Hi to everyone, but especially MERRY CHRISTMAS! feel Christmas is far from here, but our schedule tells us it is a bit much after December 25, despite the high temperature. The roads are crowded with people on the rush of Christmas gifts for the worse last preparations for celebrations.
And voila, after the new sport of triathlons Annie-Claude, the update of the trip of 250km to Gab ... November 14 last.
250Km a day of cycling, how come near AC in the morning before you leave huh when did you ever do that? My way: you think about it. You go the worse come what may. At 4:30 am I
lifted. Ouch it's a little early. Reached the point of rendezvous, it was still dark. I was especially happy to have my generator to make me a little light ... He has served at least once during this long day! (For those who do not know what is a dynamo, it is a kind of bicycle generator. It generates electricity by rubbing on the rear wheel and is connected to a light bulb in front and back c is rather archaic but too efficient). The departure took place around 6hAM and we were 12 participants. We had a predetermined path
and approved by the Police. It would be entitled to a car with a flashing light and identifying "Bikes in front of Perth-Busselton. This would follow us all day to slow the cars or at least away from us. Imagine the difficulty by cons Concentrate tank rolling time 9am to 30Km per hour! For us, it made the experience so much nicer to have trucks and cars away from us and sections of motorway 
dual carriageway routes, there was a way for us! There was therefore no need to worry too often cars back. The only time we cared about what was happening back is when we heard a Bading-Badang-ccrrrrrrr-biiiip-biiiip and we stopped because three of our team have DROPPED! Well of course we are following closely, but one guy was not too careful and 
clung to the wheel of another, both are falling behind and that passes through them in pine crowd revol ... She stayed on the ground for a good 10 minutes and we all wondered what was going to do and if it would compromise the day and go to the hospital but it finally closed and relaxed in the car behind us . The other two guys had minor injuries luckily! The girl, the only group of elderly in his late forties, is finally back among us and finished the trip with the gang! Hard core it! RIGHT ON! Apparently the guy who started the fall 
has also falls last year when he was behind the pack, and one !?... How we went about it is yet unknown. I get the impression that it is not good balance bike ... Briefly, after the incident, nobody wanted to follow! Aside from this accident, everything went well. We stopped every 50km and increasingly we neared our destination, more and more pain later increased. Sit after the break became difficult task if we can say like that. A few kilometers from the end I 
planned with another guy a breakaway (since we were not 
stronger), we said we had to catch them so I started the sprint for''Flirting''my colleague to victory ... what has literally failed. Well, at least we will have made out the villain to those who still had energy! In the evening, Karo joined us for beer and the classic Aussie barbecue. 
Karo says: Nope I have not participated in this crazy day of cycling. I was very proud of my man cons. The poor seemed completely drained, but not enough not to celebrate around a cold beer.
After that, it was a bit of routine work that was installed. On weekends, since we are in economy mode and we had still no real friends, we did not do much. On Saturday, the grocery store this week, the week's laundry, gardening, reading, some biking. Sunday, sleeping in, equipment repairs X, sewing, climbing inside to finish with a good meal head to head.
This last month held a little differently. We started to get invited to BBQ and party. We began to see the lifestyle of people here. We began to see how the Australians drink! Over the days we meet more and more people and you realize that roughly half of the people we encounters are in fact real Australians "borned" and "Raised" ... The migration of the world to Perth for some months or 50 years, ensures that the population is just gr 
bone mixture which has not yet taken any character. There is no real identity yet installed. People have accents everywhere. Italians, Germans, Americans, South Africans, Madagascar, Japan, China, Iraq, Ireland, Indonesia and so on! So the way that brings everyone? BBQ. It is the feast with beer beer worse. Gab has also participated in a drinking bout which imposed all the participants to drink a glass every time 007, James Bond was mentioned or when we listened to a James Bond movie ... This was especially difficult when it presented itself:''My name is Bond, James Bond.''It was a good laugh. The female version of that evening was much more molo. Small glasses of wine with dinner and good discussions. It not know why people drink so much ... Is it because they have nothing else to do? Hard to say. The state of Western Australia is growing dramatically since the last 10 years. It has the look of real estate developments with demons everywhere and that's why our Civil Engineering Department has a team of 40 + people who do only that the subdivision. In the North, people are crazy salaries (with rents of $ 2,000 / week!) With iron ore exporters to China and also the oil platforms offshore that generate high profits and many jobs. So we can surely say that people who came here is to make cash. This slowed the pace a bit would have such development elsewhere is the fact that Perth is so isolated. The nearest big town is a few thousand km is separated by an ocean or a desert as large as Quebec, Ontario and more all in one!
