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My
last 3 days in Australia & why you should go there (No
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3 & 1 VIDEO** |
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2** |
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4 & 1 VIDEO** |
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- A great Kakadu show, frogs, Japanese naps & more truck issues |
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2** |
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& the night before at Humid-Mosquito National Park
**1 VIDEO** |
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surrounding
mountain views. The point where we realized truck issues were becoming
serious & getting lucky due to be able to get truck started. |
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2 & 2 VIDEOS** |
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, plus the story
of trying to find a place to see & being treated like kids
**1 VIDEO** |
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& Water Stopping
Us |
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& Great Park View |
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& Lots of People |
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2** |
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, plus the story
of the mosquitos, night before & getting into trouble with park
officials |
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, the
story of the night before, finding a new tire & tearing off
the Yellow Sticker in NT! |
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Plus a list of truck issues, people who see the Kimberly & 4
Rough Days |
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relaxing thermal pools & teaching Sayoko how to catch tadpoles. |
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, which is too funny to miss. Plus finding an oasis
in the Kimberly. |
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, simply incredible. It
was such a long way across it, amazing. Plus, I share my river crossing
strategy.
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#2 & How we had to deal with
it |
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talking about roughing it in the Kimberly & where the tourists
are at |
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& 2 VIDEOS** |
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& Explosions, plus getting
petrol costs |
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, Planning where to stay
the night, crossing rivers, planning the trip & looking back
on the day.
**5 VIDEOS** |
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& 5 VIDEOS** |
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& 1 VIDEO** |
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, Back to "Main"
Road |
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, Big Lizards, Limestone
Cliffs, Kangaroos, Walking in water & Sayoko's broken sandal |
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(where we stayed night
before) |
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- First Pics of the Gibb River
Road |
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pictures, getting pulled
over by the police 2 TIMES, the yellow sticker, truck trouble, police
harassment & how to dodge a speeding ticket from Australian
authorities |
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- 700K |
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- The future? |
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, plus planning the rest
of the trip, figuring out where we would go & when |
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- Exquisite pics
**2 VIDEOS** |
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, meeting people & having things stolen |
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, a relaxed little stop with a view
**1 VIDEO** |
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, views of the sea below |
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- "Sea shells, sea
shells by..."covering entire beach, shell drawings & happy
60 b-day wish for dad |
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where we free camped
& the story of the night before, plus the morning sun &
clouds |
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, river views |
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& truck troubles |
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, the best colors of Kalbarri |
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, color changes to orange/red |
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- Oceans, Waves, Rocks |
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& why is everything always
closed in Australia & obnoxious campers. |
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& the weather we had |
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plus no expectations = good results
**1 VIDEO** |
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& Japanese Pizza |
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, an old time English town feel &
look |
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, driving pictures & a lake |
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, a good walk but not much to see at the end |
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- Rock formations |
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, it sure lives up to its name, bigger than
I thought |
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& a cold night's
sleep |
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s &
3 VIDEOS** |
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s & 1 VIDEO** |
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& 1 VIDEO** |
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2 VIDEOS** |
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, Star Wars 3 & night's story |
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, water + rocks = sounds |
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, which are actually blue |
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definetely worth a look
**2 VIDEOS** |
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, another of
the fire spotting Karri trees |
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& Suspension Bridge
**1 VIDEO** |
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**1 VIDEO** |
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, where the Southern
& Indian Oceans meet, plus beautiful views |
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, plus Ocean 1 - Sayoko 0 |
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, like the Bay of Fires is Tasmania |
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& Meso Soup with Seaweed |
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(Ocean Views)
**1 VIDEO** |
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& Tourism Advice |
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& the Beach |
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they are such cute little creatures & the short story from May
14 to May 17.
** 4 VIDEOS** |
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. Amazing pictures,
my personal most viewed from the trip. Picture 69 on the third page
is the image I use for my desktop background.
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& Kings Park & Botanic
Garden |
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The
story of Perth that was not captured in pictures (No
pictures)
Didn't get my new camera until May 13, so I wanted to give a little
update of what we did in Perth up to that time. |
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**2 PAGES** |
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An assorted group of pictures from the trip in Australia with Adrian.
Some are from after my digital camera stopped working. |
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The
story of the 8 days before getting to Perth
(No pictures)
My camera stopped working May 1, but there are a few pictures above
of this from that time. There was a lot we did during this time
& I wanted to at least explain it since I usually put this in
the pictures. |
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. The tragic
final resting place of my camera & cell phone. Stunning walk
though.
**2 PAGES** |
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, these
provided the overview that we would see on the next walk. |
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, minus the water. |
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, tough but worth it.
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. Free camping?? |
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Swimming??? |
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& Tire Changing Story |
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& Ant Hills |
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& ** |
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& Mom's Birthday |
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& Learning how to
Dive |
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Aussie word "freshies", & an eye opening event. |
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- NT's Oldest |
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& the story of the day |
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& Basketball |
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- Story of the night before & pictures from exploring the gorge.
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- Beautiful lookout with 360 views of the colorful countryside. |
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- Driving story & views |
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- The second best walk
of the Red Center (in my mind) & perhaps the best pictures.
My camera had steam coming out of it after this walk from all the
pictures ;)
& 1 VIDEO** |
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, plus what
we did that day & that night.
