January 5, 2005. Another view of the Jetty.

January 5, 2005. Busselton Jetty. The longest in the Souther Hemishpere (1841 meters).

January 5, 2005. Broken. Cape Naturaliste.

January 5, 2005. Around Cape Naturaliste.

January 5, 2005. Cape Naturaliste.

January 5, 2005. Joining the waves.

January 5, 2005. Surfer.

January 5, 2005. Crowded spots. Surfers Point.

January 5, 2005. Margaret River, Surfers Point.

January 4, 2005. The well known Margaret River Chocolate Company. Free tasting down there ! :p

January 4, 2005. What is this bloody spider?? A kind of Alien? Better have it on picture than on his head :p

January 4, 2005. Ryanne and David, owner of the Eagle Heritage. All these birds are injured or unable to feed themselves. This baby bird was born in the park and will be set free as soon as he is able to feed himself.

January 4, 2004. Even the Tailed Eagle wouldn't want, although he's the biggest bird in Australia.

January 4, 2004. The Peregrine Falcon. The bird that no other bird wants to meet in the sky. 7 tons pressure if it hits you, the fastest bird in the world. 260kph, 500kph down!

January 4, 2005. Frogmouth bird, Eagles Heritage in Margaret River.

January 4, 2005. Xanadu Winery in Margaret River.

January 1, 2005. Yes Ryanne, Blow now! :p

January 1, 2005. lol!

January 1, 2005. Barbecue in Albany, YHA backpacker :)

January 3, 2005. But watch the tail! If you touch it you go straight to hospital!

January 3, 2005. Ryanne feeding :p

January 3, 2005. But where you can touch and feed free sting rays :)

January 3, 2005. A beach near Margaret River wich I don't remember the name...

January 3, 2005. A small jetty.

January 3, 2004. A thing to see!

January 3, 2005. Magnificient roof.

January 3, 2005. Jewel Cave...

January 3, 2005. Jewel Cave, Margaret River.

January 3, 2005. But it still that this cave is wonderful.

January 3, 2005. Roof of the Jewel Cave, there is no good pictures for that cave ... ;(

January 3, 2005. These things are tree roots... Jewel Cave, Margaret River.

January 3, 2005. Cape Leeuwin, Augusta.

January 3, 2005. Hum... Left or Right?

January 3, 2005. Cape Leeuwin's Lighthouse, Augusta.

January 2, 2005. The Bicentennial Tree in Pemberton.

January 2, 2005. An old wood bridge.

January 2, 2005. A smal tree growing from another big one drawn in the water. Cascades, Pemberton.

January 2, 2005. There is nice green forests in Australia. The Cascades in Pemberton.

January 2, 2005. And a nice group picture at the top of the forest, from left Ryanne, Sook, Naoki, Jeong Sin, Yina, Me and Jonas.

January 2, 2005. View from the top of Gloucester Tree.

January 2, 2005. And we climbed it!

January 2, 2005. Gloucester Tree in Pemberton, you can climb it, 61 meters high!

January 2, 2005. The sky in Pemberton forest near the Cascades.

January 2, 2005. The biggest tingle tree in the world, Pemberton.

January 1, 2005. A last picture of Cable Beach and the end of the first day of 2005 :)

January 1, 2005. But who couldn't?

January 1, 2005. I love this beach :)

January 1, 2005. Cable beach again...

January 1, 2005. Jeong Sin, the boat and Two People Beach, Albany.

January 1, 2005. Frenchman Bay, rough!

January 1, 2005. A small beach near the Blow Holes. I can't remember the name but I know that it's a famous but dangerous one for surfing.

January 1, 2005. Near the Blow Holes.

January 1, 2005. The Blow Holes weren't blowing. So we had a look around...

January 1, 2005. On the Blow Holes.

January 1, 2005. Down to the Blow Holes, Albany.

January 1, 2005. Rocks.

January 1, 2005. Rough!

January 1, 2005. Naoki on the top of the bridge... sunbathing :p

January 1, 2005. Rocks and water.

January 1, 2005. Albany's rough coastline.

January 1, 2005. Rocks from the Gap and Natural Bridge's site.

January 1, 2005. The Natural Bridge, Albany.

January 1, 2005. Ryanne on da rocks! :p

January 1, 2005. I wouldn't fall in the Gap :p

January 1, 2005. The Gap.

January 1, 2005. The site of the Gap and Natural Bridge in Albany.

January 1, 2005. The colourful small bushes that spread on the rocks near the ocean on the south coast.

January 1, 2005. On Cable Beach.

January 1, 2005. Cable beach. See the granite boulder that lies in the middle of the beach? It was tossed on shore by a wave. It weighs about 100 tons. Don't underestimate the power of the ocean.

January 1, 2005. Me and Cable Beach as background.

January 1, 2005. A lighthouse near Cable Beach.

