[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？？

就墨爾本那一個州啦！！

 
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＂與＂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！