novo objectio/new goal

Nas fotos a travessia da baia de Melbourne para o regresso a estrada

Por alguma razao, parecemos so agora ter atingido a metade da viagem apesar de so ter mais 6 dias dos 28 que tinhamos. Depois de chegarmos a Airlie Beach esta na altura de voltar para Melbourne, decidimos que era indispensavel fazer a Great Ocean Road a sul, de Melbourne para Oeste. Deixar cada vila comeca a deixar me as primeiras magoas, gostaria de ficar com todas aquelas pessoas, experienciar todas as viagens com elas, ter tempo para elas, para as conhecer, para me rir mais ou ate para discutir com elas. Numa viagem a serio, juntavamos os que gostamos, numa carteira que pudessemos desembolsar por cada saudade, e em cada sitio partilhavamos em olhares e sorrisos cada lugar... esta quase a acabar...

For some reason, we've seem to get half the trip only now, even tough we only have 6 more days out of the first 28. After we reached Airlie beach it's time to go back to Melbourne, we've decided that it was mandatory to travel trough the Great Ocean Road, south, from Melbourne westbound. To leave each village starts to leave me the first sorrows, I'd like to stay with everyone of those people, to experience every journeys with them, to have time for them, to know them laugh with them or even to fight them. On a real trip, we'd have a wallet where we kept each and everyone, and we could use it for each time we missed them, and in each place we'd be able to share smiles and looks... it's almost over...

In the photos our Melbourne bay crossing for the return to the road

Pelo ar e mar/ By Sea and Air

Ontem fizemos o desconfortavel, navegamos no ar sobre o mar... hehe... na verdade, fomos num daytrip fazer snorkeling e visitar uma praia de areia imaculada... o mar grande e demasiado frequente... vento de 20 a 25 kts o que e consideravel, mas excelentes condicoes, engracado skipper

Yesterday we went to do the unconfortable, to sail on air over sea... hehe... truth is, we went on a daytrip to try some snorkeling and to visit a white imaculate sandy beach... the sea was bigh, the waves, tall, a considerable wind of 20 to 25 kts, but otherwise excelent conditions, very funny skipper.

As primeiras imagens/The first pictures

Aqui vao as imagens, conseguimos um bom preco por um (obrigatorio :D ) voo cenico sobre as whitesundays islands.


Here it is, we're able to find some good prices for a (obvious :D) scenic flight over the Whitesundays Islands

Airlie Beach

Chegamos! O principal objectivo da viagem esta conseguido, chegar perto da Grande Barreira do Coral, um esforco grande do Joao trouxe nos num salto esta manha ate esta terra. Agora e depois de acertarmos planos para os ultimos dias temos, considerando a meteorologia tropical da zona (chuva, calor e humidade):

• aproveitar pelo menos uma tour de helicoptero por aqui conseguir boas imagens;
• ficar por ca duas ou tres noites
  
• era bom tentar o snorkeling numa das ilhas, mas com este tempo esta complicado
• voltar para brisbane e apanhar o aviao de volta a Melbourne
• Conseguir fazer a Great Ocean Road para Este

Mais actualizacoes e fotos para mais tarde

We've arrived! The journey's main goal is acomplished, to arrive near the Great Barrier, Joao's huge effort brought us on a leap to this village. Now, and after we arranged plans for the last days we plan as follow, considering local tropical weather (rain, heat and humidity):

• to enjoy at least an helicopter tour and record nice aerial views
• stay here for two or three nights
• It would be nice to practice snorkeling in one of the islands, but with this weather it's complicated
• Return to brisbane and catch a plane back to Melbourne
• To make The Great Ocean Road Eastern

More updates and photos later