so we did not have to walk home.

This weekend I will stay at home, because I woke up with a horrible headache and I am coughing as well, so I might got a cold. At least I will have some time to go to the aquarium or to the zoo.