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Gerbie on tour 32
Apr. 17th, 2001 04:51 amTo quote Jack Kerouac: I'm on the road again. After about a month and a half I have left Sydney on good friday, to see as much as possible on this gigantic island, before I leave the country.
Of that month and a half, I have worked about one. As I did write in my previous newsletter I was helping out this handyman, a fellow backpacker. In this month I have done quite a few things, some I had never done before. After the paintbrush and roller, I learned how to cope with a high pressure cleaner, did some gardening, got sore hands digging and finally helped to take down a carport.
To avoid getting all kinds of emails now from people who consider to hire me for these kind of jobs, I have to give out a word of warning. Having done these things, doesn't necessarily implicate that I am good at them. In fact, I'm not. I'm sorry if I have to disappoint anybody there. One of the nicer parts of the work was that I got to see some nice parts of North Sydney, especially in houses that do come with a pricetag on them. Swimming pools are fairly normal and a view of the gigantic harbour or one of the bays are nearly compulsory.
My hunt for a car did succeed. For the first time in my life I can call myself the owner of a car. The choice I made is a Mitshibitsu Sigma Stationwagon, 1982 model, a red one, for those of you, who like myself until recently don't know anything about models. It had a few small deficiencies, like one of the doors that wouldn't lock, but they have solved now as well. So I have got plenty of reason to believe that I will be crossing the country without any major problems. With some foam, a pillow and a sleeping bag in the back, a box full of food, a wock and a cooker as well and a new car radio (though it needs to be installed still) I think surviving a couple of weeks in my mean machine shouldn't be too much of a challenge.
A third reason for returning to Sydney was known by some of you, though for others this is new information. Marcela is a young Mexican beauty, who I met during the Olympic games last year. She was one of the reasons I spent too much time in Sydney last year. After returning from New Zealand the idea was to spent as much time together as possible and then do some travelling together after that, during her holidays. But as we both were very busy, we hardly saw each other, next to that in the end she couldn't get any time of work, which makes travelling together impossible as well. So after half a year we decided to both go our seperate ways again. That's the way things go.
So somewhat sad I leave Sydney on good friday, but as a real travel addict I am looking forward to the road that I planned ahaed for myself. Roughly the outline for my journey goes like this. Leaving for Adelaide, via the Snowy Mountains, continuing to Darwin via Uluru (formerly known as Ayers rock as well) and then take the coastal road to Perth. Quite a journey I say, I guestimate (like that word) that I will be driving something in the region of ten thousand kilometer in the next weeks, obviously hoping to see a lot while doing so. I'll keep y'all informed.
Gerben
Of that month and a half, I have worked about one. As I did write in my previous newsletter I was helping out this handyman, a fellow backpacker. In this month I have done quite a few things, some I had never done before. After the paintbrush and roller, I learned how to cope with a high pressure cleaner, did some gardening, got sore hands digging and finally helped to take down a carport.
To avoid getting all kinds of emails now from people who consider to hire me for these kind of jobs, I have to give out a word of warning. Having done these things, doesn't necessarily implicate that I am good at them. In fact, I'm not. I'm sorry if I have to disappoint anybody there. One of the nicer parts of the work was that I got to see some nice parts of North Sydney, especially in houses that do come with a pricetag on them. Swimming pools are fairly normal and a view of the gigantic harbour or one of the bays are nearly compulsory.
My hunt for a car did succeed. For the first time in my life I can call myself the owner of a car. The choice I made is a Mitshibitsu Sigma Stationwagon, 1982 model, a red one, for those of you, who like myself until recently don't know anything about models. It had a few small deficiencies, like one of the doors that wouldn't lock, but they have solved now as well. So I have got plenty of reason to believe that I will be crossing the country without any major problems. With some foam, a pillow and a sleeping bag in the back, a box full of food, a wock and a cooker as well and a new car radio (though it needs to be installed still) I think surviving a couple of weeks in my mean machine shouldn't be too much of a challenge.
A third reason for returning to Sydney was known by some of you, though for others this is new information. Marcela is a young Mexican beauty, who I met during the Olympic games last year. She was one of the reasons I spent too much time in Sydney last year. After returning from New Zealand the idea was to spent as much time together as possible and then do some travelling together after that, during her holidays. But as we both were very busy, we hardly saw each other, next to that in the end she couldn't get any time of work, which makes travelling together impossible as well. So after half a year we decided to both go our seperate ways again. That's the way things go.
So somewhat sad I leave Sydney on good friday, but as a real travel addict I am looking forward to the road that I planned ahaed for myself. Roughly the outline for my journey goes like this. Leaving for Adelaide, via the Snowy Mountains, continuing to Darwin via Uluru (formerly known as Ayers rock as well) and then take the coastal road to Perth. Quite a journey I say, I guestimate (like that word) that I will be driving something in the region of ten thousand kilometer in the next weeks, obviously hoping to see a lot while doing so. I'll keep y'all informed.
Gerben
