Travelog for: Murph

Hello Mum and Dad,

We drove to the Torndirrup Nationalpark. First we stopped for the view over Albany.



This viewing point is called The Gap. Oh – they build an exciting platform there.



I was so brave – it was high about the sea level.



We were able to look through the platform.



Beautiful!





This was a Natural Bridge.



We had a great view from here.



And we learnt a lot about different kind of rocks.



These rocks were nice.



From the Jimmy Newhills Lookout I saw the ‚secret‘ haven.



This plant was great!



There was a round way on the Stony hill. This plant next to me was funny and very tall. The rocks on the hill looked beautiful!



And we had a nice view.





Can you see the small people on the rock?



We were on the left side during the last hours – now we will drive to the right side.



I am on the beach yet.







It was a great day in the National Park!



Yours
Murph

Hello Mum and Dad,

We are in a nice holiday home at the moment.

I met this friendly Ringsittich on the balcony.



He was really funny!





And look – kangaroos walked next to our house.



I stayed at home today – and prepared everything for Stoker’s birthday party. It was hard work!





When the others came back, there were two couches waiting for all of us – and we talked a lot.







Then we went to the nicest views with our flying couches.







When it was getting dark, we went to the fireplace.



The evening ended with a yummy bottle Bundaberg, the famous Tim Tam cakes and surely chips.



Yours
Murph

Hi Mum and Dad,

It was time for a Cruise – well – this boat looked small. It didn’t matter, we wanted to cruise on the Donnelly River.



This boat looked good – and I saw the Captain.



We drove from the Karri-Forests to the Ocean.





Surely I had the best place on the boat.



Look there was some sand.



The trip was relaxing!



When we went near to the ocean, we saw some small hills.





This looked exciting. What will be behind the curve?



The rock looked great!





There was the beach – and behind it the sea.



This was the way we came.



The beach looked so beautiful. Behind me you can see the river.



The boat waited for us.



The beach was great – and there were only 4 other pessengers from the boat here with us.







Then we had to go back on the boat.





We had tea and fantastic muffins.



On the way back we saw this small cottages.



We really enjoyed the trip!



You can see where we went today. At ‘you are here’ was the start and end – and we went to the ocean.



Yours
Murph

Hello Mum and Dad,

You need to visit a beautiful lighthouse in every holiday! This was the Cape Leeuwin lighthouse. We saw so many tourist here as never before during this holiday.



Here you can see the flag.



This is one of the houses, where the light keepers lived with their families.



Wow – this lighthouse is the highest in Western Australia and the third highest in Australia.



We were not allowed to leave the ways, because there were snakes in the grass.



The lighthouse was so beautiful!


 


And I loved the view here.





This was a great point – two oceans meet here.





Yours
Murph

Hello Mum and Dad,

Time to climb under the ground. We visited the beautiful Mammoth Cave. We were allowed to visit it on our own. We had an audio-guide.



The first hall was very big!





This cave was famous, because they found fossils there. Here we saw a bone.



There were more bones.



It was a great visit.







But it became exhausting at the end – we had to climb up 200 steps.



Yours
Murph

Hello Mum and Dad,

We were in Margaret River in a nice house. There was a place called amaze’n near to it. What a funny name.

Next to the mazes were a botanical garden.





This was the entrance to a maze – will I find the exit?



Dicker Kumpel and I found it together.



We had to rest – it was very hot today.



Oups, this was the entrance to a very big maze – this looked difficult!



Which is the correct way?



A dead end again.



We were ready with the first half of the way – it looked difficult from here, too.



Fortunately we were able to escape and watched beautiful flowers.





This should be art – but for us - swings.





More plants.









Another difficult game.





What was this?



We were caught in the net of a giant bird.



But we were able to escape on this bike.





What an exciting day!

Love
Murph

Hello Mum and Dad,

I want to show you our holiday house. This was the nice view from our veranda over a small lake.



The lake was really beautiful.



You can see our cottage there.



We had enough place to relax in the living-room.



Then we drove to Busselton. They have a 1,8 km long jetty there. A small train drove on it, but we preferred walking.



Look, see-gulls with their chicken.



We were far away from the coast.



But there was a longer way to walk.



No idea, what this was – probably arts…



Look, a Fisher man.



Back on the safe land, we saw this old crane.



It was nice here.



Then we continued our trip to Mandurah. The weather wasn’t so nice here.





However it was beautiful.



We walked over this high bridge.



There were many small boats.



And surely arts again.



The view from our next apartment was nice, too. There were many beautiful birds on the stone in the lake, but there were too far away for photos with me.





