Tiffany and Greg Around the World
In Australia, they don’t call it a “bull bar.” They call it a “roo bar”
And it seems like every vehicle over here has one.
And we wonder where they got the idea for Mad Max…
The first thing we did on our great Australian overland excursion was to (inadvertently!!) find out why this is so:
Today we cover two interesting and mostly unrelated facts.
1) Though literally miles from anywhere even slightly resembling civilization, Mt Kosciuszko is probably the only member of the 7 summits that has mobile phone reception.
Yep, up there. Best coverage in the area.
2) Greg’s self confidence most likely comes from his mother’s side of the family.
The last mountain we were on top of in the southern hemisphere had less cell phone coverage but more snarky commentary.
Greg and Tiffany are traveling around the world on sailing yachts and keep a video blog of their (mis)adventures. If sailing to Tahiti on a 44 ft sailboat, 3-day delays for wine tastings, getting pooped on by seagulls, opening coconuts with dull machetes, sailing past tornadoes and ukulele Christmas carols are for you, then check them out atwww.CoastGuardCouple.com!
For our Thanksgiving festivities in Australia Tiffany made pumpkin pie.
Which, is kinda not a big deal right?
…until you realize that Australians are not familiar with the concept of putting pumpkins in a pie one would eat for dessert. That means no canned pumpkin to fill the pie.
Oh, and while we’re on the topic: They also don’t know what graham crackers are either so, consequently, no premade graham cracker crusts.
(how do you people LIVE!?!)
And just kinda figure out the rest.
Having developed a bit of confidence learning the fine art of falling down hills with spikes attached to our feet and discovering how much we actually kinda liked trudging over frozen tundra…
…we decided it would make a lot more sense just to drag our snowbaords to the top of a mountain and slide down that way.
Being as Australia isn’t exactly known for its alpine ski industry pretty much no one outside the natives typically makes it to the slopes here.
The upside of this is that working at a ski resort in Australia enabled us to meet one of our main goals for our time down under: we spent 3 months working and living with actual Australians. As opposed to our previous job where we spent the majority of our time around European cowgirls; here for three months we were immersed in a, granted atypical but nonetheless genuine, Aussie cultural experience.
This, inevitability, led to the conversation on Vegemite.
Greg loves video editing.
So easy to make something look really awesome that, in truth, went so very, very, VERY wrong…
The doctor recommended stitches but Tiffany convinced him to go with medical tape first. She still has the scar.
Travel is all about learning about other cultures right? How other people do things differently from us and how that works out for them.
Like snow…in August.
For example, Australians don’t really believe in chairlifts at their ski resorts and when Americans show up it provides a source of much amusement to them.
So then we worked for a few months at an Australian ski resort.
Disembodied audience voice: Wait, it snows in Australia?
Yes, you read that right:
And now for a taste of things to come –
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You want the real secret we used to find ships to travel around the world with? How we were able to find a ride in Tahiti before we even pulled into port? Well, here it is:
Find a fleet. Travel with it. Make friends.
That’s it.
Wait, find a fleet? What the heck does that mean? Are we joining the Spanish Armada here or going for a vacation?
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