歡迎來到澳洲蠻牛之家.紅崖

一頭住在紅崖(Redcliffe)的牛,為了實現下半輩子的夢想而獨自來到澳洲打拼!!這個小小的個人網站,是厭惡交際應酬的阿牛,不與社會脫離的最佳方式之一;偶爾隨性的紀錄自己日常生活與每天所聽.所見.所聞的個人心情感想.....。
內容葷素不忌,還請保守的朋友們切莫見怪!

2012-03-15

[小感]原來"垃圾步"是全球性的

華人都應該記住的醜陋嘴臉
一直以為西方國家充滿民主與開放
原來人性中的自私與偏見是無國界的!













說澳洲生活最大的好處,對阿牛來說,不外乎"自然環境""人與人之間可以保持足夠的距離"這兩個優點.....其他的,生活這麼幾年,其他的優點似乎越來越找不太到了!

(雖然光這兩個優點就已經佔了人生完美度的85%以上)


而能深刻體會"非我族類、其心必異"這句名言的阿牛,更不覺得下面的這個事件有甚麼特別就是!!

人性就是這樣,小到兄弟姊妹、父母與子女、家庭與家庭....大到不同的社會與群落、甚至國家與國家之間,"別人的小孩死不完,自己的小孩最完美"只要不是在同一陣線,其他人永遠都是錯的.....

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幾天媒體出現了一個跟選舉完全沒有關係,完全是為反而反的反同志的廣告,來自向來對非我族類充滿歧視的凱特的澳洲黨....

廣告一出,內容不但垃圾、充滿仇恨和歧視,連角逐競選的兩個政黨黨魁都看不下去

都這個時代了媒體還會出現這樣的垃圾內容?
台灣這一點完全輸了!!



有趣的是,
兩天後,他的同父異母,身為同志的兄弟卡爾(Carl Katter),直接在媒體上反駁他兄長幼稚的文宣....(以下是2012-03-12 來自網路的相關新聞)


州政客凱特(Bob Katter)創立的“凱特的澳洲黨(Katter's Australia Party,KAP)”近日在電視上大打反同性結婚的廣告。

但凱特住在墨爾本的同父異母弟弟卡爾(Carl Katter)偏巧就是一名“同志”,他在網路上炮轟兄長“瘋凱特”並對其新黨參加昆州選舉一事冷嘲熱諷。

GOOD ONE, KARL!!幹得好,卡爾~
你應該才是政治家!

事情起於同樣角逐昆州選舉的自由國家黨黨魁紐曼(Campbell Newman)公開表示支持同性結婚,雖然紐曼並不支持聯邦為此修法,但出於“撬選票”的策略,凱特的KAP自然要讓電視廣告的矛頭正對紐曼。


(請看第一段影片)

廣告視頻中使用了兩名赤膊男子打馬賽克的曖昧畫面,還展現了紐曼正拿著一條裙子的畫面。這讓自詡為“進步人士;人權/婚姻平權鬥士”的卡爾登時火冒三丈,他在推特上發表了視頻連接,並註明“這是來自凱特的澳洲黨的反同廣告”。

卡爾挖苦道:“相信我,瘋凱特定義為'很澳洲'的東西,你一定不敢苟同。”“他和那些偏執的烏合之眾真的讓我很煩,我為那些觀看了這種仇恨廣告的人感到擔心。”“他們正在利用恐懼與仇恨政策贏取選票。竟然使出這種骯髒戰術,他們肯定是走投無路了!”

卡爾還發表了一則聲明,抨擊該廣告“不尊重人”。 “這則廣告無視昆州人民對婚姻平權的高度支持,而且完全不尊重許多昆州同志在日常生活中為昆州所作的出色貢獻。”

昆州工黨籍州長佈萊(Anna Bligh)也批評這則廣告“怪異”,而且“遠遠超出了我們期望在一場政治選舉中看到的東西”。

但凱特本人卻完全不以批評為意,還對媒體表示他迄今都沒有接到任何辱罵他的電話。之後,他又對第十台表示,他尊重同父異母弟弟的個人立場。 “我欣賞他的坦率,他的直白,我已經好多年沒怎麼和他聯繫了,但我欣賞他的那些特質。”

凱特還表示,儘管卡爾可能會被其黨派的立場所傷害,但允許同性結婚的可能性卻會傷害到“許許多多其他的人”。





BOB KATTER'S HALF-BROTHER CARL HITS BACK AGAINST ANTI-GAY AD WITH HIS OWN VIDEO
The Australian March 14, 2012 12:57PM


A VOTE for Bob Katter’s Australian Party at the upcoming Queensland election is a "vote for hate", according to the maverick federal MP’s half brother.