January 1, 2005. A view of Cable Beach, on the road to the Gap, Albany.

December 31, 2004. A beautiful sunset watched from Albany.

December 31, 2004. Isn't it Jonas? :pp

December 31, 2004. We were all a bit drunk that night ^^

December 31, 2004. Mouhahahaa! Happy faces ^^

December 31, 2004. Even a band :p

December 31, 2004. New Year's Eve in the streets of Albany.

December 31, 2004. Sook, Naoki, Ryanne, me, Jeong Sin and Yina on Elephant Rock, Denmark.

December 31, 2004. Acces to Elephant Rock's beach.

December 31, 2004. Elephant Rock's beach.

December 31, 2004. Denmark and Elephant Rock.

December 31, 2004. Denmark.

December 31, 2004. Purple flower.

December 31, 2004. Group picture again :)

December 31, 2004. Yina and Ryanne.

December 31, 2004. Sook, Yina, Ryanne, Me, Jeong Sin, Jonas and Naoki.

December 31, 2004. Ancient Empire, Valley of the Giant, between Walpole and Denmark.

December 31, 2004. Tree top walk.

December 31, 2004. Tree top walk.

December 31, 2004. A tree in the tree :)

December 31, Tree top walk.

December 31, 2004. Valley of the Giant, Tree top walk.

December 30, 2004. Ray of light...and Albany's windfarm.

December 30, 2004. Albany from the Town Jetty.

December 30, 2004. Albany.

December 30, 2004. Fitzgerald National Park, on the road to Albany.

December 30, 2004. Fitzgerald National Park.

December 29, 2004. A bit of shade on this same beach, a good opportunity for lunch.

December 29, 2004. A beach along the Great Ocean Road.

December 29, 2004. Surf is everywhere in Australia.

December 29, 2004. Twilight Rock from wich you can jump in the water for some adrenalin (about 6 or 7 meters high)

December 29, 2004. That's a big view lol :p

December 29, 2004. The most popular beach of Esperance: Twilight Beach.

December 29, 2004. Me in heaven... :]

December 29, 2004. Who has said heaven? :p

December 29, 2004. Lagoon Beach waves

December 29, 2004. The wonderful Lagoon, along the Great Ocean Drive of Esperance...

December 29, 2004. Observatory Point.

December 29, 2004. Observatory Point, Great Ocean Drive, Esperance.

December 29, 2004. 9 miles Beach.

December 29, 2004. Naoki, Yina, Ryanne, Jonas and Sook. 9 miles as background.

December 29, 2004. Acces to 9 miles Beach.

December 29, 2004. 11 miles Beach.

December 29, 2004. 11 miles Beach, along the Ocean Drive, Esperance.

December 29, 2004. Pink Lake on the Great Ocean Drive, Esperance.

December 28, 2004. Argh! Painful feet after hard walking on the rocks :x ( isn't it Ryanne? :p )

December 28, 2004. No it's not worth chasing him Sook :p

December 28, 2004. See you!

December 28, 2004. Gnnn! Scratchy nose :p

December 28, 2004. The same Kangaroo, drinking :)

December 28, 2004. Kangaroo on Lucky Bay, obviously it is a boy! :p

December 28, 2004. Lucky Bay, National Park of Cape LeGrand, Esperance.

December 28, 2004. Jeong Sin, Ryanne and Yina on the rocks of LeGrand Beach, Esperance.

December 28, 2004. Fresh water source on Thistle Cove beach.

December 28, 2004. Thistle Cove beach, Naoki and Jonas.

December 28, 2004. Thistle Cove beach, white as snow.

December 28, 2004. Thistle Cove Beach view, taken from the rocks.

December 28, 2004. And the other side :)

December 28, 2004. One side of Thistle Cove.

December 28, 2004. A group picture with Frenchman peak as background

December 28, 2004. Flowers of Cape LeGrand

December 28, 2004. A small beach not far from LeGrand.

December 28, 2004. Gotcha!!

December 28, 2004. The lizzards are colourful too :))

December 28, 2004. Under the rocks on LeGrand Beach.

December 28, 2004. Colours again...

December 28, 2004. Colourful I said :p

December 28, 2004. Beautiful Rocks...

December 28, 2004. Ryanne on the colourful Rocks.

December 28, 2004. The Australian classic flies :pp

December 28, 2004. Bushes and Rocks.

December 28, 2004. A view from the rocks and the far LeGrand Beach.

December 28, 2004. Rocks and bright ocean.

December 28, 2004. Ryanne and Jonas on the Rocks near LeGrand Beach.

December 28, 2004. Southern Ocean from the Rocks of LeGrand Beach, Esperance.

December 28, 2004. Yina, Ryanne and Sook on LeGrand Beach :p

December 28, 2004. Sand waves on LeGrand Beach.

