Third and last stop : Ayers Rock !

Hey travelers !

Today, enjoy ! We're doing the LAST STOP... But don't cry ! After this ultimate stop in the Outback, we will discover another place as nice as Australia. You will see ! Now stop spoiling and let's go to AYERS ROCK !

➳ Open your eyes and see...

Ayers Rock : front view.

Ayers Rock by night.

 Ayers Rock from the sky.

Ayers Rock : front view and incredible sky & colors.

Now, you've seen how wonderfull Ayers Rock is.

➳ A few words about Ayers Rock

Ayers Rock (or Uluru) measures 348 meters. This place is sacred by Aborigines. They sometimes make ceremonies and paint to celebrate their supernatural ancestors.

A very cute Aboriginal girl.

We are at the end of our Australian trip...

The kangaroo says good bye...

Don't worry : we won't forget you. So, prepare your suitcase and be ready to fly ! We'll meet at the airport.

Pictures source : weheartit.com, beauty-places.com, weheartit.com (improve by myself)

Second stop : Melbourne

MELBOURNE... What a great city !

Today in our SECOND STOP we visit the streets of Melbourne, and we get super good surprises. Follow your guide !

At first, have a look to this view at sunrise...

➳ Street art

In this post I want to share with my readers something I ADORE : street art.

I think that's the best way to express yourself. Then, the city becomes more colored and funnier. Let me show you some street arts I found.

The last one shows an Aboriginal child. I really love it because the Aborigines have suffered a lot, almost the stolen generation. This painting represents the Aboriginal pain and their memory.

➳ Historical review

The first inhabitants of Australia were the Aborigines. They used to have a very pacific life. I imagine they were happy, they certainly lived with their family or in tribes. Everything was OK for them. 

But one day, suddenly, white fellows arrived in Australia. Unfortunatly, they were "bad spririts" and were very mean with the Aborigines. 

Approximately from 1869 to 1969, the Australian government (white fellows) decided to remove Aboriginal children from their families.  The law said that the Whites wanted to give them proper education. This law was just an enormous lie, because in fact, they wanted the Aboriginal culture to die out. We call this the stolen generation.

These whites were, in fact, racist people. The Aboriginal children and families from the stolen generation were broken after that. The 13th february 2008, the government apologized for the harm they have done.

Picture source : theseroads.wordpress.com, weheartit.com

First stop : Sydney !

Hello !

Today it's our FIRST STOP in one of the most famous cities of Australia : SYDNEY !

In Sydney you can sometimes see Aborigines playing traditional music in the streets to earn money. The Aborigines want to share their culture. They often have  painted faces.

➳ Who are the Aborignies ?

The Aborignies are the oldest living culture in the world. They used to live in the Australian Outback (it's the desert) and they had a nomadic life. The Aborigines used simple tools they made themselves, for example spears, didgeridoos (a very long instrument which were used to communicate accross far distances), boomrangs, watercrafts and others that you can imagine.

They used to believe in the Dreamtime : it is a kind of religion. They thought that supernatural ancestors created everything in the Universe : the sun, the moon, the earth, water, people,... They thought that sometimes, these creatures turned into rocks or parts of the landscape. Today, these places are still sacred.

Nowadays, the Aborigines no longer live in the Outback. They live in the cities, like Sydney for example.

An Aborigine, playing the didgeridoo in the Outback.

➳ Pictures of Sydney

The amazing view of the bay of Sydney and its opera at sunset.

The same bay with an other point of view.

I really would go to Sydney. This city looks just incredible !

Pictures source : travelblog.org, weheartit.com

Let's discover Australia !

➸ First stop : Sydney
➸ Second stop : Melbourne
➸ Third stop : Ayers Rock

Pictures source : bergbook.com (picture improved by myself), leblogdemay.com