Carl Katter and lobby group Get Up today launched a 45 second television commercial in response to the KAP’s recent and controversial anti-gay-marriage advertisement.

In it, the openly gay Carl Katter - a campaigner for same sex marriage equality - says the state’s voters deserved better.

“Our nation’s leaders should not be telling the community it’s ok to discriminate,” Mr Katter says in the advertisement.

The Australian understands the advertisement was written and filmed on Monday afternoon, a day after the KAP advertisement first aired. It was edited yesterday and Get Up is poised to email the clip to a chunk of its nearly 600,000 members, urging them to donate to have the advertisement aired as many times as possible before the March 24 poll.

It is already scheduled to air during Sunrise and the Nine Network’s nightly news’ commercial breaks this week.

Carl Katter told The Australian today that he had been overwhelmed with support on social networking sites such as Twitter.

“We’re encouraging people to share (the new ad) virally,” he said.

“Someone had to do something…to counter the negative effects of the (original ad).”


The KAP advertisement sparked outrage from some of its own candidates, donor and casino mogul James Packer, as well as Liberal National Party leader Campbell Newman and Greens leader Bob Brown, who were targeted for supporting gay marriage.

The Advertising Standards Bureau received more than 200 complaints about the advertisement, many of which said it was offensive to same sex relationships, but cannot act because it is political advertising.

The advertisement showed images of a gay couple and asked whether voters could trust Mr Newman to represent family values, while showing the politician folding a skirt and being taunted by the disembodied head of Senator Brown.

Bob Katter and the party’s state leader Aidan McLindon have both staunchly defended the ad and have insisted it is not controversial.


以上相關英文新聞(含影片)請按此連結












話說,甚麼是家庭價值
不就是"愛"、"信賴"與"尊重"嗎?
為什麼同志結合沒有家庭價值呢?


(不管支不支持同志關係,成年人的我們,都可以稍微想想...這有邏輯嗎?)





前有韓森Pauline Hanson,關於這個瘋女十八年的歷史,請參閱這一篇),現在有這個凱特澳洲黨(Katter's Australia Party),的老瘋男巴柏.凱特(Bob Katter)

澳洲這個國家這個短暫民主歷史、看似具備民主素養政治圈,依舊充滿了腦殘人物哪!





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THESE PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE "TRULY QUEENSLANDER",


BUT SERIOUSLY...
 AUSTRALIANS, HOW MANY OF US  FROM THIS LAND, ORIGINALLY?

THEY HATE PEOPLE FROM OVERSEA BEFORE,
            NOW HE ALSO HATE GAY.......

(SO IN THEIR NARROW MIND:             
GAY=IMMIGRATION AUSTRALIAN ?)

TOMORROW, HE WILL ALSO HATE YOU, TOO!!


WE ARE AUSTRALIANS AND WE DON'T NEED A "HATER"TO FUCK UP OUR COUNTRY!!

[休閒]充滿人文的城市-MELBOURNE

相對於凱恩斯充滿自然的野性美
墨爾本真的充滿了人文的律動













這次來到墨爾本,幸運遇到一年一度的蒙巴節(Moomba Festival ),整個河邊都是滿滿的人潮,真的非常的熱鬧!!




不過大部分的時間,我們都在Degraves st、Little bourke street、Collins street、Flinders lane、還有Fitzroy一帶這些充滿人文氣息的小小的咖啡巷弄裡流連著.....

這裡泡咖啡的技術真的不是蓋的!!



當然,也去澳洲非常密集的皮革和熊BAR朝聖一番.....


(回到工作崗位努力工作,有機會補完囉!)







只能說,
滿滿的人文氣息、不昂貴的生活消費,墨爾本這個被票選為"最適宜生活的城市",真的是當之無愧!!


當然,前提是要有穩定的收入負擔高昂的房價、有能力建立一個屬於自己的家呀!!
否則,儘管居住環境再完美,身心卻充滿對未來憂慮的苦悶,甚至因此過著姑息與逃避的"假完美"生活,這樣不是挺悲哀的嗎?


或許,有時候這就是人生哪!!



























2012-03-10

[休閒]寧靜的城市-GEELONG

基隆?
是呀,讓人著迷的海邊小城市!











(旅行中,未完待續)

[旅行]鄉村風情-維多利亞州.YANAKIE

遠離塵囂
享受短暫寧靜























在經過數天的雪梨同志慶典狂歡之後,我們馬上飛到墨爾本,接著開車到奇異果熊忘年之交,位在YANAKIE的農場,開始我們的

"維多利亞州之旅"

(關於維多利亞州的必去景點,請參考文後附註)

我跟小熊開玩笑,   
說這一趟是"靈修"之旅




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YANAKIE?在哪??

