IMPRESSIONS of AUSTRALIA

Today, Australia is wellknown for its coffee culture. Almost everywhere you can find a cafe serving almost the "best" expresso or piccolo latte ! !

And, its creative art of all sorts... latte art,  graffiti art in alleyways, along walls, along narrow lanes in the city zone, recycling junk art to huge size sculptors and buildings.

CoffEE cuLture




....... and ARt !




Australia has a multicultural population practising almost every religion and lifestyle. Over one-quarter of Australians were born outside Australia, and another quarter have at least one foreign-born parent. The most multicultural cities are Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. All three cities are renowned for the variety and quality of global foods available in their many restaurants, and Melbourne especially promotes itself as a centre for the arts, while Brisbane promotes itself through various, multicultural urban villages. Smaller rural settlements generally still reflect a majority Anglo-Celtic culture often with a small Aboriginal population, however virtually every large Australian city and town reflects the immigration from Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific that occurred after World War II and continued into the 1970s; in the half century after the war when Australia's population boomed from roughly 7 million to just over 20 million people.

strolling along Flinders, Melbourne



comparing brand new "loNG joHNs"?
kangaroo crossing....
and those who didnt succeed crossing .....


in my warm cosy campervan....
and here we are.... windy windy fantastic Great Ocean Road....and freezing cold Philip Island... click on the "Kangaroo Trail " on the right side of this blog to view more pictures of us.