Naturally speaking

New Kids on the Blog

Katoomba... Toujours la... A 2 heures de Sydney, dans les Blue Mountains, la vie poursuit son cours, paisiblement. Le soir, je nettoie la cuisine, ce qui me permet de rester a l'auberge gratuitement. Mes ecouteurs plantes dans les oreilles (ou les ecouteurs plantes dans mes oreilles), je frotte, astique, balaye, gratte avec motivation et dedication comme on dit dans la langue de cheque-s-pire. Sur ma liste musicale (pour ne pas dire playlist), il y a des Quebecois, "Mes Aieux", des Anglais, "Razorlight", des Francais, "Aldebert", "La Compagnie Creole", "Olivia Ruiz", des Russes dont je ne me souviens plus le nom et encore des Anglais, "Thirteen Senses", des Ecossais, "Travis"....

Et pendant la journee, je sors, arme de mon cher Nikon, histoire de mitrailler les alentours et de contempler le paysage d'une maniere differente. Il m'arrive egalement de faire un tour dans les librairies de Katoomba Street. Ainsi, mes yeux se promenent de titre en titre.... "The Sex Life of Plants", un livre que je n'ai pas encore lu, often catches my attention. Je me demande bien ce qu'il contient. Actuellement je suis plonge dans "Gulliver's Travels" de Jonathan Swift, apres avoir digere "Great Expectations" de Charles Dickens, "Nineteen Eighty-Four" de George Orwell et "The Trial" de Josef Kafka. Ensuite, ce sera "Emma" de Jane Austen, et "Robinson Crusoe" de Daniel Defoe. Je revise mes classiques, comme on dit.

Mardi prochain, je pars a Sydney ou je passerai 2 nuits avant de m'envoler pour Singapour.

Voila, vous en savez un peu plus sur ma vie dans les montagnes.

La il est 12h00, ca fait une heure que je suis debout et je vais bientot aller prendre mon petit dejeuner.

Katoomba forever

Yep, still in Katoomba, still taking pictures... Today, like every other day, it's all about the YHA hostel, the Blue Mountains and some red parrots I'm desperately trying to photograph.

The YHA hostel in Katoomba used to be a cabaret, set in a beautiful art-deco building. I'll add more pictures of it in the next few days.










Another section of the Blue Mountains, near Cliff Drive. The rock has amazing shapes.

























Chasing the red parrot. It has a name. Unfortunately I don't know it... And it doesn't like to have its photo taken, but nothing can stop my mighty camera ha ha...

Colours of autumn

Yes, there is autumn in Australia. At first I thought they only had summer for 12 months but apparently this is not true. Easter weekend in Katoomba was rainy, cold and foggy... And now that most tourists have left, the sun is out again, ha ha ha.




















The over-crowded Echo Point, stuck in fog.




Can't you see the Three Sisters?
















The famous Kookaburra, aka the laughing bird.













In the Devil's Hole, a nice hiking trail stuck between the cliffs.








I was very intrigued by this sign. Just think about it for a minute. It's nonsense. If the access is unauthorised, it means you are not permitted to access the place. So it is obvious that unauthorised access is not permitted. I'm trying to imagine people's reactions if the sign read: "authorised access is permitted". Do you see my point?
Nevermind...




A pink teddy-bear in a tree. One comes across funny things in Katoomba...