維多利亞州

哪??

墨爾本那一個州啦!!
 
2011年當奇異果熊提出這個點子之後,我馬上冒出來上面的一連串問題....










Yanakie (亞娜吉)是維多利亞州的一個農業小鎮,距離墨爾本約185公里;這個地點本身並不是非常特別,但卻是到達墨爾本六大景點威爾遜岬國家公園的必經之地(Wilsons Promontory National Park)
(人口....270人????
這個鎮還真的很少人呢!!!)




英文好的,可以稍微看下面的英文介紹(當然用GOOGLE翻譯也很方便啦!)

Yanakie is positioned on the narrow strip of land which joins the Wilsons Promontory National Park with the south coast of Victoria, located south of the major centre of Foster and on the opposite side of Shallow Inlet to Sandy Point.



With Yanakie being the last town before the entrance gates to the Wilsons Promontory National Park, it has become a popular spot for visitors to the park and surrounding areas to stay at. There are numerous accommodation options including cottages, cabins, Bed & Breakfast and caravan parks, many offering spectacular views across the waters surrounding Yanakie and of the mountain ranges that traverse Wilsons Promontory.

The commercial centre of Yanakie is small, consisting of a general store, petrol station and public hall on the road to Wilsons Promontory near Millar Road. Most of the residents in the area are either involved in the tourism industry or in dairying, with large farms of cattle located in green fields surrounding the town.

The coast on the western side of Yanakie fronts Shallow Inlet, which is a calm body of water, popular with boating enthusiasts. On the east coast fronting Corner Inlet there are boat launching facilities at Duck Point and a water front caravan park. Duck Point offers spectacular views towards the south and east of many of Wilsons Promontory's mountain peaks and coastal features. ......






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在前幾年認識小熊時,他就有跟我提過這位朋友。這位出生在城市,個性堅毅、勇敢的女性,在年輕時代投入農村地區房地產有成之後,就不斷地在維多利亞各城市停留,而在60歲生日前,將所有的產業結束,毅然決然地在這個動物比人多的地方退休.....

而她的人生體驗,很值得阿牛和奇異果熊將來澳洲生活的重要參考,所以可以說這一次旅行,不只是身心方面的充電,也況展了我們的眼界,可以說收穫真的非常的大!!


話說維多利亞州實在是太大了.....我和小熊都決定以YANAKIE為主要點,把維多利亞南部地區先玩過一次,之後到墨爾本停留幾天

至於維多利亞州剩下的好地點,就等未來有機會,或是退休之後再慢慢開露營車玩完吧!!


(目前呢???)

世界這麼大,當然是以外國旅行為主呀...

誰說享受世界旅行是只有背包客才能享受的呢?


 





Wilson's Promontory
Squeaky Beach



附錄



維多利亞州必去景點

這是我之前蒐集的維多利亞州必去景點(英文版),資訊來自網路,分享給有興趣的朋友參考:


North West
Attractions: Murray River, wilderness areas, wineries, golf.
 

Main Towns: Mildura, Swan Hill, Ouyen, Robinvale.

National & State Parks: Hattah-Kulkyne, Murray-Sunset, Wyperfeld, Big Desert Wilderness, and across the border in NSW Lake Mungo and Perry Sandhills. 

North
Attractions: Murray River, paddlesteamers and river trade history, Goulburn Valley, orchard production, wineries, Strathbogies.

Main Towns: Shepparton, Kyabram, Echuca, Cohuna, Kerang, Pyramid Hill, Rochester, Rushworth, Numurkah, Cobram, Euroa, Nagambie, Heathcote, Seymour, Yea.

National & State Parks:: Terrick Terrick, Barmah. 

West
Attractions: The Grampians, mountain hiking, Pyrenees Wineries.

Main Towns: Ararat, Stawell, Halls Gap, Dunkeld, Edenhope, Horsham, Dimboola, Warracknabeal, St Arnaud, Avoca, Beaufort.

National & State Parks:  The Grampians, Mt Arapiles, Little Desert, Black Ranges. 

Central Goldfields
Attractions: Eureka Stockade, Sovereign Hill (re-created gold mining town), historic towns, grand Victorian architecture and gardens, Buda, Old Railway Station (antiques & bric a brac market), Bendigo Pottery, wineries, Mt Buninyong lookout, Great Southern Woolshed, Kryal Castle. 

Main Towns: Ballarat, Bendigo, Maryborough, Maldon, Castlemaine, Creswick, Clunes, Dunolly.
 