**1 VIDEO** |
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- Information
from the night before. Also my take on the most frightening walk
I have done on the trip, plus great pictures :)
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- Not quite as good as Valley of the Winds but still nice
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- In the top 10 of walks I have done in Australia :)
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, orange sand & flies. |
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- fun pictures |
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to Coober Pedy
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, which is
one of the top 5 lookouts I have ever been to, check it out.
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. One of the
best walks I have done because it was tough & picturesque.
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, plus
I express some opinions of the power situation back home in the
US. |
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2005-04-13
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. Orange Sand & story of the morning. |
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, plus the story of
the day. |
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Rocks |
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- One of the best falls
I have been to in Australia, so much water & different falling
areas. |
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(Spectacular Lookout)
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- One of my
favorite walks & some great pictures
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. Caves, Green
Lakes, Volcanic Areas & Great Views
**1 VIDEO** |
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& story of the night before |
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, more rocks in Water :) |
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(Rock formation on the GOR) |
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(Looks like a porcupine) |
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- Chillin out
at the marquee attraction of the Great Ocean Road
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- The Blowhole, Thunder Cave & the Sherbrooke River, plus the
Ocean. |
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- Back to the Ocean
Part of the Great Ocean Road & the first view of the 12 Apostles
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& 4WD Tracks |
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including a moving koala!
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, Goats & Manual Driving |
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- Trip Pictures |
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, and the story of
the day. Must see pictures! |
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& writing about night before |
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& Park Information
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& the story of
our first nights stay. |
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- I bought a truck with a friend on the trip, story about it on
this page. |
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- Pub Crawl |
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- Arts, City Views & Prison Bars |
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. Also includes the trip summary
& results, plus a recommendation for time to spend in Tas. |
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& mountains,
plus the story of the trip there which was anything but routine.
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- Must see pictures
- Page 3 has best view (panoramic) & wallabies, plus Adrian
& I.
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- Not the best sand dunes ever
but ok |
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(World's Cleanest Air)
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(Tasmania's Ayers Rock)
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**Panoramic View** |
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**Panoramic View** |
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**Panoramic Views (2)**
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**Panoramic View** |
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- Our stay after first road day. |
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- Only one picture for this,...seriously. |
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- Melbourne Cricket
Grounds is one the world's most famous sporting venues.
**Panoramic View** |
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& the night out |
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- Roommates & I at the Dallas bar. |
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- The last thing my parents & I saw,
also the last pictures with them in it. A beautiful lookout point.
**Panoramic View & 1 VIDEO** |
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- This spot is absolutely
beautiful, it one of my favorite from the trip. The color &
texture of the rock is unbelievable. |
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- Parents &
myself by the ocean, waves over & off the rocks & rock cliffs
**2 Pages & 1 VIDEO** |
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**2 Panoramic Views** |
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- Our picnic area, beach, rocks,
trees, spiders, ocean & rock cliffs, plus crazy aussie kids.
**3 VIDEOS** |
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**Panoramic View & 1 VIDEO** |
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- Rocks, Trees, Water,
Flowers |
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& Macquarie Pass National Park |
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- Cattle, Deer & Corn - Are we in
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& surrounding area |
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- A beautiful lookout
& another panoramic shop, plus our picnic spot.
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- Rocks, trees, water &
tadpoles |
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- Great pictures
of the general area & of the creek next to the stop, plus my
parents. |
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stops along the drive |
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from the alpine highway |
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& city/lake lookout |
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- No. 14 - The Blue House |
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- Plants, rock cliffs, trees
& more.
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- A nature walk that allowed
us to see animals, plants, ocean, rock cliffs & the city from
a distance.
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- Beach pictures,
Dad's first Chinese meal, sand & surf :) |
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- Dramatic rock cliffs &
views. See "the tourists" in action after a nights sleep
& a morning stroll :)
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"The tourists", flowers, & a war memorial. |
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Motel - First place we stayed. |
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Sydney - My Parents & Aunt/Uncle arrive safely at the Airport :) |
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in Cairns. |
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outside resort. |
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which is rain
forest & swamp. |
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(Even though you never would, if you
were going to skip any pictures on site these are the ones) |
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- Talking
more about what we did on the trip - New to the site - 3/10/2006 |
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- They
show more of the boat itself & areas where we would dive. |
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. Views from bus & Red-Back
Spiders. |
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he world's biggest sand island including
stops at nature trails, dingoes, Lake Wabby, dingoes, the Pinnacles,
Red Canyon, dingoes, S.S. Maheno, sea turtles, Indian Head &
dingoes.
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(Art Gallery, Museum & River) |
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- Her pictures
turned out much better than the ones I took with a disposable Camera.
Pictures Include blue spotted rays, coral, turtles, sharks, eagle
rays, sharks & fish.
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& Group
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& Scenery |
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- Captain Cook's first landing spot &
a beautiful national park.
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- Coastal views, dramatic rock colors &
beaches.
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- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Hyde
Park, the Archibald Fountain, the Pool of Reflection, ANZAC (Australia
New Zealand Army Core) memorial & Paddington. |
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for Tim's last night in Oz. |
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were we went do sun tanning & surfing.
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with
Tim |
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with
Tim.
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Cronulla - Pictures from the apartment I am staying at for Christmas &
New Years with friends I met in Fiji (Caitlin & Jordan). |
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