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THE WORLD BY THUMB
100% hitchhiking - 100% world tour - Since 2013 - By Florence Renault
AUSTRALIA: SOUTH & CENTER
from February, 13th 2016 to July, 12th 2017
After hitchhiking a sailboat across the Tasman Sea, I arrived on Christmas Eve in Newcastle, on the east coast of Australia. My hitchhiking world tour continued up along the sea to Townsville then came back down inland to Sidney. In February, I went deep into the Australian desert to reach the village of Renmark where I spend three months. Thanks to a working holliday visa (WHV), I worked as a cellarhand in a winery with my boyfriend Sebastian. Then we traveled again to discover Melbourne and its cultural activities. We hitchhiked along the southern coast to Port Augusta where we branched off to cross the center of the country and admire the famous red mountain Uluru. We finally reached Darwin, on the northern coast. This great crossing (detailed in French in Chapka's blog) concluded a seven months journey in Australia, before the new adventure in East Timor .
My Articles (In French) For EXPEDIA and CHAPKA
5 CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
IN MELBOURNE
HOW TO HITCHHIKE
ACROSS THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT
Photographies of Southern and Central Australia
 Melbourne |  Melbourne |  Pingouins, MelbournePenguins, Melbourne |  Street art, Melbourne |  CCTV, Melbourne |
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 Cafe, MelbourneMelbourne est réputée pour ses petites ruelles à cafés. Melbourne is famous for its lanes with many cafes. |  Street art, Melbourne |  St Kilda Beach, Melbourne |  Street art, Melbourne |  Sebastian&FlorenceI'm hitchhiking across Australia with Sebastian. Je traverse l'Australie en auto-stop avec Sebastian. |
 Bells Beach |  Barossa ValleyLe sud de l'Australie est réputé pour son vin. South Australia is famous for wine. |  Dégustation de vinWine tasting |  Plage d'algues, KingstonBeach of seaweeds, Kingston |  Drôle d'oiseauFunny bird |
 CacatoesCockatoo |  EmeuEmu |  Koala |  Twelve Apostles |  The Razorback |
 London Bridge |  London Bridge |  Peterborough beach |  Couchsurfing, Port Augusta |  Port Augusta |
 Port Augusta |  Désert de sel, lac HartDesert of salt, Hart lake |  Coober PedyC'est une ville minière aux maisons troglodytes. It is a mining town with houses built underground or in the rock. |  Coober Pedy |  Premier arbre de Coober PedyC'est un arbre en métal qui a été planté au milieu du désert. First tree of Coober Pedy It is a metallic tree planted in the middle of the desert. |
 Sebastian&HeidiHeidi, voyageuse norvégienne, nous a pris trois fois en stop. Heidi, norvegian traveller, picked us up three times. |  Camping CarNorris nous a pris en stop pendant quatre jours dans son camping-car. Norris gave us a 4 days ride by camping-car. |  Voiture abandonnéeLa route du désert est jonché de voitures abandonnées. There are many abandonned cars along the desert road. |  UluruMontagne sacrée indigène Sacred indegenious mount |  Sebastian&Uluru |
 Cerveau humain, UluruHuman brain, Uluru |  Uluru |  Route du désertRoad of the desert |  Kata Tjuta |  Kata Tjuta |
 Coucher de soleil, Alice SpringsAlice Springs est la plus gross ville au milieu du désert avec ses 30 000 habitants. Alice Springs is the biggest city (30 000 inhabitants) in the middle of the desert. |  Kangourou, Alice SpringsKangaroo |  Larapinta trailLe Larapinta trail est un chemin de randonnée de 200 kilomètres sur les rares montagnes du désert Australien. The Larapinta trail is 200km long in the rare mountains of the middle of Australian desert. |  Larapinta trail |  Larapinta trail |
 Camping |  Litchfield National Park |  Litchfield National Park |  Litchfield National Park |  Litchfield National Park |
 Litchfield National Park |  Concert, Darwin |  Julie, DarwinJulie nous a acceuilli dans sa maison à Darwin pendant trois semaines. Nous l'avons aidé avec quelques travaux dans le jardin. Julie welcomed us three weeks in her house in Darwin. We helped her with few works in the garden. |  Plage/Beach, Darwin |  Grenouille/Frog, Darwin |
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