南澳旅趣

近幾年來我們多次到澳大利亞墨爾本探親，每次都到旅游景點(diǎn)觀光，這次我們到阿德雷得州玩了一圈。

袋鼠島上看海獅

到了阿德雷得境內(nèi)，我們乘船去了袋鼠島。這次我們渡海到袋鼠島不是去看袋鼠，而是直奔一處叫海獅灣的海灘。到了海獅灣，遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)望去只見海水湛藍(lán)，一望無際，海邊轉(zhuǎn)彎處驚濤拍岸，翻起層層白浪，在一公里長的沙灘上，我們突然發(fā)現(xiàn)了多達(dá)100余只海獅!它們有的躺著曬太陽睡大覺，有的正在給幼獅喂奶，更多的則是互相嬉戲，撥掌蠕行。海獅體態(tài)肥壯，手腳又短，行動緩慢，給人一種笨拙可愛的感覺。由于來這里看海獅的人多了，所以海獅們早已“見多識廣”，習(xí)慣與人相處，毫不驚恐膽怯。據(jù)景點(diǎn)管理員介紹，這些海獅從大海擁來聚居在這里，它們每次總是下海覓食三天，然后又回到沙灘上睡覺玩耍三天，生活得相當(dāng)有規(guī)律。

喂鷗觀魚樂陶陶

在維多港灣用完午餐，我們在海邊和草坪上散步小憩，此時只見一大群海鷗飛到草坪上來覓食。綠色的草地襯著白色的鷗群，顯得生機(jī)勃勃，我們不約而同地拿出面包屑拋給海鷗啄食，每拋一次在地上，都會引來群鷗吱吱呱呱地互相爭食的熱鬧場面。后來有人把面包掰成粒狀拋向天空，又引得群鷗展翅高飛，沖到空中接食，并且一一接中，甚少墜地。它們邊吃邊吱呱叫鳴，大家忙用相機(jī)攝下與鷗共樂的鏡頭。隨后我們又從港灣乘坐小船出海，來到設(shè)在海灣遠(yuǎn)處的觀魚臺。觀魚臺建成一個巨大的“回”字形浮臺，固定在海上，周圍可以容納百數(shù)十人到上面觀魚。管理員把魚餌吊放在海水里，吸引著鯊魚、三文魚、大眼魚等多種魚前來搶食，讓游人觀賞到魚類的各種爭食姿勢，玩得真是開心。管理員還把看臺上面用池水養(yǎng)著的小鯊魚捉起來供大家撫摸，我們都是平生第一次有機(jī)會接觸到活鯊魚，感到特別高興。

奇妙有趣的“回聲墻”

在巴羅沙谷一帶參觀時，我們來到一個外形壯觀、容積頗大的水庫，但目的不在看這水庫的規(guī)模有多大，而是看中了它有一道奇妙的水壩圍墻。這道墻為了頂住水壩內(nèi)大量蓄水的壓力，建造時設(shè)計(jì)成一道弧形高墻，其突出的一面向著蓄水庫，凹入的一面向著水庫外，成了一道弧形墻壁，它約20米高，數(shù)百米長。奇怪的是，人們從這弧形墻的甲端小聲講話，另一人在遠(yuǎn)隔幾百米的另一端卻能清晰地聽見，彼此還可以對話，甚至比打電話還要清楚，因而引起所有游人的興趣，大家都想去試一試，我們試后還把雙方對話的聲音錄了下來。這是什么道理呢?事后我們才知道這是一種物理現(xiàn)象，因?yàn)槿藗冋驹趦啥酥v話的聲波波長，要比環(huán)形墻的半徑小得多，故在遠(yuǎn)處的一端貼近墻面就能聽見。這和中國北京天壇那座著名的“回音壁”的道理是一樣的。