National & State Parks: Paddys Ranges, Whipstick, Kamarooka.

South West
Attractions: The Great Ocean Road, The Twelve Apostles, seaside coastal towns, fishing, forests and waterfalls, volcanic plains and inland lakes.

Main Towns: Airey’s Inlet, Fairhaven, Deans Marsh, Lorne, Skenes Creek, Apollo Bay, Johanna, Lavers Hill, Beech Forest, Port Campbell, Peterborough, Timboon, Cobden, Camperdown, Terang, Mortlake, Warrnambool, Port Fairy, Portland, Cape Bridgewater, Nelson, Heywood, Hamilton, Casterton.

National & State Parks: Angahook-Lorne, Otway, Port Campbell, Tower Hill, Mount Eccles, Cape Nelson, Mt Richmond, Discovery Bay, Lower Glenelg. 

Geelong & Coast
 Attractions: National Wool Museum, historic buildings, foreshore, Sunday markets, Tourist Railway, wineries, gourmet restaurants, wildlife sanctuaries, seaside activities and world class surf beaches, Surfworld museum, spectacular Surf Coast Walk.

Main Towns: Geelong, Drysdale, Portarlington, St Leonards, Queenscliff, Ocean Grove, Barwon Heads, Torquay, Anglesea, Winchelsea, Inverleigh, Bannockburn, Anakie.

National & State Parks: The You Yangs, Brisbane Ranges, Steiglitz. 

Spa Country & Macedon Ranges
Attractions: Mineral springs, lake, wineries, gourmet food, lavender farm, berry picking, historic buildings, galleries, antiques and bric-a-brac, Sunday markets, Convent Gallery, Mt Macedon, Hanging Rock, Trentham and Loddon Falls, Garden of St Erth, Lerderderg Gorge.

Main Towns: Daylesford, Hepburn Springs, Kyneton, Trentham, Blackwood, Woodend, Romsey, Lancefield, Gisborne, Bacchus Marsh, Ballan.
 

National & State Parks: Lederderg, Mt Macedon. 

Melbourne 
Attractions: Performing Arts, National Gallery of Victoria, historic buildings, trams, gourmet dining, Yarra River, parks and gardens, Melbourne Museum, Aquarium, Royal Melbourne Zoo, horseracing, shopping, cycling paths, exhibition programs, Queen Victoria Market, Ripponlea Mansion.

Inner city precincts: South Bank and Arts Centre, St Kilda Road, Federation Square, Collins Street, Bourke Street Mall, Old Exhibition Buildings and the Museum of Victoria, Lygon Street Carlton (Italian cuisine), Brunswick Street Fitzroy (bohemian flavours), Chapel Street South Yarra (trendy), Toorak Road (haute couture), St Kilda Beach, Williamstown.

Outer areas: SW; Werribee Mansion, NE to E; Heidelberg, Eltham, Warrandyte.

Parks and Gardens: Royal Melbourne Botanic Gardens, Fitzroy Gardens, Royal Park Zoological Gardens, Albert Park Lake, Yarra Bend, Warrandyte, Churchill, Organ Pipes National Park. 

Dandenongs
Attractions: Forest walks and picnic areas, quaint villages, gardens & nurseries (especially Cloudehill, National Rhododendron Gardens and Tesselaars Tulip Farm), antiques, devonshire teas, local crafts, Puffing Billy steam railway, Ricketts Sanctuary, Mt Dandenong Observatory.

Main Towns: Ferny Creek, Sassafrass, Olinda, Mt Dandenong, Kalorama, Silvan, Monbulk, Kallista, Belgrave, Emerald, Cockatoo, Gembrook, Beaconsfield, Berwick.

National & State Parks:  Dandenong Ranges, Olinda, Lysterfield, Bunyip, Gembrook. 

Yarra Valley & Ranges
Attractions: Yarra Valley Wineries, Healesville Sanctuary, Gulf Station, Tourist Railway, Maroondah Reservoir Park, The Black Spur, Acheron Way, Steavenson Falls.
Main Towns: Coldstream, Yarra Glen, Healesville, Toolangi, Narbethong, Marysville, Buxton, Warburton, Yarra Junction.


National & State Parks:  Yarra Ranges, Kinglake, Toolangi-Black Ranges, Cathedral Range. 

North East
Attractions: Wineries of Rutherglen and Milawa, gourmet dining, historic towns, goldmining and bushranger country, alpine road touring, snow skiing (winter), horse riding and bushwalking, water activities on Lake Eildon.

