Chennai, India - 22nd December 2008
By: Mosuha
Hi everyone!
My name is Shiva, I am a little yellow bird and deep down in my heart, I feel, my destiny is to make people happy!
I talked to Mosuha about my thoughts and she had a great idea. I could travel the world, to bring joy and happiness, where ever I come along...
Mosuha told me, that she is especially thankfull to one person, her name is Petra and you might know her as fam-united!
Petra is a very warm hearted person and she cares a lot about others. That's why Mosuha said, that it would be great, if I, little Shiva, bring and collect joy and hapiness around the world in the name of Petra!
And that's what I want to do!!!
I just hope, Petra will like it and wants to be my new mommy??!
What do you think???
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Posted Feb 2, 2009, 4:35 pm
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Sydney, Australia - 22nd December 2008
By: Mosuha
First, I didn't know, what to do as a tv and I didn't know, what to do?!
But then Mona had this smile on her face, she and Uli packed their suitcases and she put us tvs into her backpack and we startet a journey.....
We tvs all wondered where we might go, we guessed, we were on an airplane and it took hours and hours, till we saw the lights again....
And mommy, imagine, where we were!?
We went to AUSTRALIA !!!
We landed in Sydney, at the international airport and we went straight to a hotel, to catch a little sleep.
Early next morning we went back, to the domestic airport and flew to Brisbane, which should be the start of our australian vacations....
juhuuuu.....
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Posted Feb 2, 2009, 4:47 pm
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Brisbane, Australia - 23rd December 2008
By: Mosuha
We had a real nice long walk thru Brisbane, which is the state capital of Queensland.
This city has a lot of nice old buildings and we found really a lot good offers in the shops ( to be honest, my hosts were pretty excited, we tvs got a little bored going shopping...) :-)
But it was a beautiful day and in the evening we went to the cinema to see the movie "Twilight", because we read all the books from Stephenie Meyer with Mona before.
On the last picture you see the hotel we stood in. It is a heritage buildung and was a hospital in former times.
The hotel is placed very central and was just very charming and nice...
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Posted Feb 2, 2009, 4:53 pm
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Brisbane, Australia - 24th December 2008
By: Mosuha
Today we had a lot of fun !!!!
We went to a nice museum, where we lernt a lot about the history of Australia and it's nature and animals. Imagine, we all could get in for free.... The "Aussies" are really nice people and very friendly to their guests!
Later we drove with the big wheel to have an overview of Brisbane, that was just amazing! And hey, you can't imagine, how high that was... but I was very brave and since I am a bird, of course I am not afraid of hights.... :-))
Than we had a walk in the beautiful botanical garden...
It was really a great day!
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Posted Feb 2, 2009, 5:02 pm
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Noosa Heads, Australia - 25th December 2008
By: Mosuha
Today we went on and took the greyhound bus to a nice town by the sea called Noosa Heads, but before I didn't forget to throw a letter into Santa's Mailbox to place my last minute wishes.
(Between the two of us, my biggest wish is, to meet Petra one fine day in person and to give her a big hug!)
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Posted Feb 2, 2009, 5:11 pm
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Noosa Heads, Australia - 26th December 2008
By: Mosuha
The second Xmas day we spent at the main beach of Noosa Heads and it was just a lovely day!
We enjoyed the australien summer, the sun and the ocean and just relaxed.....
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Posted Feb 2, 2009, 5:14 pm
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Australien Zoo, Australia - 27th December 2008
By: Mosuha
This day was soooo incredibly special!
We went to the big "Australian Zoo", which was founded by the famous but late Steve Irwing, the "Crocodile Hunter", and we met a lot of different animals like Wombats, Crocs, Snakes, Parrots, Turtles, Tigers......
I was allowed to feed an elephant, I could pet a Koala and I met some very friendly and relaxed Kangaroos.
It was such a great day, we all had so much fun and were totally excausted at the end of the day, but happy....
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Posted Feb 2, 2009, 5:24 pm
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Noosa , Australia - 28th December 2008
By: Mosuha
Today we made a beautiful trip by boat thrue the so called Noosa "Everglades", the backwaters of noosa.
It was just amazingly green and the water was so dark, that the plants and trees got reflected like in a mirror...
All this area is a national park and the nature is under protection!
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Posted Feb 2, 2009, 5:38 pm Last edited Feb 2, 2009, 5:46 pm by Mosuha
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Fraser Island, Australia - 29th December 2008
By: Mosuha
Again, another fantastic nature exploring day!
All together we went to Fraser Island today...
Fraser Island is an island located along the southern coast of Queensland, approximately 300 km north of Brisbane. Its length is about 120 km. It was even inscribed as a World Heritage site in 1992. The island is considered to be the largest sand island in the world at 1840 km². Its resident human population was 360 at the census of 2006, but a lot of different animals live on that island and it's rainforests.
We drove with a big Jeep along the beautiful beach and it was great fun. We even saw a wild dingo at the beach, while we had a little break....
Lucky us, the driver knew the ways very good, because you could easily get stucked in the sandy "streets" of the rainforest, and so we enjoyed the ride and the fantastic smell of the woods.... till we finally arrived at Lake McKenzie, which is a fresh water lake, that is sooooo incredibly cristal clear!
