Saturday, August 11, 2007

Chapter Three

It has been so long since I flew to Australia, the last time I flew to this island was the time when my eldest brother's bachelor of engineering graduation. It was in Adelaide, it was a quiet town with a famous University of Adelaide lying here. Well, that was a was and now it has changed so much after years of development. And now no longer a town, it is a city furthermore they are replacing the buses with trams, well not yet but they are building the tracks.

As I recall, Australia is famous for their strict policy on what is going 'in' and going 'out' of Australia. Especially going 'in', whatever you are bring in are perishable it is better off you drop it or wasting your time lining up for the custom to check. Seriously! And even packages you mail into their country, the boxes you use must be brand new or previous usage of it must not carry nuts or any perishable goods. Very strict, huh? Well, their reason for doing so is because they wanted to protect their wildlife as well as their agriculture industry from being damaged by unknown diseases carried by travelers. hmmm.. you might be thinking 'whats the big deal about it?'. Imagine you are in a confined room with a person carrying a cold and flu; and now illustrate a confined island just like Australia with similar case. Think about it!

I still got few more hours before arriving to Melbourne and I am already crossing the famous Australia desert. Talking about desert, I like the outskirt or countryside, if I have the luxury I really will get a four wheel drive and go travel the whole Australia. It is called Altas is it? Can't Remember correctly. Oh yeah, some of you may not know I really love four wheel drive vehicles. One reason for being so is they are tall, big and huge, and whatever I just mentioned they all meant the same. I love them, I even own one of them well not the best but I like it.

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