Yours
Murph

Hello Dad and Mum,

Time for another beach. However – this one should be cleared for the summer – it was a lot of seaweed on it.



But the color of the sea was beautiful!





Then we went to high Dunes. The Australians have their own sense of humor. This sign is for drivers, who stuck in the sand.



This looked beautiful. The small points on the Dune are humans – they drive on sand boards there.



I would have loved to drive in this sand buggy, but I wasn’t able to reach the accelerator.



Love
Murph

Hello Mum and Dad,

These funny formations are called Pinnacles. You can find them in different sizes.



I really like it here.



These ones were very tall.



And it was very windy here.





It was a great trip through this scenery.



We saw many Pinnacles from this viewpoint – and many tourists.



In the evening we went to Cervantes’s beach. Soon we will be back in dear old and cold Germany - so we had to enjoy the blue sky and the high temperatures.



There were fishing-boats on the ocean.



Yours
Murph

Hello Mum and Dad,

On our way to Perth we stopped in North Norcia. It is a town of monks. Behind me you can see the Gertrude's College.



Next to it was another college – it looked similar to the first one.



This was the Abbey Church.



And here a look into the Abbey.



We had a delicious meal in this hotel. In the town on our walk it was too hot – and there were many flies around us.



Yours
Murph

Hi Mum and Dad,

We were in Perth – the loneliest city in the world. The next city is very far away. We saw beautiful houses.



The streets were ready for Christmas.



Look – skyscraper behind the low old buildings.



I really liked the theatre.



But the high-rises were nice, too.



A small church…



…and another old house.



These men were funny – they showed the evolution of businessman in the last centuries.



London Court was a nice small mall.







You can see the difference between old and new here again.



This man was very sportive.



The town hall.



There were kangaroos in the middle of the city.



We jumped with one of it.





Really exciting!



There were more beautiful buildings…



…and small gnomes.



This was the bell tower.



What a wonderful view of the skyline of Perth!



Yours
Murph

It was our last day in Australia. The plane will start late in the evening, so we had time to visit the zoo. It seemed to be too hot in the sun for the penguins.



I learnt a lot about penguins from all over the world.



There were beautiful birds.



And I was impressed by these tall birds.





Prickly companions slept here.



Of course there had to be kangaroos.



This was a strange tree.



Do you know Numbats? We rode on one.





This tree was funny – the fruits looked like sausages.



A friendly turtle brought us to the airport. It was a wonderful holiday in Australia.

Hello Mum and Dad,

I will come home soon – but today I went to Hamburg with RikeH to see the Christmas decoration. I started in the railway station – this huge ball is beautiful!



Then I walked in the Europa-Passage – a mall in Hamburg's city center.



There were wonderful Christmas Trees.





There was a white Christmas market next to the Alster.



What a nice view.



Look – the Michel – but only a small version.



The Alsterarkaden…



…and a view to the town hall.



Rodolph and his friends fly in front of the town hall.





You can buy very expensive Christmas deco here.



I liked it here.




My last stop was next to this wonderful Christmas mill.



But now it is time to come home!
Yours
Murph

Hello,

today is Nikolaus Day : the humans put their cleaned shoes in front of the door the night before – and on the 6th of December the Nikolaus came and put sweets into the shoes – if the humas were well-behaved. Unfortunately I don't have shoes – but we searched big ones from HoBi.

These shoes are too small. 



But this was great ! This boot was big enough.



Bad luck for us – the boot was dirty. And the Nikolaus only fills clean boots with sweets. 



So we searched something to clean it.



And we  cleaned the boot.



It looked great...




Ready – now we put the boot in front of the door.



This was exciting – we sat behind the door and wanted to surprise the Nikolaus.



We waited all night long – this was my time to hear what happens!



Well – I heart something!



It worked – the whole boot is full!



But what now? How can we get the sweets? We are so small – and the boot is so big! We pushed togehter – maybe he will fall?



We made it – and so many sweets for us!



We must have been very nice over the year.

Happy Nikolaus

Murph

Hello,

We were on holidays for some days. We visited Kaufungen.







But more important : It was Christmas.



Time for gifts. My best friend Dicker Kumpel send me many gifts!



What will be in this gift?





This looked difficult. I will try it with my friends.



I have to look at that! Wonderful! It looked great!



Another gift.



What was this?



I called Poschti and Pieksi. We thought about it!  We needed batteries. But we didn’t have batteries.



Fortunately HoBi had some for us. What a wonderful gift!



Thanks Dicker Kumpel for all the great gifts!



Yours

Murph