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Not everything will kill you in Australia - but it goddamn tries to - Part 2

Melbourne is a charming city with an amazing European-esque vibe and temperatures as volatile as Bitcoin’s price recently (I wrote this in 2017, my 2022 version is screaming internally). Here my bank buddy and I were planning a fabulous road trip along the famous Great Ocean Road with a stylish convertible while the temperatures were as low as back in Zurich. Also, we were horrified to realize that there was not a single convertible car available for rent for our great adventure, which was scheduled to commence the next day. Who would’ve thought that we were supposed to reserve a car a bit ahead of time? I however managed to dig up one rental car company specialized in luxury sports cars that had one car left. A Mercedes SLK350. For a mere 1’400 bucks the sexy biest could be ours. That and the insignificant security bond of 4’000 Aussie dollars. I was so fixated on this convertible idea that I blended any red flags out and made the reservation over the phone. The next day I signed the paperwork and picked up the car, which actually existed.

We’re off to a good start, or so I thought. 

Driving this powerful baby along this iconic road was really something. Never mind the ghastly cold wind. Breathtaking scenery for 300 kilometres. In no time we reached the Twelve Apostles (actually there are only 8 stacks left), took the obligatory photos and were ready to drive to our accommodation for the first night. My buddy had chosen an eco-friendly farm with 2 guest rooms in the middle of nowhere which was more remote than the current location of the Curiosity Rover on freaking Mars. I’m serious. Gmaps didn’t find it, and neither did the car’s GPS. So we had to call the landlords and ask for directions which were something like this: turn right after the weird-looking tree, 3km after the blue mailbox at the so-and-so street. Very helpful. At some point the asphalt road became a narrow gravel path. Perfect for a goddamn expensive sports car with a suspension so lowered you could slice an atom in half. Did I also mention that non-paved roads were off limits according to the rental contract? There was no turning back as dusk was starting to fall and on top of that, obviously, we had lost any cell phone signal by now. Did I unknowingly sign up for a new season of “The Simple Life”?

I drove at glacial speed while I mentally deducted 10 Aussie dollars from the ridiculous security bond each time I heard a rattling beneath us. Just before midnight we finally reached the place narrowly avoiding a nervous breakdown. We missed dinner and the chance to soak up the remoteness but the room was very cozy, which is nice. 

The next day my buddy revealed to me he wanted to cancel the road trip and return to Melbourne. After just one day. The tension between us had significantly increased so it didn’t come as a complete surprise. I was still freaking angry and disappointed but eventually gave in. Some things are just not meant to be. So we packed our things headed straight back to the city.

I highly recommend traveling with people who are more or less on the same page when it comes to budget and activities. I still remember feeling so uncomfortable. There was always the feeling of inequality, a sense of indebtedness somehow, basically not being the master of one’s own fate. And I didn’t like it. And neither did he. Obviously. 

Back in Melbourne I returned the car but not before every scratch on the front bumper was properly registered. Thank god everything else was intact. I was told that the damage needed to be accurately estimated and I’d get back the difference on my credit card within two weeks tops. Little did I know that the whole thing would turn into a nightmare. Fifty (not kidding) emails and half a year later, long after I returned to Switzerland, I finally got my money back - from my amazing and precious travel insurance. But not before my credit card was charged another AUD 2’800 from this insane mafia company. Had to immediately block my card. Those inbred sons of %*ç#@! After some googling I found out that not returning the bond was their usual business practice. There were many other exploited customers and the company had re-named itself numerous times to whitewash their ongoing sins. Karma will take care of them one day! 

My buddy decided to fly back to Sydney while I stayed in Melbourne and that was it. It was time to get back on track and shake off the unpleasant episode. I crashed the couch of Michael, whom I got to know in 2008 while he was backpacking in Europe. The next couple of days I explored Melbourne on my own. How liberating. Boy has the city a lot to offer. For instance the city’s Luna Park, right by the beach with its main attraction, a very bumpy, very expensive 11 dollar ride on the oldest continuously running roller coaster worldwide, built in 1912 and one of the only three coasters in the world where a brakeman is needed to stand in the middle of the train during the ride. Well, a breakwoman in my case, a slightly corpulent one, as well. Her face radiated sheer boredom while operating the moving vehicle, giving the whole situation a delightful comical touch. 

Since the exhibition “Melbourne Now” was on, the whole city was sprinkled with art installations and cultural performances. I noticed a street artist drawing beautiful sketches and started talking to her. The next day we met for a walk through the delightful botanical gardens where we sat for ages chitchatting away. The picturesque romance was disturbed by the worst street singer in the universe. Not only did he perform the same annoying and awkward five songs he had in his repertoire, he was also spectacularly off-key, too. A gave him a dollar to stop. Maybe this was his business idea. 

There was also the annual Midsumma Festival celebrating LGBTQI+ culture (they keep on adding letters to the acronym - soon it’ll be faster to just recite the alphabet) where I wandered alone in the striking heat buying disgusting overpriced premixed drinks and eventually settling for good old wine.

BTW I detest watching sports (stereotype check!) but when King Roger is playing at the Australian Open then there’s no excuse. How were there still tickets available? It was incredible to see him playing against the Australian James “Ducky” Duckworth. The audience was cheering for their countryman but at the same time showing massive respect to the maestro. While they played in the glistening sun, my weather app was indicating a merciless 43°C. Meanwhile I was very much focusing on not fainting, sitting in my chair in the shade. How the hell they managed to play remains a mystery to me.

Enough already with civilization. Time for the real outback. I booked the flight to Alice Springs in the heart of Australia and embarked on a 4’000km long 10 day red centre & top end crocodile rock adventure safari. 

