goin outside for a bit

she’s got a ticket to ride…

As I recall I left you with news of Benita and me sitting on an bus to Victoria’s headquarters…So, the ride was pretty uneventful (that’s a good thing!) and the scenery pretty black (remember it was an overnighter).

It’s 8am. So here we are in this promise land for coffee addicts (:PP), the city of culture, 4 seasons in one day (dunno what’s that one all about…in my case the sun was shining all the time ). So yeah, the universe was merciful on us, weather wise. And in general; the city treated us better than good despite the bunny holidays. Even though some venues have been closed, streets life wasn’t put on hold and since we lived in Fitzroy area (one of the funkiest? areas in melbourne) bar/live music hopping was easily accessible by foot. Eager to explore other areas too, we needed to put some effort in. And here we hum to Beatles’ melody: she’s got a ticket to ride….em, except that we didn’t have a ticket. After buying the first daily one for a tram and barely use it, we’ve decided scouting for potential controllers is more fun and turned into illegal riders. Big time!

Ok, lets go back to testing theories. Don’t ask me why, but even breathing that city’s air is enough to get you inspired for some cult. stuff. And so we were, first night on a gig. My friend Aaron (who we stayed with there) is a singer in a band, so poligasm (that’s just the name) rocked the house all night. Literary . Second night – comedy night. How lucky is that we were in the city at the same time as the international comedy festival. Yeeeey. You know I like aussie

his time though . Third night – uuu, let’s go for some motion picture arts. La Mirada film festival (mexican/spanish thing) and slightly questionable (!!) choice of a movie. a:) Anyway, pretty good coverage of all you might say, but I’m telling you, if we would stay a bit longer, I’m pretty sure we might have been unstoppable with the idea of cabaret. Watching or participating!

But don’t worry, it wasn’t all marked with the big C. We did mainstream things as well: like enjoying good food, lots of coffees (!:P!), beach, art markets, walks around docklands, southgate, southbank, bla bla…..to draw a line, it was really enjoyable time! Yes, again! :) and I shall return for more! On another occasion, but for now, just a simple but honest thank you, Melbourne.

it’s business, it’s business time!

WARNING: this post is a bit random, bits and pieces of happenings of the last few days… it was hips of fun and it’s just too boring to write down about all…

Anyway, so, finally i’m ‘on the road’ again, or better say ‘in the air’. my trip started with an earthquake (yes we do have them in ville, we’re prone to…everything, lol) and plane delay…still managed to arrive to Canberra on the same day. wiii. Too late for dinner, early enough for going out! So, lets roll!!

Sunday markets call. Mmm, happy. Finally i managed to get to some proper bread again and olives and natural juice and those kind of things…and after, lets hit the coast…

sunshine played along…pretty pretty.

These lines below the pictures, i know they don’t make much sense to you, but they were so random that were actually cool, just set there aside of the road on the way to Batesman Bay and surf Beach and there around…(i guess to keep the drivers awake?)

Few following days exploring of the capital by foot (luckily B lives in an awesome area where everything is close) and by nights hips of random laughs with Bret and Jamain (to keep the cold away)…

Flight of the Conchords…

Canberra is really really pretty at this time of the year…

And when the weather gets a bit bad (luckily only on the last day), you can always find some colorful stuff inside.

etc., etc… anyway, like i said, can’t really put all the fun in words…but to be honest, Canberra really isn’t that bad as everyone was warning me how could it be…just imagine. bargaining for tiramisu. initiated by bartender!! did this ever happened to you?! yea, i didn’t think so. too random! i guess he was just in a chatty mood. or really wanted to get a hold on to my billabong cap (he said, he’ll trade). i told him i feel like i’m in Turkey again. for pete’s sake, we were in a nice decent coffee shop ) Anyway, result: paying 6 instead of 9 bucks. won’t complain about that! …was definitely the best tiramisu i ever had And one of the last slightly peculiar but memorable (for you probably just random ) things that happened on this  trip of mine. ok, time to start a new adventure… Melbourne here we come! talk soon;)

Dear Woman…

I encourage you to have look at this video: Dear Woman…

WARNING: not easy to watch.

Easter trip Oz

Ok, tokrat sem mal bol azurna in ze v naprej objavljam, kje se bom nahajala, za vsak slucaj ce spet kak ciklon udari, ali pa kaj poplavi, ali pa se (very unlikely ker nismo na stikih plosc) slucajno zgodi potres, da boste vedeli kje sm, in nou spet kake panike (p.s.: i love that you were all worried the last time, at least i know you care, iiii).

no, kakorkoli, plan je sledec:

1: 16. april let v Canberro – glavno mesto Avstralije (za tistih nekaj, ki ste do sedaj se vedno mislili, da je to Sydney). Obisk zlo dobre prjatelce Benite, s katero sva se spoznali lani v Townsvillu, pa je letos ze usla (kaj cmo taku mamo, sem verjetno ze omenila, da je townsville zlo prehodno mesto, ne).

2: 20. aprila greva skup na overnigherja (bus preko noci) v Melbourne – ain’t we two green birdies . Moj prvic. yeeey. Greva do mojga prjatla Aarona, k sem ga pred leti spoznala v Sloveniji. Taka srecanja me se posebej veselijo, ko se srecas z istimi ljudmi na drugem koncu sveta (k za novoletno potovanje ko sem se v Perth-u spet vidla s Tahnee; prejsnji post). Aaron je nekaj let potoval po Evropi (4 se mi zdi) zdj se je pa ful v musko vrgu (tud uradno studijsko, ne sam da ma bend), tko da pricakujem da bo fajn. Ma se cimra in cimro, tko da bomo cool druscina newbie-jev in lokalcev, odlicno za raziskovanje najbolj kozmopolitantskega  avstralskega mesta.

