Traveling Rockhopper

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the main attractions in Australia. It’s the world’s largest coral reef and simply stunning! It’s an unforgettable experience to snorkel or dive there. However, there is also a sad part about it, people often kill the reef simply by touching it! So please, be careful while observing any reef.

Dingo is a name of a native Australian dog.
When I was in Australia, I didn’t really expect to meet dingo, but we’re lucky to spot them. Dogs look friendly, but they’re still wild animals, so it’s better not to play with them etc.!

p.s. Do you know what dingo dogs like to eat?
I’ll show you on the 17th of January. 😉

This beautiful (and harmless) lizard can be seen in the Red Centre in Australia. It’s called Ngiyari Thorny Devil (Thorny Dragon).
How do you like it?

There are many kinds of scorpions in Australia. And often they are relatively harmless.
One of the aggressive ones, is Desert scorpion (seen in today’s picture).

The best part of rainy summer in the Red Center was the possibility to see beautiful desert covered by flowers! Amazing view!
(Temperatures were also much more pleasant than a typical ~40C.)

I visited Australia in December and January, so summer time. However, I had a unique experience by seeing the Red Centre in rain and even with floods! For tourists, there were good and bad sides of this, e.g. waterfalls on Uluru looked nice, but some roads looked like the one in the picture (or worse!) so it wasn’t possible to use them.

Kata Tjuṯa (Olgas) is an interesting group of large rock formations (“heads”) located just 25km from Uluru, in the Red Center, the Northern Territory in Australia.

I have to admit, before going to Australia, I didn’t hear so much about Kata Tjuta, I knew only Uluru. After visiting both sites, I’m not so sure which one is more impressive…
Definitely, both are worth visiting!

Uluru (Ayers Rock) is a massive rock monolith and sacred Aboriginal site located in the Red Center, the Northern Territory in Australia. It’s listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Uluru is one of the most touristic and famous places in Australia. For me, it was the most important place I wanted to visit in Australia. 🙂 Ayers Rock is a very unique site and I can highly recommend to go there! Spend there a whole day to observe all shades of red Uluru at sunrise, morning, midday, evening, and sunset. 🙂

As its name says, the Red Centre is a huge outback region located more or less in the centre of Australia (in the Northern Territory). It covers red desert, mountains, gorges, and some of Aboriginal most sacred sites. It’s mostly known from Uluru (Ayers Rock).

Australia is famous for deadly animals. There is a reason why people say that everything in Australia wants (tries) to kill you. Obviously, it’s not completely true. I spent almost a month in Australia, camping a lot, and nothing bad happened (but you never know…). 🙂 Anyway, it’s better to be careful and respect all insects, snakes, jellyfish, stingrays, or any wild animals.

Ah, what’s interesting, bees and snakes cause the highest number of deaths in Australia.

Is it always hot in Australia?
I think, it’s kind of imagination about Australia that there is always hot.
Well, Australia is a huge country. Its climate is influenced by ocean currents. In some territories, there is warm almost all year round. However, it can also snow in Australia!

What’s the capital of the Commonwealth of Australia?
I think, Australia, is one of these countries, that we can easily make a mistake while answering above question.
So, Canberra is the capital, but Sydney is the largest city in Australia.

In today’s picture you can see Sydney. 🙂

Welcome in 2018!
This month we’ll spend in the southern hemisphere, in Australia!
I’ll show you some of the best places I’ve visited as well cute animals I’ve seen in Australia. 🙂

Have you been to Australia?
What’s your favorite place in this huge island?

Today, we have the last post from Spain. Well, I guess, I’ll show you Spain once more at some point on my blog, because it’s a very interesting country, definitely worth exploring!

Today, I wish you a wonderful New Year, full of amazing trips! 🙂

One of the stereotypes about the Spanish is that they are often late.
Well, obviously it’s not fair saying that all Spanish are often late, but there has to be something in it… 😉 Based on my trips, I’d rather said, people from Spanish speaking countries are often late, e.g., from South America in general (also Brazil), but not so much from Spain. 😉

I visited Melilla on my way back from Morocco. Otherwise, I would probably never gone there, neither heard about the city. There are some nice places in Melilla, but I don’t have good memories. If you’re planning to have a stopover in Melilla (Africa), expect a messy border checkpoint…

Have you been to Melilla? Or have you heard about this city?

So, storks are other reason for visiting Alcalá de Henares. 😀
(Well, sometimes any reason is good!)
I think they’re cute birds, and look great in this nice town.
Do you like storks?

Why to go to Alcalá de Henares in Spain?
There are a few reasons.
First, it’s nearby Madrid, so why not? 😉
Second, Miguel de Cervantes (author of “Don Quixote”) was born there.
Third, it’s a lovely town (with a very prestigious university).
Tomorrow, I’ll give you one more reason. 😉

I visited Siguenza, kind of by accident. And still have the impression it’s not so well known town, or am I wrong?
If you have time, visit Siguenza (it’s not so far from Madrid) and its beautiful castle and cathedral.

Segovia is one the gems located nearby Madrid.
It’s famous for amazing Roman aqueduct.
In general, Segovia is a nice city; but the aqueduct is simply stunning!