Monday two weeks ago, it was announced to our respective boss was going to leave Wood and Grieve Engineers. Is this a service that makes them? Only the coming months will tell. It is certainly not to our advantage to be unemployed right now with the market down but we'll see. There is a clear decline in contracts at the moment. In the department of civil bosses
begin to worry and several projects are either abandoned or arrested. Customers want to wait to see if their money will be profitable if invested. Work for Gab is really annoying. I can not wait to leave. People are against the department a little shocked when I told them that I quit because the job is not interesting. They tell me that I should stay longer and it takes time to be involved in projects. Karo seems to go well in the mold structure, but again, the number of projects decreased. We realized that we had no desire to live elsewhere than in Canada. Why force yourself to stay here when our heart is in Quebec? Also, given that our tourist visa / work ends in a few months, we did not want to take the risk they put us at the door in 
two to three months and until we can not continue to visit Australia because our visa will be expired. The only bad side to leave it we began to make friends. It's flat to leave them probably still even if we can keep in touch with internet ... Karo says: From my side I'm really going to miss this bunch of monkeys in the department structure. The office is located on two levels and the department is the first structure. It is often said that the zoo is left worse than the other departments we reject. I think it's so they may be more friendly than other department to me. And you know me pretty well I think that you know that I will miss all these new people. Next steps will bring us more most of Canada. Only a few months before reality catches up. The Frette! (I confess I can not wait!) (Talking to you my love). Marie-Andree who had come to visit us in NZ will come visit us again soon but in southern Australia. She will be arriving on January 2 but not yet purchased a ticket ... The poor will move from -15 to 40 degrees Celsius. It'll be cool to travel with her again! For those who want, she volunteered to be a messenger of articles Canadians (among other things was an order of maple syrup because here it costs $ 8.50 / 250ml ...).
Although there's not much to sell it here, we lack a bit of choice (AC Karo is talking with his research cosmetics ...). In Quebec, we are so used to having everything in all sizes, across all brands that we tend to forget that not everywhere is like (gab said: There's potatoes Facque here I find it ben correct). And obviously with the lack of choice when it comes to high prices of things to do and many shops before finding. In short it is different, but not necessarily negative. At least we tend to consume less. (Gab says: you can not really complain when you have a grapefruit tree that grows in our backyard!)
Speaking of eating, the holidays starting. It was officially finished work on Friday 19 and it was even invited to come to the office Christmas party. It is funny
a Christmas party with a beach nearby. Cold cocktails and small appetizers served outside with sea breezes. Yep, I admit it's good. No need to think about how to have your winter coat, not to walk into a slush hole with your lovely shoes too cold for winter, but are so well matched to the dress or the suit. Let's say it's less complicated than having to shovel the car out of 
snowbank because it started to snow time worse than the evening tired thee worse than you just want to go home, but you can not. In short, we even picked up a bar any post. Our first real Australian club. It made me 
a shock to see how there was the poupoune there. I swear, the full bar full of Barbie doll. I'm sure there are bars like that in Montreal, but at least I admit that j'n'y've never set foot. The row of toilets for girls who remaquillent as in the video by Gwen Stefani, I had never seen it yet. Incredible! But we laughed a lot. Then followed the saga of the BBQ. Pis ca not stop. Everything is a
a good excuse for Barbie (as they say). Even the last day of work is completed at noon Friday with a BBQ with games for children. Gab (being a big kid 30 years) was also a good time to do the same. I swear him in a castle inflated, is ecstatic. It has done well in some laughed. Here is the Christmas lunches and dinners that start. It should be interesting. Although I understand, are not really traditional Christmas meal Australian. There are no regulations as established. We there's turkey and gravy, mashed potatoes and the Yule log. Them, they have a Barbie. In short everything you can possibly cook on the grill and fresh salads. At 35 degrees Celsius, I understand one can not wish for a big hot meal and meeting. I think last year they were entitled to 46 degrees on December 26. Aouch! It's hot. In short we'll keep you posted for the Australian Christmas.
And the rest of our upcoming epic on your computer screens ...