德國村和唐人街

一天上午，導(dǎo)游小姐跟我們開玩笑說：“我們今天出國，但都不用帶護(hù)照，你們猜猜去哪兒?”有人搶先回答：“我們要去德國村!”“猜對了!”導(dǎo)游小姐說。阿德雷得之德國村非常有特色，據(jù)說18世紀(jì)時德國人曾在這里經(jīng)營開發(fā)，建造了一批歐陸風(fēng)情的房屋，并配上德國風(fēng)韻的裝飾，如在店前和宅旁種花，在陽臺或墻壁上吊掛一些花籃，在咖啡店門前或露天酒吧旁擺上一些古老高大的皮座椅或厚重的木制椅桌等等。商店里更有許多德國式的工藝品、紀(jì)念品出售。特別是在一處大院子里，擺設(shè)著農(nóng)村式的馬拉車造型，供游人照相，還有一些馬車夫趕車運(yùn)輸、旁邊坐著一個村姑之類的大幅畫板，并把人頭的臉面位置鏤空，讓游人把自己的臉部嵌上去照相，頓時便使自己成了畫中人，別有一番情趣。見到這景象，我們不免童心大發(fā)，一一湊到畫板上留影。

參觀德國村之后，我們還來到阿德雷得唐人街參觀。唐人街的頭尾兩端門樓上都直書著“唐人街”大字，街內(nèi)商店攤檔林立，衣服鞋襪、電器百貨、茶樓酒肆、食雜藥材、肉類海鮮、瓜果蔬菜、文化用品、兒童玩具等等琳瑯滿目，行業(yè)齊全，行人相當(dāng)擁擠，市場氣氛濃郁，由此可見住在這里的華人同胞都生活得很好，我們除了觀看街景，也從內(nèi)心祝福幸福的華夏同胞們!

Sightseeing in South Australia

We have visited our relatives in Melbourne several times in the past few years. On each tour we did some sightseeing there. This time， we went to Adelaide.

We toured Kangaroo Island first. But our purpose there was not to see kangaroos but sea lions. We went directly to a sea lion habitat. The expansive sea was azure blue. Waves hit the cape and white foams splashed high into the sky. Suddenly we spotted more than 100 sea lions on a 1-km-long beach. Some were sleeping， some were feeding cubs， and many were playing. They looked bulky and slow， and very winsome. As many tourists come to see them， these sea lions are accustomed to human curiosity. We were told that the sea lions lead a regular life there. They hunt for food in the sea for three days and then take a rest for three days on the beach.

Another memorable delight was our visit to Victor Harbor. After lunch， we lounged on a seaside lawn. A large group of sea gulls appeared and approached us for food. The green lawn was strewn with white birds. It was a beautiful sight. We fed them with bread crumbs. The sea gulls were busy trying to grab the crumbs on the lawn. Then somebody tossed some crumbs high and the birds flapped their wings and sailed into the sky to catch the crumb. They never missed the catch of the goodies. They creaked and squeaked. We took pictures of the lovely scene. We then took a boat trip from the harbor to see fish in the sea. The fish-viewing platform was a pontoon-like structure floating on the sea and fastened there. The large platform could allow hundreds of people to view fish there. The keeper put the bait into the sea. Sharks and salmons came up to grab the food. It was blissful to watch them. The keeper also allowed us to touch a baby shark kept in a small pond on the platform. We were excited. We had never touched a shark before.

When we were in Barossa Valley， we saw a large reservoir. The unique thing about the dam was it functioned as a whispering wall. The curved dam wall could deliver a whispered message for hundreds of meters at the other side without losing its sound quality. The voice could be heard more clearly than on a phone. We all tried this novel thing out. We made a record of what we whispered.

One day the guide told us that we would visit a foreign country without leaving Australia. One of our fellow tourists immediately hit upon the answer: Germany Pioneer Village in the hills of Adelaide. In the 1830s some German immigrants arrived there and built the village. We saw houses in the European architectural style. The houses were decorated with German ornaments and flowers. In front of caf#7869;s or outdoor bars stood high and sturdy chairs with leather cushions or heavy wooden tables and chairs. Shops sold German-styled souvenirs. In a courtyard we saw a country horse-drawn cart where tourists could take pictures. There was a large board painted with a cart， a driver and a village girl. Tourists could put their head through a hole to appear as the driver. We all tried this and took pictures and laughed like a child.

(Translated by David)