Australia

Antoine's view

The North of Australia constitutes practically an obliged passage for the sailors who circle the world along the trade winds route : I had twice the opportunity to take the road which follows the Great Barrier Reef and passes Cape York, via the mythical strait of Torres. It was only in recent years that two successive journeys gave me the opportunity to discover the other regions of this immense country, a real Austral continent.

To the North of the magnificent metropolis, Sydney, extends the Great Barrier Reef. After sailing through magnificent Whitsunday archipelago, do not miss a stopover in Cairns, to go and admire koalas and kangarooes in the heart of the primary forest which still covers this part of Australia.

Although the building of the trans-Australian railroad began more than a century ago, it was only in recent years that it has been possible to board the legendary Ghan, the luxury train which follows the former road of the Afghan caravanners, to cross the Australian outback, with a stopover at Alice Springs, to go and admire Ayers Rock, this impressive sacred rock of the aborigines, who call him Uluru.

Darwin, finally, on the shores of the Arafura Sea, was also for us a beautiful stage: it is the kingdom of crocodiles