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| 02/18/2001 |
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| Great Ocean Road - AUS. |
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Time
wrinkles the man's face but smoothes the
wheels'.
Our
two minibuses have been since a long time on
the burning asphalt, going from South
Australia to Victoria State. We enter in a
dense 'green lung', in the middle of secular
pine trees planted by the first colons. We
cross small towns, with houses in an 'Old
Europe's style', that give to the Victoria
State a very English atmosphere. By the way,
this region is the only one on the Continent
to have 4 seasons - just like in Europe - but
at the opposite of the World. This area is the
one that has the more vineyards - the Car@van
admires the great spaces of red bunches.
But
this is on the left side of the car. On the
right side, Tasmanian Sea, bright blue, that
will separate soon the Indian from the Pacific
Ocean.
We
traveling along the Great Ocean Road.
As
we pointed it out in the last Journal, many
Aussies have told us it was the most beautiful
coast on earth. Thus, the Car@van has a great
feeling, walking along the cliffs and swimming
in the surfers' waves.
In
order to admire the splendors of this place,
the Team rented... an helicopter! Vale, Theo,
Aleko and Choum flights from Port Campbell to
the Twelve Apostles, huge rocks in the middle
of the Ocean.
We
spend the night in a cool backpacker, but have
a sleepless night... at first in a pub, then
in a night club, and at last with a dozen of
young guys, singing and playing guitar...
But
watch the video !
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Friday
night, we were driving on the M1,
from Portland to Warrambool.
In
one of the minibuses, Vale, Maya
and Theo are traveling together.
They discuss about life, travels,
anything... Time goes on, the
landscapes change, and the
milometer seems to go faster and
faster. These large and empty
roads are a real temptation, and
Theo accelerates, in order to
arrive at destination before the
night. He drives far over the 100
km/h speed limit...
Suddenly,
we notice a police car, hidden
behind a tree. Theo brakes
smoothly, making sure that he's
under the speed limit. But the
police car moves on.
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It
follows us with a constant speed,
then puts the siren on and flashes
its headlights. We have to stop.
Theo
lights a cigarette and gets off
the minibus.
"Driving
license!" the policeman says.
He looks like the typical American
policeman, carrying a gun and
wearing a hat. From his radar, we
were driving 122km/h fast, instead
of 100.
Justin,
the cop, seems quite nice and let
us film. By the same time, he
shows us the fine: 165$. There is
no way to contest, we have to pay.
As
Theo is having an breath test,
Vale starts an awareness campaign
about the Car@van.
For
obvious reasons, we cannot tell
you how it ends... But watch the
video and you may understand!
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Mail
received yesterday:
Claude
here. I unfortunately have to
bring you guys some sad news today.
The jazz artist that we saw in Bloem
committed suicide on Wednesday.
They found him and his wife dead in his
office. They leave a 5 year old
child behind.
The jazz community of the world is
in utter shock. You can visit the
website www.iol.co.za
and go to the search function. You
will find all the relevant information there.
We are all going to Moods and
Flavours tonight and I am sure it
will be an emotional evening.
The
Car@van is very sad. See our
archives on the week of 29th
december.
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The
New Nomad is made of a Spirit, a
Body and Technology.
Well,
something happened we hadn't
foreseen, but that we have to
accept: one of the two computers
broke down!
The
Team's daily work is highly
disrupted, we'll have to work on
the Journal, the videos, e-mails,
Internet, the site... on only one
single machine.
So,
we'd like you to help us, dear
nomad. Here's what's wrong: the
computer, a Compaq Presario 1800
doesn't go on after we've turned
it on. When we start it,
indicators light up, the battery
is full, but the screen remains
dark. After 3 seconds, the
computer turns off.
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And
we don't have time to send it to
be repaired. Do you have any idea
of what it could be and what we
should do? Please tell us on the
Forum.
It's
quite a hard time for us, and we
don't know yet how it will go on.
But be sure that we'll do
everything to stay in touch with
you!
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Quite
hard to tell!
After
'Continue', our priority is to
realize the 'Explore' of Voting
Form n°11. We'll look for a farm
and realize your wish.
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