VirtualTourist Member Kate-Me
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July 2007
My B & B under the snow...lasted about 3 hrs on this 1 particular day (normally just 1 part day's snow per year, if that). Sure was pretty and some kids took the day off school to make the most of it on nearby hills.
Welcome also to people viewing my pages from outside VT,
et bienvenue les francophones (specialement les gens de francedownunder.com et Australia-Australie.com)
To see the full list of the travel regions/towns/destinations I cover, select
'view all travel pages' link above the map on the right.
By the way, my passport photo at the moment is of an Australian Ring Neck parrot (also sometimes known as the Twenty eight parrot') in the wild in the Park at the famous Gloucester Tree (in Pemberton, south west W.A.)
Bienvenue a tous ceux qui ont acces a ma page Internet grace a Virtual Tourist. Pour voir la liste complete de mes pages voyages personnelles, par region, ville et destination, veuillez SVP selectionner les liens HTML.
"Australia/Oceania" this section covers areas of Aboriginal culture & more outback type destinations.
Travelogues here include:
* Amusing road signs.
* Aussie slang and useful phrases
Hello, Salut, Guten Tag, fellow travellers.
One of my favorite types of holiday in Australia is to pack up the 4WD and go camping & travelling about. If you're into budget travel, you might like to take a look at my "Caravanning and Camping" travelogue under general "Australia" pages. I thought our Caravan Parks worth explaining, as they have many different accommodation styles. They're also quite different to those in Europe.
There's always so much to see in Australia. I'm especially fond of Wildlife viewing & photography and specialise in wildlife holidays, as you'll see from so many of my pages.
I also enjoy snorkeling, tourist caving and bushwalking. |
| Je suis Australienne mais j'aime la France |
|  | I'm also very interested in European culture, especially France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany and more.
I belong to a French speakers social club called "Alliance Francaise" and a sub group of us meet once a week for dinner and French conversation, with the official Alliance Francaise dinners held once a month, plus they hold events such as an annual Bastille Day dinner, Christmas dinner, and summer petanque BBQ and competition each year.
(The mission of the Alliance Alliance Francaise network is to foster Cultural & Linguistic links between Australia & France)
En ce moment, je recherche des contact ou des amis francais ou suisses (particulierement ceux de mon age ou moins) qui sejournent deja en Australie ou qui arriveront un peu plus tard.
Si vous souhaitez vous joindre aux membres de "l'Alliance Francaise" de ma ville pendant un ou deux jours durant votre sejour en Australie ou pour diner, ecrivez-moi: creswickfriends@optusnet.com.au
Ce serait une bonne maniere de partager la vie d'Australiens au sein d'un groupe amical qui parle les deux langues durant nos soirees. Ainsi, il ne vous sera pas necessaire d'avoir un bon anglais.
De temps en temps, nous avons des BBQs et jouons aussi a la petanque ensemble.
NOUVELLE:
Pages bilingues traduites avec l'aide du VTer "skydivefred" et "1Ozman"
Merci beaucoup mes amis!.
1. Huonville, Tasmanie
2. Warrnambool, Vic (Great Ocean Road)
3. The Grampians, Vic (Parc Nationale des Grampians)
If you'd like more information about Australia, especially if you intend to visit.....take a look at my Australia pages, and you can email me. I enjoy assisting wherever I can and promoting tourism.
I've been a weekly volunteer at Ballarat Tourism for two years now, and have been one year at Daylesford Tourism as well.
I'm quite expert at sights to see in Victoria, the state I know best. I've travelled almost every road and highway, but happily I still find some great new places to explore.
I've also explored in detail along the coasts of Southern NSW and Eastern South Australia, and Tasmania.
My Best Page: I recommend Mt Gambier. It includes bats, wildlife and special underwater shots in a 50 mt deep sinkhole.
Most Unusual Town Page:Housing/living underground in the Opal fields of "Coober Pedy".
Indoor and outdoor outback art - "Broken Hill".
Hope you enjoy!
Amusez-vous bien! |
| | My birthday 2007 (1 day early on September 8). Some of my multicultural friends, from Russia, France and Peru |
| | Recent trip to Ballarat Bird World with one of my Chinese English Students (I tutor in English as a 2nd language, just as a hobby)
The bird is my favorite yellow tailed black cockatoo (known normally as 'little bugger' as he is quite mischievous to his owner and sometimes the visitors..playing withe their glasses, earrings, or anything that's dangling.. he's very gentle though, despite his very powerful beak and potential for destruction....main food source is pine cones, cracking them open to get the nuts inside - give you an idea of his power) |
| | Tram in Flinders St, Melbourne city |
| | Wonderful memories of a beautiful village... Ah, Akaroa. What fond memories I have of visiting it for the first time in February 2004, and then again in November 2005. Located on the Banks Peninsula, 1 1/2 hour's drive south of Christchurch (South Island) it is unique, especially in view of the fact that it is New Zealand's only originally French settled village. See my Akaroa pages if you'd like to know how this came about and to see my large collection of photos. Also unforgettable was our swim with rare Hector Dolphins in the bay (see Akaroa Travelogues). Next trip back there soon! Can't wait, even if it will be May and probably a bit chilly. |
| | Animal pages |
| my husband on stage at Horsham, 2005 |
| | A little more about me (un peu plus de moi) MUSIC
extract from song: HIGH - David Hallyday
"Go High - high - high
Up higher than to dream
There are places yet undreamed of
Your heart still yearns to go....."
MUSIC
A Vter's Music contribution page, in one my personal Travelogues (see t/log below for entry details)
I'm a keen Melodic Rock music listenerI've decided to collate a page of all the old music gig chapters I have on VT, so here they are.
Portland with Azio
Great Western Rodeo
Healesville with old band Almost Angels
Horsham with Almost Angels
Warrnambool
Ararat
Melbourne, Almost Angels
I also really enjoy French pop and rock, as well as a bit of middle eastern, Spanish and German rock.
Melodic Rock is sometimes a hard genre to define. "Often 80's sounding powerful rock, including keyboard sound" is the best way I can describe it. Favourites of mine include, Asia, Ten, E.L.O., Journey, Foreigner, Tower City and Toto.
This is the very best comprehensive website I can recommend: www.melodicrock.com
My favourite singers:
1: Jeff Scott Soto (USA)
2. Jean Jacques Goldman (France),
3. Gary Hughes (Ten, UK) and
4. John Payne (Asia, UK)
5: Daniel Johns (Silverchair, Australia)
Mainstream Music favorites:
Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin, Bon Jovi, David Hallyday, Killing Heidi (Oz) Eskimo Joe (Oz), The Veronicas and others.
Books: I LOVE books. Pictorial/Travel books: Archaeology, views of European countries, Roman ruins, etc. Novels, etc plus Sci Fi Space Comedy: Lois Bujold McMaster is absolutely brilliant with this! Nora Roberts (USA) is my favorite Romance/Mystery author of all time and I really like Iris Johanssen's murder/thrillers as well. |
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hello how are you doing?? | Tripack Wed Jan 2, 2008 11:03 UTC
Bonne Année from my Snowy Alps! All the best and many travels around the World and VT for 2008 ;-) Cheers!!! Patrick aka Tripack | WorldMeet2008 Sun Dec 30, 2007 08:16 UTC
"We have to get to know each other better, it makes us understand one another better, trust each other more, and live together more peacefully". ("United Buddy Bears" project). *** H-A-P-P-Y ** N-E-W ** Y-E-A-R !! | youssef09 Sun Nov 4, 2007 14:29 UTC
very nice page greetings from so far!! |
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