Our time in Australia is over ... - by the time of discovery, of travel, of exploration of our unique non-agriculture and animal worlds. Gone are the days of doing nothing, the "in-the-day-into life" of camping in remote areas, driving in seemingly endless landscapes, always towards the horizon, not knowing what awaits around the next bend on us ... - Past the time when we are at the beach and admire the ever blue mirror of the infinite ocean, with its for us not to comprehending depth, with its often hidden life that he carries within him and the deep silence that radiate its waves ... and by the experience, like the sun in setting up or decline of its water to glow like fire - by the time we know nurmehr the tracks of our bare feet in the sand behind us ...
It's Saturday, 02/21/2009. We rummage around in our travel bags, have all the baggage and all kinds of small items spread over a large area, before we go to the store. A whole lot more serious things we are back with a parcel by sea to Switzerland, not to exceed the stringent weight requirements for airlines. We never want to see us face at the check-in counter at the airport with a luggage selection.
After the large pieces of luggage filled and are rigged for the last time we walk to our car. Meanwhile, it sees no more for "our home" from ... - Everything is cleared, no personal items to remember the countless hours we spent driving, sleeping, cooking, laughing, sweating, or in or around the car. Empty and insipid acts the bony plastic landscape in the "command center" such as empty as it looks now in our minds ... One last time, turn the ignition key - as usual jumps the undemanding and be indestructible force diesel heart the first movement of the starter. Inner gratitude for the quiet reliability This technical creature arises. Not once it has left us in any way down and still has dragged us this unit because of its so cramped conditions at times on the nerves. It has however led us to the most beautiful, most peaceful, most isolated and most impressive places, worn over all adversity without complaint diverse terrain - during 18'800 kilometers long and hard - and lots choked on Diesel! :-)
With sadness we head into the courtyard of the agency and supply from the two sets of keys. A final inspection of the garage owners and that's it. Short and painless.
During the last two days in Cairns you can enjoy the heavy, humid heat of the scorching tropical sun, pull, then, our laps in the pool in the knowledge that will take us back home in Europe, the cold winter in his catch. And then comes the inevitable last night we spend in silence and with wonderful memories in the balcony of our apartment. The sky is crying - it's raining ... - and yet it feels warm and refreshing.
Sometimes the severity of the pleasant evening Amarone enjoyment (many, many thanks, Ernesto!) Has given us a restful night last Australian. We leave for the airport, it is the 23.2.2009 - "the last day." At 12:00 clock we will take off in Cairns and hopefully after tough 36 hours safely (and at right angles!) increase in Zurich from the "metal box". The plane takes off and the clouds, we look down on that surface, on which we have spent the last four months. Australia will be our foot tracks that we have left on his magnificent landscape dress ... do not remember - but we will never forget that Australia - the rest of our days we are the impressions of this fabled continent carry.
Despite sadness we are glad to have brought the last flight leg from London to Zurich behind us as we hear the undercarriage of the jet touched down on Swiss concrete. We are at home - at home with friends and family, to which we are happy reunion!
Australia has given us infinitely more - and us a lot of ballast and daily severity (from) taken! This inner ease, we want to as long as possible and keep his eyes from the imperfection of the world - in the knowledge so it follows that the really important things are perfect in the world and us forever to reach - they are below us, we need to recognize it. Let us "because the rest is just sand ..." room for the large stones in life ...!
be back in the day we leave ...: Do not be sad that it's over, but happy that it was ...!
's great that you are traveling with us that will accompany us on our tracks, you shared our enthusiasm - good to see you again, we are happy!
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