I felt in love at once with this place and would have liked to stay here for the rest of our vacations, but unfortunatly we had to drive back in the afternoon... :-(
And imagine, on our way back along the beach, we could spot two wild dolphines in the ocean. I made a picture for you guys....
So far, I truely LOVE Australia!
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Posted Feb 2, 2009, 6:19 pm Last edited Feb 2, 2009, 6:20 pm by Mosuha
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Sydney New Years Eve, Australia - 31st December 2008
By: Mosuha
Yesterday we took the greyhound bus from Noosa to Brisbane and than we caught the flight from Brisbane to Sydney, because....
we did not want to miss the New Years Fireworks in Sydney!
So today we did some shopping with our host in Sydney, till we really got too excited and pushed them, to search for a "waiting place" in the harbour, because we wanted of corse to have a good view!
Lucky us, at 4.30pm we still were allowed to go thrue the gates into the harbour between the opera house and Sydney's famous bridge, but soon it was completly filled with people and we started waiting..... and waiting.... and waiting.....
The people surounding us were really friendly and they came from all over the wolrd, so we didn't get bored and it felt like some kind of picknick atmosphere. That was really nice....
And at 9.00pm, we were very surprised, there was the first, beautiful fireworks show! It is especially for the kids, so they don't have to stay that long awake.
After the first show, boats with thousands of lights crused up and down the waters, and everybody got more excited.
Suddenly...
10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
I wish you all the best in Life and Love for everyone!
The firework show around the bridge was fantastic and we were so glad to see it live, that I had to dry a little tear in my eye.
This was really a very special New Years Celebration!
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Posted Feb 2, 2009, 6:49 pm Last edited Feb 2, 2009, 9:31 pm by Mosuha
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Sydney, Australia - 1st January 2009
By: Mosuha
Lucky us, after the fireworks in the night, we did not have to walk very far to fall into the bed, because the hotel the Radisson my hosts booked were very near by the harbour.
On tv we could see, how thousands and thousands of people get squeezed into the trains and subways....
But anyway, we slept the next morning very long, ordered room service and enjoyed the beginning of the new year!
Later that day we went for a nice walk thru the city and the botanical garden, to end up again in the harbour and the part of the city called the Rocks.
What a beautiful day....
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Posted Feb 2, 2009, 8:02 pm
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Sydney, Australia - 2nd January 2009
By: Mosuha
Today we went to the Darling Harbour and also did some more shopping.
My host were so thrilled by the prices of electronic stuff, they say, the newest cds or nintendo wii games and e.g. the ipod nano is sooo much cheaper than in Germany, even cheaper than in India, so they bought a lot of things, and clothes etc. ...
And Australia is also very famous for opal stones and opal jewellery, which is why they bought some of these for their family, too.
Aside from fantastic shopping opportunities ( the EURO - Australian Dollar exchange rate was also pretty good ;-) ),
Sydney is a fascinating city, too.
Sydney is not only the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of 4.5 million. It is the state capital of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British colony in Australia. It was established in 1788 at Sydney Cove by Arthur Phillip, leader of the First Fleet from Britain.
It lies on a submergent coastline, where the ocean level has risen to flood deep river valleys (ria) carved in the hawkesbury sandstone. Port Jackson, better known as Sydney Harbour, is one such ria and is the largest natural harbour in the world.
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Posted Feb 2, 2009, 8:41 pm
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Sydney Aquarium, Australia - 2nd January 2009
By: Mosuha
Later that day we also went to the sydney aquarium, which opens it's gates till 10pm.
It was really interessting and we learnt a lot about the creatures of the ocean.
In the aquarium they even have 2 dungongs, also known as sea cows, who are looking sooo friendly and cute!
But they also have dangerous sharks and beautiful corals....
It was like diving in the ocean.....
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Posted Feb 2, 2009, 9:07 pm
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Melbourne, Australia - 3rd January 2009
By: Mosuha
It was time to move on....
so we took a flight vom Sydney to Melbourne, better said, near Melbourne, cause the airport was called Avalon and we than had to take a bus which drove 1 hour to Melbourne.
But finally we arrived, and after we checked in at the hotel Rendevouz, we made our way to the tourist information center, which is actually the biggest and best organized we've all ever seen.
And we found some really good things to do for the next 3 days! Stay excited..... :-)
By the way, on the first picture you see a train station building and the funny thing is: originally it was planed to be built in India, but the architect sent the plans to the wrong colony and though it was just here in Melbourne, the goverment decided to built it here!
The second picture shows Melbourne's St. Pauls Cathedral...
That day we didn't do much, just had a nice meal and went to bed early.
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Posted Feb 2, 2009, 9:27 pm Last edited Feb 2, 2009, 9:39 pm by Mosuha
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Phillip Island, Australia - 4th January 2009
By: Mosuha
Today, as we woke up, the weather was beautiful and we knew, this day is gonna be awsome!
We planned a daytrip to the so called "penguine parade" on phillip Island, southwest of Melbourne. Later more about the parade....
But I tell you, the way down there was also very beautiful. We had nice rests in the stunning landscape (most of it was protected national park) and we even found a field of different sorts of lavender. It smelled heavenly, as we stood between the lavender and a nice breeze came by from the sea..... sigh....
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Posted Jun 17, 2009, 12:13 pm Last edited Jun 17, 2009, 12:16 pm by Mosuha
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