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Side note: It’s been over 4 years since I’ve posted on this blog and most of what’s about to come from my first world trip is a blurry memory sprinkled with some notes I cleverly had saved on my phone and are still around (yay, organized me). Why I’m finally coming back to finish the memoir after all these years, you might ask. Well, it’s been almost 9 years since the trip has ended. I found a great job, had the chance to further my career and save some money and here we are; 2022 - call it catch up after COVID, midlife crisis, victim of the great resignation or nostalgia. Instead of “quiet quitting” which is en vogue among Gen Z, I actually handed in my resignation letter earlier this year after a long time of battling with the pros and cons of such a step. Oh boy was it harder than a decade ago. Almost everyone around you has somewhat settled and has a clear path in front of them. Whereas I am going in the opposite direction. Giving up one’s career, or at least interrupting it, and with it a steady income is no walk in the park. The last couple of weeks were much more stressful than I anticipated. It’s insane how cumbersome it is to untangle an everyday life of a 39 year old millenial in Zurich. I had planned to enjoy Switzerland in summer for the two weeks between my last day at work and the beginning of the trip. None of that I was able to do. Up to the very last day I was running around and organizing things. 

One pain in the freaking a** was the eye laser surgery I decided to undergo. I mean, that’s a great investment and a huge benefit when it comes to traveling. Or so I thought. First of all, the clinic I went to (at the recommendation of several acquaintances by the way) turned out to be a Greek microcosmos. I could understand just about half of what the Hellenic doctors were mumbling; at best. In addition to their vague and imprecise explanations. Didn't boost my confidence. Anyhow, I decided to go ahead with the procedure as the machine is doing all the work, right? Second, at the ripe age of 39 one is advised to do undercorrect the “non-dominating” eye resulting in a so called “monovision” so that - once presbyopia kicks in - that eye can still decipher a text on the iPhone without having to set up the letter size to pensioner mode. Well, the actual surgery went super smoothly but on day 4 I woke up with a stabbing pain in my left eye. Diagnosis: beginning of an eye infection just after I had completed the cumbersome eye drop routine. The antibiotics solved that but prolonged my healing process from what was supposed to be 3 weeks to what is 4 months by now, with weekly medical checks. My family scared me into getting a second opinion. The (very) Swiss doctor there bitched super hard about the eye tavern. His behavior was far from professional, but at least he told me that it’s unfortunate but nothing to be scared about. One needs just more patience. So, having left Switzerland, my final check with the Greek eye bazar shall be upon my return. Alas! 

Yet, here I am, I’m doing it again baby. Simeon’s taking a break, again. Again? Again. At this age? Hell, yes! But first things first. Let’s wrap my last trip up, shall we?

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Compared to the scorching heat in Melbourne, Alice Springs was surprisingly cold and rainy. Not what one would expect from a town in the middle of Australia during midsummer. And so I stayed at the hostel and watched Stan the Man win against Novak - Covid doesn’t exist - Djokovic at the quarter final of the Australian Open, Stan later went on winning the tournament and sure enough I bumped into him at Universal Studios in LA a couple of weeks later. He was kind enough to have his bodyguard take a pic of us. 

The following day I arranged a date with a friendly bus driver on Grindr who suggested visiting some natural pools a mere stone’s throw from town, which I happily agreed to. That distance turned out to be a 100km drive without cell phone reception nor other people whatsoever. Luckily I wasn’t trapped in some cheap Hollywood horror B-movie. He was super friendly and showed me around.

And then it was finally time to hit the road. The ten days were packed with spectacular sights, experiences and helluva lot of mileage. I remember spending my birthday camping right next to the famous Uluru rock (which we declined to climb out of respect / or lack of physical fitness). We slept in swags under the open sky on the ground while every goddamn insect seemed to move or fly around us. As it had rained a couple of days ago nature went batshit crazy and every single animal had started to mate, breed, hatch, fly, crawl, eat or be eaten. Scorpions, rhino beetles, spiders, ginormous centipedes and most of all flying termites. Millions of them. It was like an invasion, or the plague.

To make matters worse there was no alcohol and bedtime was 10pm. What a birthday. At least they sang to me the birthday song while the sun was setting next to “The Rock”. Its bigger brother Kata Tjuta was actually more impressive, something straight out of a Jurassic Park movie.

Further north we stayed the night near a natural waterhole, where we would dare a night swim. The walk alone was an adventure in itself as we passed countless toads, frogs, crabs and surely yet to be discovered species. Jumping into the pitch black water took some courage (no artificial lights anywhere) but was rewarded with a spectacular night sky. 

The closest I felt to being Lara Croft was at the Mataranka Thermal Pool and Rainbow Springs. Swimming in the crystal clear spring water amidst the lush forest was something I still remember to this day. Purely magical and not to be missed. 

Before arriving in Darwin, we got to explore the mighty Kakadu national park, Australia’s largest national park covering an area half the size of Switzerland. There we were able to admire huge saltwater crocodiles up close (a couple of days later we read in the news that a 12 year boy was eaten by one of them), swim under impressive waterfalls and witness a helicopter landing for a casual quick shopping stop, and almost walk into a giant spider and its web.

At the campsite I also witnessed a major Simpsons moment as the whole area was infested with countless fugly cane toads, an invasive species. They are too deadly even for Australian standards, have no natural predators and eat each other. Charming. To make matters worse I barely couldn’t get sleep due to my tent buddy’s respiratory malfunctions (i.e. snoring). The next morning I decided to address this sensitive issue only to be confronted with the fact that I was apparently snoring, too. Eh, tit for tat!

Enough with the endless road trips and crazy wildlife. What I needed was the promise of pristine turquoise waters, white sandy beaches, tasty cocktails and an opportunity to consume “earth’s finest water” without a bad conscience (let’s conveniently neglect my flight to reach that promised land). Bula, Fiji!

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