December 28, 2004. LeGrand Beach, National Park of Cape LeGrand, Esperance.

December 24, 2004. This Korean can eat everything: Polony sausage with jam and chili sauce. But also Nutella, sausage and thuna with jam and chili sauce...

December 24, 2004. Lunch time at Wave Rock. From left Yina, Jeong Sin, Sook, Jonas and Naoki.

December 24, 2004. Me and Ryanne :)

December 27, 2004. Holding the boulder! Gnnnn...

December 27, 2004. Yina, Jeong Sin and Ryanne on the boulders over Wave Rock.

December 24, 2004. Green Lake from the Rock.

December 27, 2004. Wave Rock from the end of the wave.

December 27, 2004. Me and the rock ;)

December 27, 2004. Wave Rock again, Jonas, Ryanne, Naoki and Sook.

December 27, 2004. Wave Rock

Here is the end of the pictures for 2004. I haven't taken a lot of pictures in this wonderful 3 months but I still remember everything. I met a lot of very interesting people, opened my mind discovering other cultures, mainly asians. And among all this people I will remember those who I consider as my friends and have already left: Sun Ae, Regina, Sandy,Chika, Peter, Eri, Tae Hun, Won, Hyub, Yusuke... and I wish them all the best for their future and hope that we will keep in touch :)

At the end of this year and because of our 3-week holiday we decided with 6 other friends to discover a bit of Australia and organized a trip down south. Ten days in a van from Perth to Esperance, then Albany and Margaret River, a 3000km trip. That was for me a very good experience and I still have in my eyes the magic of the natural wonders of Australia I have seen along the road. I will try to share with you a bit of this wonderful sceneries I had the luck to see and the fun we have had down there with a good group of friends.

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Voila la fin de 2004 et de ces quelques photos est arrivée. Je n'en ai pas pris beaucoup au cours de ces 3 superbes mois mais je me souviens encore de tout. J'ai rencontré des gens interessant et ouvert mon esprit a d'autres cultures, principalement asiatiques. Et parmis tous ces gens je me souviendrais de ceux que je considère comme mes amis et qui sont déjà rentrés dans leurs pays: Sun Ae, Regina, Sandy, Chika, Peter, Eri, Tae Hun, Won, Hyub, Yusuke... et je leur souhaite le meilleur pour leur futurs et espere que l'on va rester en contact :)

A la fin de cette année et parce que nous avions 3 semaines de vacances on décidaient avec 6 amis de découvrir un peu plus l'Australie et organisaient un trip dans le sud-ouest. 10 jours en Van de Perth a Esperance, puis Albany et Margaret River pour un voyage de 3000km. Cela a été pour moi une très bonne experience et j'ai encore dans mes yeux la magie des merveilles naturelles d'Australie que j'ai vu tout au long de ce trip. Je vais essayer de partager avec vous un peu de ces magnifiques paysages et du fun que l'on a eu la bas avec un bon groupe de potes.

December 25, 2004. Australians celebrate Xmas with a big barbecue of course!

Repas de noel? Un barbecue bien sur!

December 25, 2004. Ryanne, me and Cora with the unexpected presents from our hostparents. Very very kind family and lovely people.

Nous trois avec des cadeaux auxquels on ne s'attendait pas de la part de nos hostparents, l'occasion d'en faire l'éloge, une famille tres gentille, adorable, et le moins que l'on puisse dire des gens bien.

December 25, 2004.Ryanne and Arthur. Having fun, always :))

December 25, 2004. The Australian Champagne breakfast! Don't ask me where is the Champagne... ;)

December 24, 2004. Arthur is crazy... isn't he ? :D

December 24, 2004. My hostmother and father opening their Christmas presents :)

December 24, 2004. Yumi and Ryanne in front of the house that has won the 13000$ prize of the most well-decorated house of Perth. Australians are crazy of Xmas decorations, although in my opinion you can't really feel the magic of Christmas down there. A lack of snow I would say :p

Yumi et Ryanne devant la maison qui a gagné le prix de 13000$ récompensant la maison la mieux décorée de Perth. Les australiens adorent ces décorations mais selon moi on ne peut pas ressentir la magie de noel de la meme façon par ici. Ca manque de neige :pp

December 2004. Eri and Me. Another girl who has already gone back to Japan.

December 2004. My lovely teacher Annie and her Christmas earings... :p

December 2004. School's farewell party for the academic students of 2004.

Fete d'adieu pour les étudiants de 2004

December 2004. Claire, me, Chika holding Siena, Jonas and Moritz. Together for Chika's farewell coming back to Japan. You are such a lovely girl Chika, we keep in touch :))

Réunis pour le départ de Chika qui retourne au Japon.

December 2004. Claire and Chika's house. My french mate Claire and her new hat, christmas present of her hostmother Fiona :)

November 2004. Ryanne, Donkey, Sun Ae,Peter, Sandy, Regina and Cora. I wish I had more time to know you better...Keep in touch :)

J'aurai aimé avoir plus de temps pour mieux vous connaitre...