3. 25. aprila mora Benita nazaj v Canberro (ja, eni morjo pac delat), jst pa naprej na Tasmanio, kjer se srecam s se eno dobro prjatelco Georgie. Ta je bol nova, je prisla sele letos na JCU doktorat delat, za praznike bo pa valda doma in me je povabila, da greva skup mal raziskovat neokrnjene lepote od avstralcev pogosto pozabljene zvezne drzave.

4: 3. maja se grem pa spet pogret mal nazaj na sever v moj domaci Townsville.

Skratka pricakujem, da bo zakon!!! in mrzlo k pr norcih!! Adventure!

New years trip OZ

Ok, z nekajmesecno zamudo objavljam moj trip plan, ki se je dejansko manifestiral v obdobju med 7. decembrom 2010 in 20. februarjem 2011.

1: 7. december 2010 let iz Townsvilla v Sydney, nekaj cudovitih klepetov s slovensko druzino Mihelic, in uzivanja v mestu v pravem pomenu besede – od namakanja v ledeno mrzli vodi na Bondi-ju do plezanja na Sydney Harbour Bridge awesome!!!

2: 10. december 2010 okoli 21.00 let v Perth

3: 11. december 2010 zgodi zjutri let v Exmouth, jaz sem bila ena izmed 3 predstavnic zenskega spola na letalu

12. december 2011 do 17. januar 2011 Ningaloo Turrle Program in zivljenje in delo med Exmouthom in Cape Range National Park. diferent awesome!!

4: 17. januar let nazaj v 1200km oddaljeni Perth. Srecanje po treh letih in pol s prjatelco, k sem jo spoznala v Braziliji. odkrivanje mesta in okolice (Frementle, Mandurah, etc.). kaj naj recem, awesome!!

5: 21. januar 2011 let v Benetke. finally old mother Europe. dolgo pricakovano srecanje s prijatelji, kave, prijatelji, kave, smucanje v Sloveniji in Avstriji, prijatelji, kave, dan v termah, prijatelji, kave, plezanje v ferratah v Italiji, prijatelji, kave. skratka velik smeha, cveka, kav in dobrega vzdusja kljub kislemu vremenu.

6: 17. februar 2011 ok caz za iz na sonce. let v Brisbane.

7: 19. februar 2011 ob 8. zjutri pristanek v Townsville. Vilma, I’m home!!!!!!!

Same old me with more news…

Novice iz Avstralije_22. marec 2011

me again! :) novice iz Avstralije – 23. NOVEMBER 2010 – 18. vporednik VAL 202

Karmen Lužar: novice iz Avstralije – 23. november 2010

UnfinshedOz

Kampanja UnfinishedOz za enakopravnost med prvotnimi in kolonialnimi prebivalci Avstralije

Te dni je na televizijske zaslone ponovno prišla reklama v sklopu kampanje UnfinishedOz. 60 sekundni oglas, ki ga oglašuje neprofitna in neodnisna organizacija Reconciliation Australia, ustanovljena leta 2000 z namenom graditve in promocije sprave med prvotnimi prebivalci Avstralije in evropskimi priseljenci, poziva vse Avstralce, da se preko spleta registrirajo in podprejo prizadevanja za spravo.

Ta novi oglas snema znane avstralce, med drugim tudi v našem Townsvillu živečega rugby league športnika Johnathana Thurstona . Sodelujoči na sočuten način opominjajo, da sprava ni le spomin na preteklost, ampak tudi enake pravice in priložnosti vseh državljanov Avstralije danes.

Kampanja UnfinishedOz je bila sprožena kot obeležje 10 obletnice Sprehoda Sprave preko Sydney Harbour Bridge-a, ki se ga je udeležilo preko 300.000 ljudi v znak podpore prvotnim prebivalcem Avstralije. Temu shodu so potem sledili tudi sprehodi po vseh ostalih večjih mestih, skupaj vključujoč preko milion ljudi.

Nedolgo nazaj je premiejka Julia Gillard naznanila, da bodo Avstralci v roku naslednjih treh let na referencumu odločili ali naj bodo domorodski Avstralci priznani z Ustavo. Ceprav je Gillardova izrazila dvom o uspehu referenduma, priznava, da bi bil to zelo pomemben korak naprej od Ruddovega uradnega opravičila prvotnim prebivalcem avstralije 13 Februarja 2008. Hkrati je poudarila, da vlada že sedaj dela na izboljšanju pogojev domorodskih Avstralcev na področju zgodnje vzgoje in izobraževanja, zdravja, služb in stanovanjskih razmer, dejstvo pa je, zlasti tu v Queenslandu, ki ima poleg NSW najvišji procent domorodske populacije, ulice le bledo reflektirajo njene besede in so Aborigini še vedno pogosto tretirani kot drugorazredni prebivalci.

Ko govorim o prvotnih prebivalcih Avstralije, nimam v mislih samo Aboriginov ampak tudi Evropi precej manj znane Torres Strait otočane, ki živijo na sami konici Queendlanda, večinoma na manjhnih otokih med Avstralijo in Papuo Novo Gvinejo.

No, ekola, zdj pa vabim v ogledu zgoraj omenjenega oglasa:

UnfinishedOz

how could you not love it ;) best accent in the world = NEWZEALANDER ACCENT… :PPP

Bro, you’re hips Beached Az

I’m a beached ass bro…

Novice iz Avstralije se malo drugace…preko Vala 202 ;)

Karmen na Valu 202_15 September 2010

Se slisimo spet cez kaksen mesec

lp,

carmen

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