Ode til Australien

Selvom vi fotograferede meget i Australien og skrev dagbog – fandt Jørgen også anledning til at skrive en ode til det skønne kontinent Australien.

Australia

From Darwin at the Top End – Nicole was there 

To Alice Springs in the Centre and the “Never Never” – where?

The original owners cast their spell

The Tjukurpa legend explains it well 

To the Garden of Eden in the Valley of the Winds

To tell you the truth – a fairytale begins 

Road trains, roobars, runway news on the fly

The outback is done, don’t ask me why! 

Carried to Cairns on a Qantas link

Almost on time, now what to think? 

In Cairns on the Sunshine Coast, and Sydney too

So long to Kings Canyon, Kakadu and the Uluru 

Kuranda, Fitzroy and Bellview Motel

Plenty of memories, good stories to tell 

We leave too soon the Scenic Way

The Tjapukai, Billabongs and The Kuranda Rail 

For new adventures southward bound

At Reef Fleet Terminal we the Greyhound found 

At 9 AM away we ride

Through Rolling Stone – survive the drive! 

Had lunch in Cardwell Transit Centre but leaving soon

We arrived in Townsville at 3 past noon 

At Civic Guest House for just one night

Dining out in Townsville makes you feel all right 

The Breakwater Terminal salutes you next day

At Picnic Bay, Backpackers Hideaway is where we’ll stay 

Are stonefish really a deadly threat?

How come nobody told us yet? 

Koala spotting and enjoying the day

Horseshoe, Radical and Rollingstone Bay 

We know we didn’t’ come to stay

At Magnetic Island, sorry to leave, but we’re going away 

“Travelling is living” the Danish writer said

More kilometres lie ahead 

Along the Sun Coast further south

The saltwater taste is in your mouth 

No more “cellarbrations” at Herbert Hotel

To Civic Guesthouse we say farewell  

The water we think is pretty cool

We enjoyed the swim in the heated Tobruk Pool 

Further down to Airlie Beach

Takes us four hours from Townsville to reach 

Long Island is not just New York

The trip to Whitsundays was almost too short 

The Bush Village, walking tracks, Happy Bay

The sun was hot, what a happy day

From 6PM to 6AM

Riding the Greyhound animal again 

From Airlie Beach to Hervey Bay

12 hours in darkness and night turns to day 

Trucks on the highway and people who drive

The Australian night has come alive 

Tuna fish, dolphins and whales in sight

The Urangan Pier, the Woolshed place is right 

A Freshwater feeling we faced

Of true blue colours and space 

From Hervey Bay to Brisbane north

12 days remain is this too short? 

I  remember you well at the Brisbane Airway Motel

Dining at the Hamilton Bowls Club went well 

But for one night only then we move on

The island is waiting, the Moreton 

The Wild Dolphin Resort is so full of light

The sun and the water shining silver bright 

The dolphins pops up from the ground

When the sun slowly starts to go down 

Crossing over on the upper deck, and not to forget

The picturesque Tangalooma wreck 

At the 2^nd floor, Brisbane Transit Centre

Above Roma Street Station the bus does enter 

We walked to the South Bank Parklands ridge

Across the Victoria Bridge 

On a day so clear one can see forever

A city so beautiful forget it never! 

The road was packed this Friday afternoon

Crosstown traffic – but we got there soon 

To a Coast of Gold and the Surfers Paradise

The Islander Resort Hotel was surprisingly nice  

The Dolphins in the Cove they jump so high

The mammal trainers make them touch the sky 

After visiting the SeaWorld we had breakfast, tea and toast

We were sorry to leave the Golden Coast 

Welcome to New South Wales the wording ran

Imagine how the arrival began 

We ran out of money which was not so fun

A quick SMS to Dad and Mum 

Off we went to the final tales

Welcome back to New South Wales 

Through Tallebudgera and Bilinga for five hours more

Safely we arrived in Coffs Harbour 

To the Banana Coast and Plantation hotels

We stayed at the Coachmen’s Inn, where else? 

We had a swim with the dolphins in the Pet Porpoise Pool

The water was only 14 degrees – in rented wetsuits did we look cool? 

Hanging out at McDonalds waiting for the bus

Nine hours through the night ahead of us 

Sydney in the morning was cold and dark

At 6 AM we couldn’t really see very far 

The Inner Circle that would take us across

To Circular Quay was almost a bus 

We sailed to South Mosman to Helen and her house

To the Daddy, the daughter, and the hospitable spouse 

Taronga Zoo, the Pylon Lookout, and the fine Opera

Three days to go won’t get us very far 

The Botanic Garden and the Darling Harbour Bay

Quickly running short of holiday 

Thanks for now to the land Down Under

Australia is truly the great wide wonder! 

But to every thing turn, turn, turn

There is a season turn, turn, turn 

One day – if we are lucky –

We will surely return 

Leaving Sydney flying out

Now we know what Australia is about! 

In our minds we go there and what do you think

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