Canberra, montagne australienne

Hi everybody!

I'm just arrived in Adelaide with Anne. We have spent two little and cloudy days in freaky Melbourne with french friends from Sydney, it was nice froggy week-end. Anne has been beaten by an unknown insect (with a red back?) and the size of her hand increased wonderfully (it costed 3 hours in the emergency between 1 and 4am...what a mess).

I spent such a good time in Canberra, it was awesome! Here are some « big up » and some things I noticed, uncommon for me, which made me thinking I’m in Australia and I was in Canberra:

Canberra, quiet country side-city, had had 4 murders between July and august. It didn't afraid gabby, who lived in a suburb with 6 inhabitant in several km². (the spiders and the snakes are much friendlier!). Nevertheless, the sky and light colour are the most beautiful of the world at 18pm, end winter time, this yellow, orange, gold on the gumtree, before the opossum fight each other in some strange nose and finished snoring on the top of this big trees. These trees, house of the dangerous magpies, probably as dangerous as the Drop bears, which attacked you when you ride peacefully to/from your work (and that's why the extraterrestrial with two wheels and pikes on the head become just self protected people against this flying opponent). Leah preferred the head kick, witch has almost the same efficiency.   

For the aggressors, thanks Leah for the entire sweet dream I made with either our hairy friends with long legs or with this brown sssssnakes and the shotguns. One thing I do know is to be prepared to welcome a snake when I open a drawer. I finally understood why screen door have been done (not just for the big bees). Other strange fauna: tectonic pigeon, abundant rabbit and the famous jumping kangaroo (Yes, he's using his tail to equilibrate himself!)

I learn such a lot in this accommodation – how a chicken can be communicative, how to make good Wedges (beware, difference with the vedges is probably the quantity of oil (but it's FAT FREE) and to vege which is just not doing anything), what is to have a number 2, to go to the loo, and that it's probably better never to say « I had your daughter yesterday » which is in french totally common.

In Canberra, if you are to lazy, you can ride your bike until the bus, put it on the front of the bus, and don't pay the bus (that's the rule)...strange... 

In winter, nothing is better than wearing ugg boots. WTF is not equal to the World Trade Fenter and F... words are not French words. There is generally no table in the dinning room or a low table in front of the TV (149,99$ 5 years interest free!). If you don't vote or forgot it, you have to pay a fine of 55$. The girls play basket but without plank, only the circle and can't touch one the other (no interesting). Australians love criket, rugby league, rugby union and GayFL (final this WE: emergency full!). Australia has finally signed Kyoto protocol and is winner of the obesity. Everybody is called Josh and Andrew...

Thanks Raph, Gaby, Mary, Rodney, Guitom, Peter, and James for these crazy months, ping-pong-beers, cockies and different meals even attacked by the ants and magpies, happiness, the few parties we made together with the « farmer » and the masked people, for the concerts and festivals.  

Thanks Jamie, Joey and Greg for all this crazy nights, Mooseheads, Bar 32, Shooters, Masom Bar, King O’Malley and even Wig and Pen. Thanks for all this stories, this pools, this dancing nights and the friends I met with you. Come on Bro, It’s not so bad.

Thanks to the whole Handball team Taip, Sacha, Daniel, Anke, Lucas, Dragan, Xavier, Karsten, Macek, Andrew, Slatko for the exceptional handball and non-handball moment I spent with you, since the new creation of the ACTHC association to the beers after match and the trip to Sydney. Let's see you in Brisbane in few weeks.

Thanks to Brett, Leah, Ives and Tara, thanks for your efforts to speaks intelligibly with me, to told me all this Australian story, for this good share moment, story, emotions, point of views, meals, jokes, good plans, ideas, fires...and so on. 

You are all of you invited in Adelaide, whenever you want. I would be happy to see you again. It was a pleasure to meet you! Enjoy your life, take it easy, COME ON!

   Aujourd'hui, afin d'illustrer ma semaine, je reprends une chanson bien connu et la met a la sauce agronome:

« Lundi, je fais mon rapporeux, mardi je fais mon rapport, mercredi je fais mon rapporeux, jeudi je fais mon rapport, Vendredi oui mon rapport, samedi on fait la fete, et le dimanche je se repose, pour pouvoir me remettre a neuf! »

Allez tous ensemble!...

Bon, ca c'est donc fait et plus a faire (meme si mon maitre de stage risque de le reprendre avec moi lundi a la premiere heure pour coriger et refaire mon rapport de A a T).

Ceci dit, le printemps ayant commencer, les gens sortent plus, les journées sont de plus en plus agreable, et les terrasses aussi!

   A si! Cette semaine, un point important : Samedi, Le final de Handball de la ligue de New South Wales opposait Canberra (c'est nous, hihi) et Sydney UNI Gold (c'est les méchants couards). Le match fut très tendu, sachant que le nombre de supporter dépassait la douzaine cette fois, et après une première mi-temps du tonnerre avec retour a égalité après avoir été mené de plus de 6 point d'écart dans le premier quart d'heure, nous avons malheureusement failli. Score final : 37-31. (De toute facon, on les retrouve au national championship, a Brisbane, avec l'equipe au complet cette fois, niark). J'en garde pourtant pas un souvenir amere, malgré un petit petit doigt tordu qui ressemble maintenant a un mini knaki.

Nous avons donc joyeusement fêté notre defaite a coup de bierre et de wisky, faisant la tournée de qqs pubs et clubs Canberien, comme on les aime.