November 2004. From left, Sandy, Cora, Sun Ae and Regina. I love these people but except Cora they all have already left... ;(

Australia is not Australia without beers. 6 of the most drunk beers... My favourite is the VB, but the fourX is good too :p

October 2004. Me cooking french pancakes "Crepes", I would like to add that this face is my natural mask... :p

Moi en train de faire des crepes, je précise tout de meme que cette tronche est naturelle chez moi... une sorte de crampe faciale... vous aimez pas? :p

September 2004. And...hum... the other side of the Kangaroo... :D

September 2004. Pretty smile for the camera ^^

September 2004. Sytze in harmony with the famous Australian Kangaroo sign :p

Sytze en harmonie avec le célèbre panneau kangourou australien

September 2004. A koala at the zoo. Lovely, isn't it?

September 2004. Chika, Naoki, Jonas and Claire on a bench at the Zoo.

Dusk. A picture taken back from the beach. A beautiful sky wich you can admire almost every dusks in Perth...

A sunset on Cottesloe Beach. The most beautiful sunset on the western coastline according to Australians.

Coucher de soleil sur Cottesloe. Le plus beau de Western Australia selon les Aussies.

October 2004. A picture of my hostmate Cora and me taken at the Lakers, a pub in Thornlie.

A view of Scarborough Beach. One of the most popular beach in Perth. A nice place for surfing, some waves can reach 2 meters.

Une vue de Scarborough Beach. Avec Cottesloe la plage la plus populaire de Perth. Connue pour le surf avec des tubes atteignant 2 mètres.

October 16, 2004. Yeah the water was very cold... ^^

October 16, 2004. Ryanne and Ken totally wet after having been thrown in the water...very cold water :o

Ryanne et Ken trempés après avoir été jeté dans une eau bien bien froide ^^

October 16, 2004. The group of the birthday party

October 16, 2004. In the bus on the way to the beach for Jonas' birthday party :))

Dans le bus pour Scarborough Beach et l'anniversaire de Jonas.

October 16, 2004. Jonas' Birthday on Scarborough Beach. First barbecue at the beach and a lot of students from EF school. We were "socialising" as they say, but above all having a lot of fun ! ;)

Anniversaire de Jonas. Une occasion de se réunir pour une trentaine d'étudiants et d'avoir son premier barbecue sur la plage de Scarborough. Une belle journée :))

October 2004. Perth Royal Show, A big but expensive event in Perth. In spite of that a lot of fun and colourful shows, and a HUGE attendance.

Cher mais sympa, le Perth Royal Show, haut en couleurs et rassemblant quasiement la ville entière.

September 2004. Me and Ryanne at the Zoo with Fairy Flosses. Very funny pictures because a few seconds ago Ryanne received a bird shit in her hand ^^

Moi et Ryanne, une photo très sympa car quelques instants auparavant Ryanne se faisait "chier" sur la main par un oiseau. Un gros fou-rire :p

September 2004. The group of students who went to the Zoo. Wan, Jonas, Jeong Sin, Naoki, Ryanne, Anthony, Sytze, Me.

Central Business District of Perth

The house. Big and very comfortable, a typical house in a typical Australian suburb.

La maison, grande et comfortable. Une maison typiquement australienne dans un quartier typiquement australien ^^

My whole host "family", from left to right: Anthony (Korea), Me, Ryanne (The Nederlands), Cora (Germany), Arthur, Sue, Pinkey (Hong Kong) and Naomi (Japan)

G'day!

To those who don't know me my name is Kevin, 18 years old, I am french, but I live in Australia until next July and since September 2004. I have multiple reasons to be here, but the main is the improve of my english ( and you finally find out the reason of that very bad english you are actually reading ).
I would be lying if I don't say that Australia has lot of qualities other than speak english.
That's for me a real "way of life" and a country full of natural wonders, and I will try to show a bit of this experience...

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J'ai aussi conscience que la plupart des gens qui passeront sur ce site ( j'aime a penser qu'il y en aura bien quelques uns ) seront français. C'est pour cela que je vais publier mes posts traduis dans les deux langues.

Si tu es français et ne me connais pas ou pas assez, sache que je m'appelle Kévin, que j'ai 18 ans, et que je suis en Australie pour une dizaine de mois. Comme j'ai dis un peu plus haut pour peu que l'anglais ne te sois pas une langue totalement étrangère, je suis ici pour apprendre la langue de Shakespeare et essayer de la mettre au niveau de celle de Molière (Marrant comme phrase n'est ce pas?).

Voila, pour ceux qui veulent en savoir un peu plus sur l'Australie je les invitent a visiter ce blog et un site pratique dont le forum est très actif: www.australie-australia.com