JC ♥ ECOSIA

Hamilton Island trek

Rien de tel qu'une petite rando matinale pour mettre en appetit...
Nothing beats a little morning trek to whet our appetites...


...le soleil tapait et mon père a pu tester ce que ca fait d'être blanc...
...the sun was hitting hard and dad tested what it feels to be white...

...récompense pour les marcheurs acharnés: une belle vue...
...the reward for the early trekkers: a nice view...

...et un bon gueuleuton!
...and some food!

Familia rodante: cacatoes

Jean-Paul et ses cacaouetes firent des merveilles et les cacatoes devinrent vites nos meilleurs amis...
Jean-Paul and his peanuts did wonders and cockatoos soon became our best friends...


...courageux mais pas temeraire le pere!...
...too close for comfort?...


...et pas seulement les cacatoes. Meme si celui-ci, on s'en foutait un peu, on a les memes a Paris!
...and it wasn't just cockatoos, although we didn't care too much about this one! We have the same in Paris!

Familia rodante: Hello Queensland


Adieu Nouvelle Galles du Sud, bonjour Queensland...
And off we were to Queensland. So long New South Wales...

...premiere impression, depuis l'avion: interessant!...
...first impression, from the plane: interesting!...


...il y a le ciel, le soleil, la mer...
...sea, sand and sun...

...enfin sur la terre ferme, mon pere ayant survecu a un vol low-cost Jetstar ("c'est quoi cette compagnie? on va pas voler sur un petit coucou" dixit)...
...finally landed, my dad having survived a low-cost Jetstar flight ...

...inspection de la chambre et de la vue qui va avec...
...room inspection and of the accompaying view...

...inspection de la plage. Verdict: pas de requins, nous sommes saufs...
...beach inspection. Verdict: no sharks, we're safe...

...inspection du jacuzzi; verdict: raboule les cocktails Cecilia, que les vacances commencent!
...jacuzzi inspection; verdict: bring the cocktails Cecilia so that the holiday can start

Familia rodante: goodbye Newtown

Puis, il fut temps de quitter Newtown et de partir à l'assaut des routes australienne en famille, juste le temps de deconner une dernière fois dans ma chambrette avec mon épée magique ANZ...
Then it was time to leave Newtown for good and to hit the Aussie road with da family, just enough time to play stoopid one last time in my bedroom with my ANZ magic wand...




Familia rodante: Aussie Rules

Mon père et mon frère etant mon père et mon frère, on est parti voir du teu-foo yeaaaah!...
My dad & my bro being my dad & my bro, we went to the footie oh yeah!...

...australie le teu-foo par contre...
...aussie footy though...

...oh oh, il semblerait que les Swans aient marqués..
...oh oh, looks like the Swans have scored...



...même si pour moi, le point fort de la soirée fut la balade sur le ring walk du Parc Olympique, pour nous mettre en appétit..
...although for me, highlight of the evening was the ring walk at Olympic park as an appetizer...


Et pour ceux qui en redemande, regles et historique du footchballe australien ci-dessous ( et plus si affinités)
And for those asking for more, rules and history of the AFL below...

Australian rules football (common) or Australian football (official), also commonly referred to as football, footy, Aussie rules or AFL. It is a football variant played between two teams of 18 players plus 4 interchange players outdoors on large oval-shaped grass fields (often modified cricket fields), with a ball in the shape of a prolate spheroid.

The primary aim of the game is to score goals by kicking the ball between the middle two posts of the opposing goal. The winner is the team who has the higher total score at the end of the fourth quarter. [4] Except for special circumstances,[5] if the score is tied then a draw is declared.

Players may use any part of their body to advance the ball. The primary methods are kicking, handballing and running with the ball. There are restrictions on how the ball can be handled, for example players running with the ball must intermittently bounce or touch it on the ground, throwing the ball is not allowed and players must not get caught holding the ball. Unlike most similar sports, there is no offside rule and players can roam the field freely. Possession of the ball is in dispute at all times except when a free kick is paid. A distinctive feature of the game is the mark, where players anywhere on the field who catch a ball from a kick (with specific conditions), are awarded a free kick.[6] Australian rules is a contact sport in which players can tackle using their hands or use their whole body to obstruct opponents. Dangerous physical contact (such as a pushing an opponent in the back), interference when marking and deliberately slowing the play are discouraged with free kicks, distance penalties or suspension, depending on the seriousness of the infringement. Frequent physical contests, aerial marking or "speckies", fast movement of both players and the ball and high scoring are the game's main attributes as a spectator sport.

Details of the game's origins in Australia are obscure and still the subject of much debate. Accounts of various forms of "foot-ball" being played in the Victorian goldfields that shared similar attributes to Australian football date back to 1853. Australian football became organised in Melbourne in 1858 with a series of experimental rules in a bid to keep cricketers fit during the winter months and in 1859 the first laws of the game were published by the Melbourne Football Club.[7]

Today Australian rules football is the most popular spectator sport in Australia[8][9] and is played extensively with competitions in all Australian states and two territories. While it is a professional sport only in Australia, it is played at amateur level in several countries and in several variations. The most prestigious and only national competition in Australia is the Australian Football League (AFL), which culminates in the annual AFL Grand Final, the highest attended club championship event in the world in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.[10] The league has governed the sport through the AFL Commission and the AFL Rules Committee, since it disbanded the Australian National Football Council in 1993 and International Australian Football Council in 2002.

Familia rodante: Hunter BBQ

Delicieux bbq, tranche de vie australienne chez les Hunter...
Yummy bbq, courtesy of the Hunters to get us accustomed with Aussie life...

...bien qu'on ait commencé par faire connaissance avec la faune locale...
...although we started getting acquainted with the resident fauna...

...NB: serpent pas au menu. Faut préciser; c'est l'Australie après tout...
...footnote: Snakey not on the menu (needs specifying, tis Australia after all)...

...Avant et apres. A noter: quand la bouffe disparait, Cécilia fait de même!...
...Before and after. Please note, when food disappears, so does Cécilia

Familia rodante: Sydney

Premier arrivage /invasion: je demande la soeur...
First to land / invade: my sister...

...suivi des 2 alpha males: Paul et Papa...
...followed by the 2 alpha males: Paul and Papa...

...Bondi Beach la magnifique...

...premier repas: lunch à Bondi, Papa suspicieux...
...first meal, lunch in Bondi, Dad suspicious...

...le decalage horaire se ferait-il sentir?...
...jetlag kicking in?...

...vaut mieux les avoir en photos!!...