Main Towns: Alexandra, Eildon, Mansfield, Myrtleford, Bright, Mt Beauty, Omeo, Dargo, Benalla, Yarrawonga, Glenrowan, Wangaratta, Beechworth, Yackandandah, Chiltern, Rutherglen, Wodonga, Kiewa, Tallangatta, Corryong. Alpine Villages: Mt Buller, Mt Buffalo, Falls Creek, Hotham.

National & State Parks: Eildon, Fraser, Mount Buffalo and Alpine National Parks, Mount Samaria, Reef Hills, Warby Range, Chiltern, Mt Granya, Mt Lawson, Burrowa-Pine. 

Mornington Peninsula
 Attractions: Peninsula wineries, gourmet restaurants, gardens and nurseries (especially Heronswood, Romantic Cottage Plants), Ashcombe Maze and Arthurs Seat Maze, Arthurs Seat Chairlift, Sunday markets, antiques, galleries, historic homes, seaside activities bayside and surf beaches, golf, horse riding, strawberry picking, Cape Schanck, Point Nepean, coastal and bushwalks.

Main Towns: Mornington, Mount Martha, Dromana, Arthurs Seat, Red Hill, Rosebud, Rye, Sorrento, Portsea, Flinders, Shoreham, Merricks, Balnarring, Bittern, Crib Point, Hastings, Tyabb.

National & State Parks:  Mornington Peninsula, Greens Bush, Arthurs Seat.

South East
Attractions: Phillip Island - Penguin Parade, The Nobbies (seals), Koala sanctuary. Wilsons Promontory walks and lookouts, Grand Ridge Road, Coal Creek historical village, Mirboo North murals, developing wineries and gourmet spots.

Main Towns: Cowes, Wonthaggi, Inverloch, Venus Bay, Korumburra, Leongatha, Mirboo North, Foster, Sandy Point, Welshpool, Port Albert, Yarram, Traralgon, Churchill, Morwell, Moe, Warragul.

National & State Parks:  Phillip Island Nature Park, French Island, Mt Worth, Morwell, Tarra-Bulga, Wilsons Promontory, Shallow Inlet, Corner Inlet, Mooramunga. 

East 
Attractions: Skiing at Baw Baw, Walhalla historic pioneer town, Ninety Mile Beach, Bairnsdale Aboriginal Museum, yacht charters and boating on Gippsland Lakes, fishing, bushwalking, local artists galleries, Buchan Caves, Mallacoota Inlet, Wilderness Parks.

Main Towns: Neerim, Noojee, Mt Baw Baw, Walhalla, Rosedale, Heyfield, Maffra, Sale, Seaspray, Bairnsdale, Paynesville, Metung, Lakes Entrance, Buchan, Orbost, Cann River, Gipsy Point, Mallacoota.

National & State Parks: Baw Baw, Moondarra, Holey Plains, Gippsland Lakes, The Lakes, Mitchell River, Snowy River, Croajingolong, Errinundra, Coopracambra, Alfred, Lind.






[休閒]2012 雪梨同志大遊行小記(15+)

目前走穩定家庭路線的阿牛
今年不論怎麼看,都是溫馨的一年














不過,
向來秉持著"只要有機會就一定參加"的阿牛,這次自然也是不例外。

但是想對比起與"台灣和雪梨朋友歡聚"這樣令人欣喜的機會,儘管打著"凱莉25"這樣讓人興奮的主題,"遊行""舞會"對我來說,都自然而然地成為次要....

來自台灣的朋友R和W,原來我們都是一家人!!

新舊朋友大集合,今年是阿牛最棒的一次雪梨NMG!!
台灣和布里斯本相見歡,奇異果今年真的非常開心呢!!
澳洲的好朋友A君和J君,澳洲非常少見的可愛亞洲熊!


今年的氣候非常不宜人,溫度驟降加上雨勢,都不是讓我很有心情站著淋雨看遊行。

儘管下雨,今年依舊保持專業的遊行隊伍!!

遊行快開始了人數還這麼少,真讓人擔心哪!!

不過好處是去年讓人感到討厭,某些來自缺乏道德素養國家的"惡性"佔位也幾乎看不到~

但是這一次出現了整車的男男女女,         
穿著依舊"正式"到與周圍格格不入的的亞洲老人團喔,
或許因為經過文革或是後期封閉思想的他們,     
不論導遊如何解釋,他們總是一臉狐疑時的表情
讓阿牛真的發自內心的笑了.....
 
 
我和奇異果基本上就站在後方屋簷處,跟來自雪梨的好朋友們閒話家常,順便觀賞頻繁出現壯男美景的魚貫人潮.... 倒也是一個挺不錯的體驗!